I never thought I'd write this, but here we are: there might be a beef on the horizon between Trick Daddy and Meek Mill. It all started when Meek Mill appeared on Hot 97's Ebro in the Morning show to talk about his new album Wins & Losses. During the conversation, Meek took a moment to reflect on his influence on the culture.
"I don't think you know," he began. "When you see people rolling their skullies up, when you see people with the diamond chains, everybody's wearing Cuban links. When you see people in Miami on the yachts now on Instagram—that come from the influence of Meek Mill, the Dreamchasers, because they believe us," Meek said.
Trick Daddy, apparently the unofficial spokesperson for the city of Miami, did what rappers do these days: he took to Instagram to issue an aggressive response, in defense of his hometown's authenticity. "Miami niggas are not followers, not mini mes and me toos," he said. "We trendsetters. ... Don't use my city or my niggas for character references. I will get out of character. Do not fuck with me. ... Dirt bikes, Cuban links, and yachts? We cocaine cowboys, nigga. Ever since you lost your girl, you been tripping. As a matter of fact, your visa has expired. You owe me and my city an apology."
In a recent interview with Cosmic Kev on Power 99, Meek responded to Trick calling him out, saying he was disappointed Trick went on Instagram to air his grievance instead of coming to him directly. "I come from Philadelphia, all our OGs, they don't get on Instagram where we're from," Meek said. "If they wanna say something to somebody, they get in contact with them and say it, especially when it's that type of anger. This goes out to everyone in the rap industry, from hereon till a thousand years: I will always be handled with respect in live person." You can check Meek's response at the 9:47 mark in the video up top.
I, for one, can't wait to hear how Trick responds from here. Will it be via Instagram? In person? Who knows—we might even get a diss record out of this. Fingers crossed.
