Meek Mill Biography | Meek Mill | Who is Meek Mill?
Meek Mill(full name: Robert Rihmeek Williams), known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper and activist. Raised in Philadelphia, he embarked on his music career as a battle rapper and later formed a short-lived rap group, The Bloodhounds.
In 2008, Atlanta-based rapper T.I. signed Meek Mill to his first record deal. In February 2011, after leaving Grand Hustle Records, Mill signed with Miami-based rapper Rick Ross’s Maybach Music Group (MMG).
Mill’s debut album, Dreams, and Nightmares, was released in 2012 under MMG and Warner Bros. Records. The album, preceded by the lead single “Amen”, debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200.
In October 2012, Mill announced the launch of his own label imprint, Dream Chasers Records, named after his mixtape series.
Meek Mill often collaborates with fellow MMG label-mates; he is also known for his appearances on MMG’s Self Made compilation series, with his first two singles, “Tupac Back” and “Ima Boss”, being included on volume one.
In November 2017, he was sentenced to two to four years in prison for violating parole and served five months at the State Correctional Institution – Chester in Chester, Pennsylvania, before being released while his trial continues.
The Bloodhounds lasted long enough to release four mixtapes. In 2008, Mill released his fourth solo mixtape, Flamers 2: Hottest in the City, which spawned the promotional singles “I’m So Fly,” “Pirolli,” and “Hottest in the City.” Flamers 2 caught the attention of Charlie Mack, founder and President of 215 Aphillyated Records.
Mack was so impressed with Mill that he immediately signed him to his management company. During that same year, Meek Mill also met the founder and owner of Grand Hustle Records, Atlanta-based rapper and record executive T.I. T.I. was also impressed by Mill and offered him an opportunity to travel, to meet with him and Warner Bros.
Records; within a week both record companies offered him a deal. Although he was offered other record deals, Mill felt collaborating with T.I. was “an opportunity of a lifetime” and thus chose his label.
However, a setback occurred: Mill was arrested, charged with gun and drug possession, and ordered to serve seven months in prison. He was released in early 2009.
Under Grand Hustle, Mill formed a working relationship with the label’s resident disc jockey, DJ Drama. Mill and Drama teamed up to release the third edition of Mill’s Flamers series. The mixtape, titled Flamers 3: The Wait Is Over, was released on March 12, 2010, and is helmed as a “Gangsta Grillz mixtape”.
The mixtape features his promotional single “Rosé Red”, which was later remixed with additional verses from fellow American rappers T.I., Rick Ross and Vado.
Rick Ross contributed his verse after he was visiting Philadelphia and asked his Twitter followers who he should collaborate with; Meek Mill was the overwhelming response. Read also about Ross Lynch
The remix was included on Mill’s following mixtape, Mr. Philadelphia. Due to Mill’s and Grand Hustle label-boss T.I.’s respective legal troubles, Mill was never able to release an official album under Grand Hustle and they parted ways in 2010.
In February 2011, Rick Ross announced the signing of Mill along with fellow American rapper Wale to his Maybach Music Group (MMG) label.
In March 2011, Mill was included in XXL’s “Freshman Class of 2011”. Later that year, he released his debut single, “Tupac Back”, featuring Rick Ross, from his label’s compilation album Self Made Vol. 1 (2011). That same year he released his second single, “Ima Boss”, also take from the compilation and featuring Ross. Read also about Ray William Johnson
The song was later remixed, featuring T.I., Birdman, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz, and Rick Ross. The remix charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #51, becoming Mill’s most successful single at that time.
In August 2011, Mill released Dreamchasers, a well-received mixtape featuring his urban hit “House Party” and guest appearances from Rick Ross, Yo Gotti, and Beanie Siegel among others.
In February 2012, MTV listed Meek Mill as the “#7 hottest MC” in its annual “Hottest MCs in the Game” list. On May 7, 2012, Mill released the second installment to his Dreamchasers series.
Within six hours of its release on mixtape website DatPiff.com, Dreamchasers 2 was downloaded 1.5 million times. On May 10, it was announced Meek Mill signed with Roc Nation management.
On June 19, 2012, “Amen” – originally included on Dreamchasers 2, was released as the lead single from Mill’s debut studio album. Before releasing his debut studio album Dreams & Nightmares, Mill received co-signs from both Mariah Carey and Nas, with him appearing on Carey’s 2012 single “Triumphant (Get ‘Em)” and the latter stating, “I got my eyes on him.
He’s the next one to take this shit over.” The album was released on October 30, 2012. Following an album release party in Philadelphia, Mill was detained by Philadelphia police after a car in which he was riding in was pulled over.
No charges were filed, and Mill was released from custody. The album debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 165,000 copies. In its second week, the album sold 41,000 more copies dropping 6 spots on the chart to number 8. Read also Machine Gun Kelly
2013–17: Dreams Worth More Than Money, DC4 and Wins & Losses. Mill released the third installment of the Dreamchasers series, Dreamchasers 3. The mixtape featured guest appearances from Rick Ross, Akon, Future, Waka Flocka Flame, Wale, Trina and Jadakiss among others.
The mixtape was scheduled to be released on May 6, 2013. However, he had announced that it would be pushed back, eventually to be released on September 29, 2013. In November 2013, Mill announced that he was half-way finished with his second studio album.
On March 8, 2014, Mill announced that the album would be titled Dreams Worth More Than Money. Mill’s album, Dreams Worth More Than Money, which was released on June 28, 2015, topped the Billboard 200 as of the issue dated July 18, 2015.
Meek Mill posted 6 videos on his Instagram previewing music for his mixtape, DC4. The mixtape was planned to have featured a remix of his enemy, Drake’s song, “Back to Back”, and a remix to Drake and Future’s song, “I’m the Plug”, but unfortunately, due to DC4 being released commercially, neither of these two remixes made the final cut.
On January 16, 2016, Meek Mill dropped songs on his extended play, 4/4, with 4 tracks. On January 30, 2016, Meek Mill released another extended play title 4/4, Pt. 2.
Meek Mill spent $50,000 to donate 60,000 water bottles to contribute to the Flint Water Crisis. Later in August 2018, Mill donated 6000 backpacks to students of Philadelphia.
Meek Mill released DC4 on October 28, 2016. On July 21, 2017, Mill released his third studio album titled Wins & Losses.
On November 16, 2018, Mill announced his fourth album, Championships, which was released on November 30. The album received positive reviews from critics and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, selling 229,000 album-equivalent units in its first week (42,000 coming from pure sales).
Meek Mill Age | How Old Is Meek Mill?
Meek Mill was born Robert Rihmeek Williams on May 6, 1987, in South Philadelphia, the son of Kathy Williams. He has an older sister, Nasheema Williams.
Kathy grew up in poverty and her mother died when she was young. Meek’s father was killed when Meek was five years old, apparently during an attempted robbery.
Meek is 32 years old as of 2019. She was born on 6 May 1987, in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Kids | Son
Meek has only two kids named:
- Murad Williams
Son - Rihmeek Williams
Son
Early Life
Meek Mill was born Robert Rihmeek Williams on May 6, 1987, in South Philadelphia, the son of Kathy Williams. He has an older sister, Nasheema Williams. Kathy grew up in poverty and her mother died when she was young.
His father was killed when Meek was five years old, apparently during an attempted robbery. His uncle, Robert, described Meek’s father as a “black sheep of the family”.
After her husband’s death, Kathy moved with Meek and his sister to North Philadelphia, where they lived in a three-bedroom apartment on Berks Street. Read also Machine Gun Kelly
Their financial condition was poor and she started cutting hair, doing other jobs, and shoplifting in order to support her family. At home, Meek Mill was shy and rarely spoke.
As a kid, he became acquainted with another one of his father’s brothers, who went by the MC name “Grandmaster Nell”, who was a pioneering disc jockey (DJ) in the late-1980s Philadelphia hip-hop scene and influenced rap artists Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Meek’s interest in hip-hop grew as a result of these early influences.
He was also influenced by the independent hip-hop artists Chic Raw and Vodka, whom he used to emulate by watching their DVDs.
During his early teenage years, Meek often took part in rap battles, under the pseudonym Meek Millz. He’d often stay up well past midnight filling notebooks with phrases and verses that he’d later draw on. Later he and three friends formed the rap group, The Bloodhounds.
They bought blank CDs and jewel cases at Kinko’s, encouraging friends to burn them with the group’s songs and distribute them. When he was 18, while walking to a corner store armed, Meek Mill was arrested for illegally possessing a firearm and was beaten up by the police.
Because of the beating, his lips and both eyes became swollen and one of his braids was ripped out. He was charged with assaulting the police after two black cops gave a statement against him in the case, saying he chased them down with a gun and tried to kill them. He was then placed on probation.
Meek Mill News Girlfriend | Who is Meek Mill Married to?
All within a day the identity of Meek Mill’s alleged new girlfriend has been revealed, with reports suggesting that her name is Janice and her Instagram page is jannyram_.
A quick look at her timeline shows that Janice is confident of her sex appeal and appears to travel often, while her IG story insinuates that people are “jumping to conclusions.”
Meek Mill Height| How Tall Is Meek Mill?
Meek Mill was an American rapper who is known for such songs as “All Eyes on You”, “Dreams and Nightmares” and “Ima Boss”.Seeing the rapper in videos, you can tell that he is pretty tall, but what’s Meek Mill’s real height? 6 Feet 2 inches (187.96 cm) tall
Meek Mill Dead
Meek is alive, there is no rumor about his death.
Allegations against Cosmopolitan Resort
In May 2019 Meek Mill was turned away from the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas when attempting to attend a show. His attorney, Joe Tacopina, alleged that Mill was turned away because of his race.
On May 25, 2019, Mill said that he intended to pursue legal action against the hotel for racial discrimination. Within days, the Cosmopolitan issued the requested apology.
Tacopina then announced that his client had accepted it, and no lawsuit would be forthcoming.
REFORM Alliance
In 2018, following his release from state custody, Mill co-founded the REFORM Alliance with fellow recording artist Jay-Z. The nonprofit organization’s mission is to reform the criminal justice system by lobbying for change in its laws and policies, beginning with probation and parole.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 76ers owner Michael G. Rubin, as well as other leaders in business, law, and politics have contributed over $50 million to the organization.
Meek Mill Net Worth
Meek Mill is an American rapper and songwriter with a lot of past feuds. In 2019, Meek Mill’s net worth is $14 million.
Controversies
“Amen”
Following the release of the lead single for Dreams & Nightmares, entitled “Amen”, Philadelphia area pastor Rev. Jomo K. Johnson called for a boycott of Mill due to the lyrical content of “Amen”.
In a statement, he said that “As a hip-hop fan, I want to encourage every rap fan in Philadelphia who is a believer in Jesus Christ, to boycott Meek Mill until he acknowledges this blatant disrespect.
And being resident of North Philadelphia and pastor, I revoke Meek’s ‘hood pass’ until this happens.” On July 17, in an interview on the BET show 106 & Park, Mill stated, “I don’t think no preacher or no church approves of any type of rap music—because rap music, period, is a lot of bad stuff said.
But at the end of the day, it’s real life. And me, I wasn’t trying to disrespect no religion or anything like that.”
Drake
In July 2015, Meek Mill publicly criticized Canadian Toronto-based entertainer Drake on Twitter, calling him out for not writing his own lyrics.
In a series of tweets, the rapper claimed his counterpart used a ghostwriter for “R.I.C.O.”, a song off Mill’s second album, Dreams Worth More Than Money.
He also admitted that he was upset that Drake did not promote the album on Twitter, upon its release. “Stop comparing Drake [to me too]. He doesn’t write his own raps. That’s why he ain’t tweet my album because we found out!”, Meek Mill commented.
Meek Mill had identified the ghostwriter as Quentin Miller, a local rapper from Atlanta. Meek Mill’s claims received support from Funkmaster Flex, an American hip hop DJ on New York City’s Hot 97 radio station.
Flex released multiple audio recordings of reference tracks featuring Quentin Miller performing the soon-to-be Drake songs, “10 Bands”, “Used To”, “Know Yourself” and his guest verse on “R.I.C.O.”
Drake was later supported by his long-time friend, collaborator, and co-founder of OVO Sound, award-winning multi-platinum selling producer 40, who claimed that not only does Drake write his own songs, he has also written number-one records for other artists.
“No one is as talented as Drake… [there are] countless number ones and songs drake has written for others never mind himself”, 40 said on Twitter.
On July 25, 2015, Drake premiered a track, titled “Charged Up” on the Beats 1 OVO Radio Show that is widely seen as a response to Meek Mill’s allegations.
Drake highlighted Meek Mill’s relatively low sales volume and further claimed that the rapper was fading into obscurity. Drake also dissed Funkmaster Flex by promoting his rival DJ Clue?. On July 29, Drake released an aggressive diss track, named “Back to Back”, that further attacked Meek Mill.
The track, streamed over 500,000 times in 4 hours, heavily suggested that Mill’s relationship with Nicki Minaj is lopsided in the latter’s favor and also further criticized the former for not responding to “Charged Up” and for only relying on Twitter to attack Drake.
The track was released for streaming on the OVO SoundCloud account and on Apple Music. The next day, Meek Mill released a track attacking Drake titled “Wanna Know” through Funkmaster Flex on Hot 97.
On “Wanna Know”, Meek Mill revealed another reference track, ghostwritten by Quentin Miller for Drake, who he criticized for being soft.
Meek Mill also dissed AR-Ab on the track and furthermore claimed that Drake was urinated on inside a movie theatre. Mill then removed the song from SoundCloud and said that he was moving on from his feud with Drake.
On January 30, 2016, Drake released a new diss track aimed at Mill, titled “Summer Sixteen”, as the buzz single, used to promote his fourth studio album, Views. Less than fifteen minutes later, Mill released a response track with label mate Omelly called “War Pain”.
The track references several lines from “Summer Sixteen”, including an incident in which Drake played “Back to Back” in a public hotel, in which, he had a room directly above Mill. Four months later, Mill released a remix of Fat Joe and Remy Ma’s “All the Way Up” with fellow rappers Fabolous and Jadakiss.
Meek directly references Drake in several lines of the song, such as “If you didn’t write it, don’t record it.” He also implied that he was in a relationship with Drake’s current love interest, Rihanna.
Meek Mill and Drake were both respectively endorsed by Burger King and Whataburger for their feud.
After Mill’s release from prison in 2018, the feud was officially squashed. Drake is featured in Mill’s post-incarceration album Championships.
The Game
On September 16, 2016, The Game released a five-minute freestyle, “92 Bars”, which was rumored to be a diss towards Meek Mill. Previously, Mill and Game collaborated on 2015’s “The Soundtrack”.
Hours after the release of “92 Bars”, Game admitted that the freestyle was specifically a diss towards Mill. The next day, the two rappers ended up in an Instagram exchange, with The Game cyber-flirting with Meek Mill’s girlfriend, Nicki Minaj, as well as accusing Mill of informing the authorities of a robbery involving Sean Kingston.
On September 18 Meek Mill released a diss track toward Game, a remix to Young M.A.’s “OOOUUU” with Omelly and Beanie Sigel.
Two days later The Game responded with “Pest Control”, using the same beat and sending shots at Meek Mill, Omelly, Beanie Sigel, and Sean Kingston. In 2018 the two reconciled after Mill’s incarceration and subsequent release from prison.
Beanie Sigel
A dispute between Meek Mill and fellow Philadelphia-based rapper Beanie Sigel ensued on September 26, 2016, when the latter ridiculed the former’s intelligence towards him through a radio interview.
Minutes after the interview, Sigel was punched on the back of his head by whoever was believed to have been one of Meek Mill’s affiliates.
Three days later Mill criticized Sigel through many derogatory Instagram messages. Later Mill dissed Sigel, The Game and Drake in a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex’s radio show. Sigel responded by releasing a diss track titled “I’m Coming”.