American rapper Meek Mill received an outpouring of criticism on social networks after a song leaked last week referring to the death of Kobe Bryant, a remembered basketball star, who died in January 2020.
The track, entitled ‘Don’t Worry (RIP Kobe)’, is a collaboration with fellow rapper Lil Baby.
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In this song Mill says: “If I ever miss it, I’ll hit the road with my helicopter, it’s gonna be Kobe again”, referring to the plane crash that killed the basketball player.
Later rapper Lil Baby tells about his wish to have a child: “That’s how I can call him Kobe, if he’s a Gigi girl.”
These fragments are related to the helicopter crash that occurred on January 26, 2020, when Kobe Bryant, 41, died, along with his daughter Gianna (Gigi), 13, and seven other people.
According to the ‘BBC’, the song is no longer available on any social network or YouTube.
Bryant (right) played for the LA Lakers and is known as one of the greatest players in the history of the game. In the photo he is with his daughter Gianna.
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Faced with this situation, Vanessa Bryant, the athlete’s widow, wrote in an Instagram story: ‘I find this sentence extremely insensitive and disrespectful. Point.’
In addition, Vanessa said that if the rapper is a fan of Kobe, he can show his admiration in a different way, as the lyrics of that song “lacks respect and tact.
Meek Mill, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, suggested on his Twitter account that his lyrics had been misinterpreted.
He also claimed it became a “trend” to be hated from time to time.
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I don’t think we have the same signal, all of you .. I don’t see what you all see … I smile at it just like I did 🙃 I say random shit all day on social media … it’s becoming a trend to hate me every once in a while, but I’m literally feeding on that shit ima beast 💎
– Meek Mill (@MeekMill) February 23, 2021
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In another post, The rapper touched on the matter, writing that he had already apologized privately to Vanessa.
He also said it was incorrect that his previous tremors were linked to the controversy.
I privately apologized to her earlier today, not to the public … Nothing I say on my page focuses on a viral moment on the internet or a grieving woman’s family! If you care about someone who is grieving, change the topic!
– Meek Mill (@MeekMill) February 23, 2021
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The reactions on social networks from hip-hop fans did not wait.
With the hashtag #MeekMillIsOverParty They expressed outrage at what had happened.
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This scandal comes just over a month after the one-year anniversary of the death of the basketball star and his daughter, when the helicopter they were in crashed into a hill north of Los Angeles.
The ‘BBC’ said that in early February 2020, US security researchers deduced that the pilot was probably disoriented in the fog.
“We are talking about spatial disorientation where the pilot literally does not know which way he is going up or down, whether he is leaning left or right,” explains Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Board of Transportation Security.
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