Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
Twitterers follow him by the hundreds of thousands.
A half-million have watched him on YouTube.
Mixtape buyers love him. He's got 14 of them on the market.
"More, maybe," says Meek Mill. "I lost count."
He's been called hip-hop's first social media superstar, a viral Internet icon who works the web like rappers of yore worked two turntables and a microphone.
Still, one of the greatest measures of the 24-year-old Philadelphia MC's success has been on the stage. Take Powerhouse, Power 99-FM's annual radio concert bash at Wells Fargo Center. Every time Mill plays it, he draws more applause than its stars.
Drake, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj — all have played Powerhouse. Meek Mill ruled.
"He's been opening up for Powerhouse for the last three years and he gets the same reception," says Cosmic Kev, the Power 99 DJ who broke Mill big when he dropped 2007's "In My Bag" into his radio shows. Like many in Philly, Kev had known about Mill's rep for freestyling, fast beats and hummable melody forever. "Meek's been around for 10 years, yet for the last four he's been doing it was about moving forward with those who I feel had the potential to blossom into some of the best artists of this time," says Ross. "I got that feeling from watching Meek on his come-up in Philly."
"I miss the up-tempo stuff, but for now Ross is steering him into a more internationally accepted sound," says Kev. Mill's first major-label CD will surely follow both routes.
Despite kudos and label deals, it's business as usual for Meek Mill. "I just want to be the best I can be," he says during a quiet time between filming a video for MMG 's "By Any Means" at his 31st and Diamond stomping grounds and heading to Camden to open a show for Lil Wayne.
The kid born Robert Rahmeek Williams didn't exclusively think about rapping while attending Frederick Douglass Elementary or jumping between his parents' separate residences. His mom, Cathy, lived in North Philly, near 23rd and Birch, and his dad, Robert Parker, lived South at 18th and Catharine.
"One minute a skateboarder, next a basketballer or a boxer," says Mill. "You want to be something ." Crediting the influence of his "heroes" such as his father, a part-time musician who was killed during a robbery, and his uncle, Grandmaster Nell of Philly's Punk Funk Nation, meant that hip-hop was a pre-eminent force in Mill's life. "I got into their music at age 6 or 7. It was constant.
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"I'm always chasing my dreams," he says. Beyond the lyrics, though, was Mill's music, melodies that filled early mixtapes like Best of Meek Mill Part 1, The Real Me and the 2007 start of his highly notable Flamerz series, of which there are currently
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