Meek Mill Under Fire For Lyrics About Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash

Meek Mill is under fire and facing backlash after fans caught wind of lyrics on an unreleased Lil Baby collaboration that was circulated on social media. In his verse, Meek drops a reference to the late Kobe Bryant that many fans called disrespectful:

Yeah, and if I ever lack, I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another Kobe

This references the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant and his young daughter Gianna. Although it seems unlikely that Meek is trying to intentionally disrespect Bryant, many didn’t view the reference as an honorable tribute.

Fans sounded off on Twitter after the song surfaced, hitting Meek with some widely shared jokes:

Hip hop getting soft man. Meek can rap about Kobe. Drake called his wife a bitch and sang tf out of that. It wasn’t the hardest line but this is RAP man

— Ryan (@Big___Esco) February 18, 2021

Are we mad at Meek for the Kobe line or nah? I think it was hella distasteful but I’ve heard worse, yachty and that columbine line was kinda bad too but it’s music 🤷🏽‍♀️

— Nani 💄💋 (@yourfav_MUA) February 18, 2021

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

— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) February 18, 2021

Every time Meek Mill opens his mouth this picture makes more sense pic.twitter.com/fqhJwhrQK4

— Kenny 🥷🏿 🇲🇽 (@Kenny71400v2) February 18, 2021

hov shot his own brother, cheated on beyonce and made music with eminem yet somehow the worst thing he ever did was get meek mill freed

— ⓢ (@thelake1983) February 18, 2021

Kobe dropping down from heaven to slap the shit outta Meek Mill for his line in that verse pic.twitter.com/pUwGsT7V7p

— Rich (@UptownDCRich) February 18, 2021

Meek himself seemed offered a curt response without directly referencing the issue at hand:

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

— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) February 18, 2021

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

— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) February 18, 2021

The song soon disappeared from social media and streaming services. It was never officially shared by Meek or Baby.