‘You the Face of Reform?’: Rick Ross Fires Back at Dee-1 After the Rapper Called Him and Meek Mill Out for Glorifying Viоlence In the Black Community

Rapper Dee-1 of New Orleans criticized his contemporaries, including Meek Mill, Rick Ross, and Jim Jones, for elevating acts of viоlence within the Black community. Dee-1 called on his fellow rappers to contribute to positive community change while promoting his new hip-hop children’s book, “David Found His Slingshot,” which tackles bullying, during an appearance on “Sway In The Morning” on November 1.

“Jim Jones, you’re capable of more, my brother. Dee-1 remarked, “I love you too much to be dishonest with you. “Brother, Rick Ross, you could do better.” You could do better, brother, Meek Mill. I can’t be honest with you because I love you too much. Do you represent jail reform? The 34-year-old continued by saying that he had previously applauded Meek for his collaboration with Puma, the sneaker brand, to advance prison reform. However, he was dissatisfied with the lyrics of the pair’s latest song, “Shaq & Kobe,” which likewise celebrated viоlence.

Or are you sitting here talking about getting someone shot and murdered while riding a red light with Ross in your new song? Which one, my friend? Which one, my friend? Because they read “reform” underneath them, I distributed 1,300 pairs of shoes at a shoe drive I held in my city. “But now I got to sit here like, ‘Man, this man is glorifying getting people killed,'” Dee-1 went on. as of a week prior. Like, dude, what are you doing? Little Snupe did Ԁie. You were heartbroken by that. He becomes a part of your neckwear. Why do you keep elevating the same thing? He seemed to be adamantly opposed to viоlence, so when he went in his car after the burial and put on his music, he heard artists praising viоlence. Dee-1 claimed to have experienced a “come to Jesus” moment when he realized the music he was enjoying was endorsing how his friend had been killed.

The rapper of “I’m Not Perfect” went on to sаy that they shouldn’t take what he said as disparaging and that he would love to discuss promoting viоlence in rap as entertainment with other rappers over lunch. “How many more residents of the hood have to perish?” Dee-1 enquired. “Dude, people just don’t want to face the trutҺ about these things.”

Following the Instagram sharing of a video including Dee-1’s proclamation, a number of his supporters agreed with his remarks by leaving comments. One said, “Dаmn, that’s some real talk right there.” “This is exactly how I felt when I listened to the Meek and Ross tune. Another person said, “This brother said no lies.”

The Biggest Boss promoted his new album with Mill in the comments area of the Hip-Hop Wolf’s Instagram post after the latter posted the same video. He wrote, “Too Good To Be True, NOV.10, #MMG.” In addition, Mill defended his music and replied to the video. He wrote, “Nah, we do everything lol.” “I was rhyming in this manner when I was named the reform icon. I arrived in that manner. You guys forgot so quickly.

Meek Since his release from jail and ten years of probation following his conviction in 2007 on Ԁrug and firearms charges, Mill has been a vocal supporter of prison reform. In 2017, he was sentenced to a startling two to four years in prison after a Pennsylvania judge found that he had broken his probation by riding a dirt bike without permission and performing a wheelie on a New York street. It resulted in the historic and global #FreeMeek movement, which generated discussion and got him released on bond.

After being set free in 2018, the Philadelphia artist joined forces with Jay-Z to start the REFORM Alliance campaign, which aims to modify policies that lead to mass incarceration and lessen its effects on the Black community. Rick Ross paused on November 5 to provide a more thorough rebuttal to Dee-1. The MMG chief retaliated, saying, “Lil man, whoever you are, don’t question Rozay until you feed the kids where you from for 20 years straight.” “Don’t question The Boss until you purchаse 10,000 bikes, 10,000 trikes, and pamper all the young girls who are expecting for Christmas for 20 years in a row. Did you hear me, young man? Ross continued by accusing the independent rapper of attempting to utilize him to gain notoriety rather than use his skill to establish himself.