Philadelphia moet wel erg van Meek Mill houden. De Phillies hebben 14 maart uitgeroepen tot ‘Meek Mill Day’ en sluiten die officieel af met een ‘Meek Mill weekend’.
De rapper werd geëerd voor zijn bijdrage aan de hiphopindustrie en voor zijn aandacht aan criminaliteit onder jongeren. Meek Mill bedankte in de speech zijn familie en vrienden. Ook zijn 7-jarige zoontje kwam aan bod. “As you see, I got a 7-year-old son. My son is 7-years-old. He may make mistakes in life. I don’t want my son growing up in a world where if he decided to use marijuana one time, he could spend two or three years in a state penitentiary raised by people he don’t know,” aldus Meek.
“I don’t believe young kids where we come from, minorities like myself, should have a shot like that. I think we deserve better and I’m trying to fight for the young kids that I actually spent time and sat in prison with multiple times for not even committing crime. I want to thank the people here for the support because the support done mattered a lot. I’ve been in prison a few times for probation violation, but the one time that my city of Philadelphia showed me support was the one time I came out of prison, and I want to show the support back and do it for the people that actually stood up for me,”
