Rapper Meek Mill thought starting a high-profile Twitter war would be great for his image, but it totally backfired
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This feud is a master class in how to attract negative attention and turn yourself into a laughing stock online. Meek Mill might have thought starting a fight with the more popular Drake would bring him more attention - and it did. It's just not the right kind of attention.
It began on July 21, when Meek Mill accused Drake of not writing his own lyrics:
Stop comparing drake to me too.... He don't write his own raps! That's why he ain't tweet my album because we found out! ??
- Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 22, 2015
Since then, the feud has escalated, with radio DJs, music producers, and even the alleged ghostwriter Quentin Miller stepping in - mostly to defend Drake, not Meek Mill.
Theres countless number ones and songs drake has written for others never mind himself, thats the funny part lol!
- Noah Shebib (@OVO40) July 23, 2015
But through it all, Drake apparently learned from Taylor Swift's Twitter misstep last week and chose not to respond on social media - leaving Meek Mill to keep digging himself deeper and deeper while Drake takes the high ground.
Fans are tweeting about the fight nonstop, clamoring for more developments.
Drake and meek mill beef is so entertaining, LIKE WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?????? No one knows
- carly seppala (@carlyseppala) July 29, 2015
Someone launched a GoFundMe to help Meek Mill record his Drake diss response ?????? pic.twitter.com/yyCb9A1Dzd
- Ghetto Translations (@UrbanEngIish) July 30, 2015
Smh not on earth RT @ItsBarno: Meek Mill is going to come back. Trust me. Drake's gon be buried. End of Story
- PKORIR (@enoch_koech) July 30, 2015
Instead of obliging them with a tweet, Drake released two songs mocking Meek. Music fans went wild as he took Meek to task for failing to "give the world" to his fiancée, Nicki Minaj, who's a much more critically and commercially successful rapper than Meek Mill is.
But even though Drake's taken the high road and refused to engage online, the most entertaining part of this feud remains on Twitter and Instagram.
Drake won't tweet back at Meek Mill, but hip hop fans are doing it for him - and hilariously.
These Meek Mill / Drake memes are too much #BackToBack pic.twitter.com/OFaZhJily7
- Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) July 30, 2015
Why they do @MeekMill like that ?? #BackToBack pic.twitter.com/D93RIboG2f
- Jericho Rain (@REALJERICHORAIN) July 30, 2015
Someone wore this to the Pinkprint tour in Toronto today. pic.twitter.com/7K5e4VRCry
- HIP HOP FACTS (@DailyRapFacts) July 29, 2015
Meanwhile, Meek finally struck back with a diss track - in the form of a painfully unfunny fake song on Twitter.
Here it gooooooooo lets get it ?????????????? pic.twitter.com/eWdMOXZrPh
- Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 28, 2015
Here it gooooooooo lets get it ?????????????? pic.twitter.com/eWdMOXZrPh
- Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 28, 2015
In the court of public opinion, it's clear that Drake came out on top of this fight.
Meek Mill is a victim of a common Twitter misstep for big brands and celebrities - tweeting too much when the public isn't on your side.
Now, the situation has snowballed. It's reminiscent of the NYPD's misguided attempts at getting the public on its side with the #myNYPD hashtag - which quickly turned into a place for people to post photos of overly aggressive officers.
It also comes on the heels of Minaj's own Twitter feud with Taylor Swift - in which Minaj prevailed, because more people sided with her, after Swift made the mistake of inserting herself into the wrong side of a conflict.
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