Meek Mill Responds to Backlash After Referencing Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Crash in New Song

Rapper Meek Mill is getting all kinds of hate hurled towards him online after referencing late NBA legend Kobe Bryant and a helicopter in lyrics released from his new song with Lil Baby. As everyone knows, Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people died in a tragic helicopter in January 2020.

Fans were not happy to see lyrics from the 33-year-old rapper’s song, which included: ‘If I ever lack I’m goin’ out with my choppa, it be another Kobe.’

Here’s the lyrics:

“I’m going out with my chopper, it be another Kobe” – Meek Mill pic.twitter.com/VfzoFIRVo6

— Ball Fade (@ballfade_) February 18, 2021

Later on Thursday, Meek seemingly addressed backlash from fans about the controversial lyric on Twitter.

“Somebody promo a narrative and y’all follow it,” he wrote. “Y’all internet antics cannot stop me… shit like zombie land or something! Lol.”

In a follow-up tweet, he added,

“They paying to influence y’all now… [it’s] almost like mind control ‘wake up.’”

somebody promo a narrative and y’all follow it…. y’all internet antics cannot stop me ….shit like zombie land or something! Lol

— MeekMill.nft (@MeekMill) February 18, 2021

They paying to influence y’all now … its almost like mind control “wake up” 🙃

— MeekMill.nft (@MeekMill) February 18, 2021

Meek has to now know it’s way too soon to be talking about that tragedy in a verse.

No one is going to get behind that lyric.

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