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Meek Mill Responds to Backlash Over Leaked Kobe Bryant Lyric
Vanessa Bryant is speaking out about Meek Mill's controversial Kobe Bryant lyric.
After a leaked Meek song spurred backlash last week over a line about the late NBA superstar's death, Vanessa took to her Instagram Story on Monday, Feb. 22 to condemn the lyric.
"Dear @meekmill, I find this line to be extremely insensitive and disrespectful," she wrote. "Period. I am not familiar with any of your music, but I believe you can do better than this. If you are a fan, fine, there's a better way to show your admiration for my husband. This lacks respect and tact."
Less than a half hour after Kobe's 38-year-old widow shared this message, Meek tweeted, "I'm going back savage in this s--t ... f#%k ya feelings!" Shortly after that, he tweeted, "Ion trust people gotta play it raw ......"
Many individuals responded to these tweets by asking the 33-year-old rapper to apologize to Vanessa.
Meek's lyric that leaked on Feb. 17 read, "This bitch I'm f—kin' always tell me that she love but she ain't ever showed me/ Yeah, and if I ever lack, I'm goin' out with my chopper, it by another Kobe."
The song hit the Internet just over a year after the Los Angeles Lakers legend and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020. Seven other lives were also lost in the tragic accident.
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Meek had appeared to respond to the initial backlash at the time when he tweeted on Feb. 17, "somebody promo a narrative and y'all follow it.... y'all internet antics cannot stop me ....s--t like zombie land or something! Lol."
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