- #FreeMeekMill: Rapper Meek Mill Exclusive Interview From Prison - Rolling Stone
- Last November, Meek received a sentencing of two to four years for a parole violation stemming from a 2008 arrest. After a taping for The Tonight Show in August, the rapper was stopped by the NYPD after an Instagram Live revealed he went on a night ride on dirtbikes with fans. In his first interview since his imprisonment, the Philadelphia rapper talks to Rolling Stone about what's next.
Meek revealed that he hasn't let his family visit him since his incarceration. "I won't let them come, if they see me like this—fukked-up beard, hair all ganked—then it's like I'm really in here. Which I'm not." He also clarified what happened when Judge Genece Brinkley asked him to remix Boyz II Men's "On Bended Knee" for her. "fukking Nicki [Minaj] busts out laughing, but I grabbed her leg, going, 'Yo, this is my life here.' I tried to tell the judge, 'All respect, but that ain't me. I'm a Philly street rapper, not a bubblegum dude.' She says, 'Fine, then,' in a real sarcastic way. 'Suit yourself.' "
The Dreams and Nightmares rapper has been using his time to think about what he's going to do once he's released. "I want to speak on this system and what it does to black people—on both fukking sides of the fence," says Meek. But what seems to be the most pressing issue for him is getting out of Philadelphia. "Trust me, I'm gonna say something about that. And then, I'm gonna move to Atlanta." #musicnews #freemeekmill - str8_outa_austin#freemeekmill