This might not be your typical Tupac-Biggie or JayZ-Nas beef,
but this is the most talked about beef in hip-hop right now and its happening
where you'd expect, Social Media.
Drake had us all
charged up over the weekend when he released a diss track to Meek Mill titled 'Charged Up'. One which
was met with silence from the Meek corner.
That's not all.
Drake on Wednesday
dropped something else for Meek he called 'Back to Back'.
It really was a back to back below-the-belt.
But while Drake might
be winning on the mic, there are reasons to
believe Meek is winning in the
bank.
Former Senior Adviser
to President Barack Obama, Dan Pfeiffer believes Philadelphia rapper Meek baiting Drake
simply 'brilliant marketing'.
The former White House man whose expertise
includes political strategy, suggests that Meek might have benefited from the
beef he initiated to draw more attention to the "Dreams Worth More Than Money" album he released a week before the
beef began to draw more attention to the album.
Meek Mill has been
the most talked about artist on Social Media, especially Facebook and Twitter, and it
is expected that his album will be talked about almost as much.
His video which was
released on Monday, "All Eyes On You", featuring Minaj and Chris
Brown, has certainly gained publicity from the whole spat with the more popular
Drake.
Meek performed in
Toronto yesterday and to the disappointment of some fans, he didn't release a
Drake diss.
Meek's album is
currently No. 7 on Billboard's top 200 chart, while Drake's latest album "If You're Reading This it's Too Late" is No. 13.
Both albums peaked at
No. 1 upon their release — Meek's on July 11 and Drake's on Feb. 13.
In the tweet that
sparked the feud, Meek addresses Drake not tweeting out his album, in which the
Toronto MC is featured, and claims that Drake "don't write his own
raps" and that had he known this, he would never have asked Drizzy to be a
guest artist on his album.
Drake is featured on
Meeks' "Dreams Worth More Than Money" in the track
"R.I.C.O.," which is now No. 16 on this week's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs chart.
In his first diss
track "Charged Up," Drake slams Mill for riding the coattails of
girlfriend Nicki Minaj.
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