Fans can’t decide if Meek’s tweets after her report are a terribly insensitive reaction – or just another random nonsense.
Vanessa Bryant may not be familiar enough with the music of Gentle mill to say whether she likes it or not, but she was certainly ready to take a stand against some of its lyrical content when it came to the horrific helicopter crash that cost her husband and daughter.
The line first came to the attention of Kobe Bryant fans and the internet last week – and they had a lot to say about it then – and in the meantime it has apparently also been brought to his widow’s attention.
She was not impressed with what she saw.

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“I find this line extremely insensitive and disrespectful. Period,” Vanessa wrote on her Instagram Stories Monday night about a screenshot of the lyrics involved.

“I know nothing about your music, but I believe you can do better than that,” she continued. ‘If you’re a fan, there’s a better way to show your admiration for my husband. It has no respect and tact. ‘
While it’s not yet clear if there’s any connection to Vanessa’s calling or if it’s just a matter of inconvenient timing, Meek Mill started a tweet storm shortly after Vanessa’s message hit her stories.
“I’m cruelly going back in this shit … f #% k ya feelings!” he writes in his first tweet and follows very quickly on her heels. This was followed by statements, including “Ion trust people gotta play it raw ……” and “Head taps for n #% ga tryna pull my card!” and “Bobby back ….. we needed it.”

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He persisted for at least the next few hours, with one statement appearing to be in response to – well, something. “I do not think we are all the same. I do not see what you see … I look laughing at the net,” he tweeted. “I say random shit all day on social … it’s becoming a tendency to hate me every now and then, but I literally feed that shit ima animal.”
While it’s unclear what he’s referring to in these posts, it’s very clear that his fans and fans know exactly what Vanessa wrote, if he takes some time to examine the comments below each of them.
“In no way are you responding to a widow who has said that your lyrics are disrespectful to her husband,” one follower wrote after his first tweet. There were similar sentiments in response to each of his posts.
Vanessa Bryant’s message and the response of Meek Mills (or totally unrelated tweets) sent them both quickly to the top of Twitter’s popular topics, as the social media platform weighs the controversy.

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In no way are you responding to a widow who has said that your lyrics are dishonest towards her husband 😐 pic.twitter.com/OihtPBzkOW
– 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶 (@big_hasso) 23 February 2021
@big_hasso
Tf is Meek Mill on pic.twitter.com/y4FGlrzCPa
– 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩¹³🎡 (@RocketsPlsWin) 23 February 2021
@RocketsPlsWin
Meek Mill’s publicity over the past few weeks pic.twitter.com/F3SwCLUd1M
– Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) 23 February 2021
@Phil_Lewis_
Not even 20 minutes after Vanessa Bryant did her job. You have to apologize to Meek pic.twitter.com/7UV3oSiRdu
– IG @ Drebaexo (@Drebae_) 23 February 2021
@Drebae_
the problem with gentle mill https://t.co/XFE7XIpMIb
– IDidIt (@YourMusicWhore) 23 February 2021
@JouMusiekWhore
Vanessa Bryant talks about Meek Mill as pic.twitter.com/9RLgnA1xsi
– Pimpnaam SB ✭ (@ All_Cake88) 23 February 2021
@ All_Cake88
Vanessa Bryant: “Dear gentleman, I find this line extremely insensitive and disrespectful …”
Meek Mill: “I’m cruelly going back in this shit, fuck your feelings”
Meek Mill PR Team: pic.twitter.com/6svi3pX4A4
– SFTY + (@sftyplus) 23 February 2021
@sftyplus
Vanessa Bryant said I do not know any of your music for Meek Mill 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/kcVHwbDUHU
– BlackCultureEntertainment🗣 (@ 4TheCulture ____) 23 February 2021
@ 4TheCulture ____
Not only her husband, you must remember that she also lost her child in the same helicopter that Meek used as a punch line
– Hunk with a little Funk (@ Mr1738) 23 February 2021
@ Mr1738
Gentle milling does not try to offend anyone pic.twitter.com/soFuBkueW0
– Bruhkademiks (@bruhkademiks) 23 February 2021
@bruhkademiks
I just want to say that this answer ages like fine wine #meek #meekmill https://t.co/dzRC573ohm
– Br5482 (@ br5482) 23 February 2021
@ br5482
I feel so bad for her (Vanessa Bryant) via the gentle Instagram of Instagram, wrong because she lost her husband and her daughter in a fatal plane crash, and she will never recover from it. respect people’s family and tragedy and let’s not turn it into rap lyrics‼ ️ pic.twitter.com/RdyujBY8EV
– 🦋 (@ syniia1) 23 February 2021
@ syniia1
God I really hope this is not his answer to Vanessa Bryant https://t.co/koNqohkZoP
– D’Angelo Princ3 (@ Princebolin3) 23 February 2021
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it’s a funny way of saying, “I’m sorry, Vanessa Bryant, for writing that wack bar about your late husband.” pic.twitter.com/D5dweyEBqK
– yes, I’m a natural blonde 🙄 (@muadiddy) 23 February 2021
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