Vanessa Bryant calls Meek Mill’s song about Kobe Bryant ‘extremely insensitive’

Song refers to future Basketball Hall of Famer and ‘chopper’ that caused his death

Meek Mill under fire for referencing Kobe Bryant in new song.A clip from Meek Mill's new song with Lil Baby was leaked online on Feb. 17.It reportedly includes the lyrics, "If I ever lack I’m goin’ out with my choppa, it be another Kobe.".Fans immediately called the verse "disrespectful" since Bryant tragically died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter and several others last year.A lot of people died in that accident and a lot of people are still torn up. Some people just don’t understand that it’s inappropriate, Twitter user.Children died in that helicopter meek, u bring this on yourself, Twitter user.Meek seemingly responded to the backlash Thursday morning.Somebody promo a narrative and y’all follow it…. y’all internet antics cannot stop me ….s--- like zombie land or something! Lol, Meek Mill, via Twitter.They paying to influence y’all now … its almost like mind control ‘wake up.’, Meek Mill, via Twitter.Meek also had an altercation with 6ix9ine over the weekend.Both rappers nearly came to blows outside of an Atlanta nightclub.

Philadelphia emcee Meek Mill has angered a number of fans due to a new song that mentions the late Kobe Bryant. On Monday, his widow Vanessa Bryant also expressed her dismay with the song that discusses the NBA legend and the tragic helicopter crash that claimed his life.

The 33-year-old rapper has not yet released his collaboration song “Don’t Worry (RIP Kobe),” which also features Atlanta hip-hop artist Lil Baby. However, the song leaked earlier this week, and some of the lyrics have been deemed disrespectful to Bryant, who died in January 2020 along with his daughter Gianna and several others in a helicopter crash.

The controversy over the leaked song lyrics began last week, but Bryant did not speak about the song until Monday. In an Instagram story, she noted that though she was not familiar with Meek’s music, she was certain he “could do better than this.”

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Many online commented that the lyrics about the deceased basketball star, who also hails from Philadelphia, are appalling. On Twitter, Meek, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, made a vague reference to some of the reactions to his song Thursday.

His response and the song brought a slew of responses Thursday and Friday on Twitter.

A few Meek Mill fans saw the creativity in the line.

The rapper followed up late Thursday with an Instagram post that showed a hat with Bryant and his daughter’s name signed. He also commented about not allowing the internet commentators to get to him or influence change in his music.