Meek Mill Reveals Having Label Issues In Aftermath Of Drake Battle

Meek Mill took time to reflect on his label issues after his 2015 battle with Drake. He was asked Meek about his opinion on his former adversary suing Universal Music Group for promoting Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”, citing defamation. He responded with a story, explaining what happened after Drizzy bested him in their bout, insisting that the label told him not to release new music. The “Going Bad” rapper also noted that the beef between himself and Drake was manufactured for the internet by their labels, Universal Music Group and Atlantic Records. “Label told me don’t drop nothing…I went against that and dropped DC4 mixxtape,” he typed in response. “Shari Bryant backed me herself. 90k first week to heat up…I couldn’t make any playlist either that had me confused a lil. Losing confidence but I knew 80% was campaign! Influence for the net only. Meek implied that, at the end of the day, the music industry is a popularity contest and a matter of “who knows who.” He asserted that he has since changed his game-plan, and it has paid off, placing him in rooms with people who call the shots. “It all comes down to who know who…once I started owning companies,” he added. “I wanted to be in convo with the high level shakers and owners if I made more than 100m on a label because not the only business I got and I deal with the top people at companies to get top results!

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