“They wanna see me in a cage!”
he exclaimed on “Millidelphia.”
His new studio album,Championships, touts a similar message.
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Meek was released from prison in April.
Months later, he found himself at the Hire!
Some were there to get on-the-spot assistance with resumes.
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Others had served time in prison and sought professional advice on how to re-enter society.
Meek then checks Instagram and is immediately floored by what he sees: young black boys wielding handguns.
He shakes his head.
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“To get through what I went through, you gotta be a superhero,” he says.
“I was really broken.”
With legal threats hanging over him due to continued probation, Meek is noticeably guarded around strangers.
“We’re trying to help on multiple levels,” Meek says.
“You have people in prison who are there because they don’t have lawyer fees or proper representation.
Why are people going in and out of jail?
Why are they committing crimes?”
That’s what I want my story to be."
To the rest of us, it was a surprise move.
“I don’t like to say beef, because that indicates something different.
We just thought it was time to spread love.”
By all accounts,Championshipsstill finds him taking it day by day.
“I’ve fought through the system,” Meek says.
“I’m coming from a different point of view now.
I’m talking about the ghettos of America, the world I come from.
I’ve been in a bad environment more years than I’ve been in a good environment.
I’m still traumatized by what I’ve seen and been through.
I just want to inspire people.”
