Rap rivalry today is about releasing a diss track in the late night-early morning while people should be asleep. Drake is aiming for the W in his stand-off with Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill. He went ahead and called out Meek Mill again with a free style called "Back to Back." Drake is winning this battle for now, for many reasons.
In case you've missed out on why these rappers have malice towards each other, on July 21, Meek Mill went on a Twitter rant ... again. The first time, it was about one of his rap label peers not tweeting or promoting his album. The second time, he called out Drake for not writing his own songs. It should be noted that having a ghostwriter for rapping is frowned upon in the Hip-Hop culture. Meek Mill said that Drake didn't promote his album because he [Meek] found out. The internet blew up after that.
The next day, Meek Mill dropped the name Quentin Miller, the supposed ghostwriter for Drake. Miller has contributed to writing some of the songs on Drake's latest album, "If You're Reading This it's Too Late" — songs such as 10 Bands, Know Yourself and Energy, to name a few. Later on that day, New York's HOT 97.1 Dj, Funk Master Flex, released a leaked audio clip of Miller's version of the song 10 Bands. The song sounded almost verbatim to Drake's. The internet was still in an uproar about it, but was waiting on Drake's response.
On July 26, Drake released a track called "Charged Up." in which he addresses the ghostwriter allegations and gives a few punch lines to Meek Mill. Meek Mill went to twitter again, calling the song "baby lotion soft."
Three days later, Drake released another diss track. He blatantly calls out the Philly rapper, pokes at his relationship with Nicki Minaj and reminds him that he hasn't responded to the first song "Charged Up." Drake's diss is not only a song.
The artwork to the song is where it gets interesting. It's a picture of Joe Carter, of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the '93 World Series, thus having. . . Back-to-back championships.
Drake has hometown support. The Councillor of Toronto provided his two cents to Meek Mill.
Drake donated $75,000 to create a recording studio at Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia, where Meek attended school.
"This is about you. This is about your principal. This is about your future," Drake said. "I love you. I care about you. I want to see you succeed."
Every time an artist wants to come after Drake, the Canadian rapper ends up being more popular.
If Meek Mill is going to respond, it needs to be more than just a song. Also, if there is no response to "Charged Up" or "Back to Back," then this brawl is over by technical knockout. Meek Mill was supposed to drop a diss track back to Drake on the 27th and nothing happened. His Instagram states he'll be back in the studio soon. Diss tracks and songs from Drake's OVO Sound festival can be listened to on his Soundcloud.
