#Meek Mill Faces Backlash Over Kobe Bryant Lyrics Then Calls Out 'Internet Antics'

Meek Mill was met with controversy on Wednesday (February 17) after a snippet of an unreleased song surfaced online, in which he references late NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s death. The untitled track — known as “Don’t Worry (RIP Kobe)” on Genius’ website — is a collaboration with Lil Baby, which finds Meek bringing up Kobe passing away in a helicopter crash.

“This bitch I’m fuckin’ always tell me that she love me but she ain’t ever showed me,” Meek raps in his verse. “Yeah, and if I ever lack, I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another Kobe/Shit, I could tell that they ain’t never know me/’Cause if they knew me they would’ve never showed me.”

Unsurprisingly, Hip Hop and NBA fans alike took to Twitter to blast the Philadelphia-bred rapper for his choice of words.

One Twitter user wrote, “He made a reference about Kobe’s death in the helicopter, meek is a fucking weirdo ass clown for that.”

“Meek Mill been a clown but too say that line about Kobe & a choppa…… ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH???” another said.

DJ Sourmilk of Power 106’s L.A. Leakers wrote, “I do agree that people are pussies these days and wanna cancel everything, but that Kobe line could’ve been swapped out.”

He made a reference about Kobe’s death in the helicopter, meek is a fucking weirdo ass clown for that

— Rob (@RobertA64099814) February 18, 2021

Meek Mill been a clown but too say that line about Kobe & a choppa…… ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH??? pic.twitter.com/eFCCRKXmPy

— . (@IovelsX) February 18, 2021

I do agree that people are pussies these days and wanna cancel everything, but that Kobe line could’ve been swapped out. 😫

— dj sourmilk (@djsourmilk) February 18, 2021

Shortly after becoming a Twitter trending topic, Meek sent out a couple of tweets on Thursday morning (February 18) calling out “internet antics.”

“somebody promo a narrative and y’all follow it,” he said. “y’all internet antics cannot stop me ….shit like zombie land or something! Lol. They paying to influence y’all now … its almost like mind control ‘wake up.’

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

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

— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) February 18, 2021

Later in the snippet, Baby mentions Kobe in a line about wanting to name his kids after the Los Angeles Lakers great and his daughter Gianna Bryant, who also died in the fatal January 2020 accident.

“I made a promise before God, that want’ll never hold me,” he raps. “I damn near wanna have a son, so I can name him Kobe/Daughter Gigi, I done beat them odds, I wish lil’ one could see me/Tiger took the charge without a problem, there he ever need me.”

Take a look at more reactions to Meek’s lyrics below.

How black Twitter is doing Meek Mill after hearing that line about Kobe pic.twitter.com/lrU6w8cfOj

— Rich (@UptownDCRich) February 18, 2021

Meek Mill said what about Kobe.. going out with your chopper?! 🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/wul9aOEa38

— Dirk Diggler (@jasodatdude) February 18, 2021

Lil baby after hearing what this mf Meek mill said about Kobe: pic.twitter.com/x2eOAjMgaN

— Danyell (@Danyell28995168) February 18, 2021

Lil baby watching meek mill in the studio when he said that line about Kobe pic.twitter.com/jPc5hixC4W

— Noah (@alan_noah05) February 18, 2021

Meek Mill will never have bars like Kobe had bars pic.twitter.com/gDgSEXoX7B

— Weekly Newsical (@WeeklyNewsical) 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

The whole internet after hearing meek mill make that kobe verse: pic.twitter.com/uNNsNPyE4V

— redge0rh🇸🇴 (@RHufane) February 18, 2021

Meek using Kobe’s Death in a rap Bar pic.twitter.com/nd7cmCAec5

— Papi HATHAWAY 🇯🇲 (@HeadcACE1906) February 18, 2021