Meek Mill is coming to SU. Here are 5 things to know about the Philly rapper.
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Also known as "Mr. Philadelphia" for his roots from the City of Brotherly Love, Mill released his third album, "Wins & Losses," in July.
UPDATED: Sept. 21, 2017 at 1:22 a.m.
Meek Mill will bring his “Wins & Losses” to Syracuse on Sunday. The rapper will perform in Goldstein Auditorium during the Greek Freak concert, put on by the National Pan-Hellenic Council. The concert starts at 7 p.m. and also features Kranium, Rahh Young and Phil the Artist.
Here’s what you need to know about Mill before he takes the stage.
Mill had beef with Drake
The rappers went back and forth hating on each other’s rap games, eventually leading to diss tracks. Mill called out Drake in 2015 with claims that the rapper used a ghostwriter and that he was out of the game compared to Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole.
The Toronto rapper’s second diss track, “Back to Back,” had fans saying Drake won the feud. The song’s cover features Joe Carter hitting the winning home run for the Toronto Blue Jays to win the 1993 World Series against Mill’s hometown team, the Philadelphia Phillies.
He’s known as Mr. Philadelphia
His real name is Robert Williams, but Mill is also known as “Mr. Philadelphia” because of his roots in the City of Brotherly Love. The Philly rapper has recorded Instagram videos of himself riding around the city’s streets.
He created a video game
“Meek Mill Presents Bike Life” was a free game offered on app stores that the rapper developed with IM3 Gaming Studios. Players competed against others while collecting coins and evading police.
He is signed to Maybach Music Group
Rick Ross founded the record label in 2009, and he signed Mill in 2011. The Philly rapper was featured on Maybach Music Group’s first collaborative album, “Self Made Vol. 1,” along with the rest of the Maybach artists, like Teedra Moses and Wale. He released his first album under Maybach, “Dreams and Nightmares” in 2012, and earlier this year he released his third album, “Wins & Losses.”
His first album debuted at No.2 on the Billboard 200
After Mill released his first album, “Dreams and Nightmares,” in October 2012, about 165,000 were sold in its debut week in the United States, making the album reach the top two albums on the Billboard 200.
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Published on September 20, 2017 at 10:55 pm
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