Jay-Z has dispelled rumors he is feuding with Meek Mill, who announced his departure from Roc Nation Management last month. The “24/7” rapper shared in a statement in July that he had come to an agreement with execs that had allowed him to personally handle his businesses on his own terms, after first signing with the company back in 2012.
And while fans were quick to speculate whether Meek and Jay could have had some issues behind the scenes that may have led to his exit, Hova has since set the record straight on DJ Khaled’s song “God Did,” which is lifted from the newly-released album of the same name. “Me and Meek could never beef, I freed that n**** from a whole bid, Hov did,” Jay raps, referring to the powerful “Free Meek” campaign he helped organize in 2018.
Sooooo we not gon talk about what Jay said about @MeekMill on Khalid new album…? I’m the only one who caught that…?
— DJ Starre (@Dj_Starre) August 26, 2022
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Sources say that the 52-year-old had spent millions of dollars in a bid to assist Meek, who was sentenced to two to four years in prison for violating the terms of his 11-year-long probation after riding his dirt bike in Manhattan and “popping wheelies” while not wearing a helmet. Jay was also behind the docu-series “Free Meek,’ which was centered around the Philadelphia-born’s issues with the criminal justice system and how being arrested at 19 for illegally possessing a firearm put him on probation for over a decade.
“This guy got locked up at 19 and been on probation for 11 years. I really believe a lot of people don’t really understand what’s going on, or don’t believe it until they really see it,” the father of three, who is credited as an executive producer on the series, expressed. “Meek is not the only one. You tell people these stories—you can’t believe it, until you hear it from a source and [then] it’s like, this is not fantasy. This is fact. These are just things that are so far that I have to say something.”
Jay Z letting y’all know he and Meekmill could never beef
— MoraQ (@Tytbones) August 26, 2022
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When Meek announced he was stepping away from Roc Nation Management in June, he hadn’t given any indication that there had been some sort of rivalry with Jay, but social media users were quick to assume there must have been a fallout between the two if he was willing to leave one of the top entertainment management firms in the country.
“All I seen today was meek and roc part ways,” he tweeted. “I’m personally handling my own business so I can take risks and grow ..we came to that agreement together.”