After a decade, Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill seems to have severed his managerial relationship with Jay-Z and his Roc Nation Management agency.
Billboard magazine reports that Meek Mill is “no longer featured on the company’s website and has been removed from their social media pages.”
The split comes months after Meek Mill expressed his frustration with his label, Atlantic Records, and the rapper made sure to make it a point to differentiate the issues so there was no confusion.
“All I seen today was meek and roc part ways …I’m personally handling my own business so I can take risk and grow ..we came to that agreement together..I have a label deal with roc for my artist and I got reform super tied with them and many other investments wit jigga,” Meek Mill explained.
According to AllHipHop.com, he flipped out on the historic label in February, saying the label tried to ruin his relationship with newcomer, Roddy Ricch.
“So look I made Atlantic records 100’s of millions and let them rape me out Roddy a artist they came to me about in jail,” Meek Mill wrote. “they still saying I can’t drop music until 9 months after my last album got blackballed just wrapped buildings and Nina art with talent.”
He explained, “Roddy my youngin still …. But that label seperated us instantly when the millions came in from him… same thing they tried to do with me and rozay … it takes a long time to catch up too because most of em tied in for the love of some money …artist scared to speak up.”
The rapper continued on his Twitter rant to say, “They didn’t put nothing into expensive pain and then said I can’t drop another project for 9 months at the end of my contract after I made them 100’s of millions. how would can anybody survive that … most rappers can’t speak because they depend on these companies ‘I don’t.’”
Meek Mill added, “If I didn’t have millions I’d prolly do something crazy …. They out smarting young black kids taking advantage and calling it business! Other artist speak up and tell the truth while you winning not when you down!”
The rapper expressed his gratitude to Jay-Z and Roc Nation in another post today.
“And roc nation is my family don’t mix my post aimed at Atlantic mixed up with roc or MMG …they ain’t stop nothing I’m doing we made about a 100m together des mike and Hov saved my life b4 And put a lot of energy into it I’m not behind on my favors in life wit my people I’m good,” Meek Mill said.
During his tenure with Roc Nation, the artist got locked up, and the agency put their support behind him to help get him out and work for reform in the justice system.
In 2019, Mill and Jay-Z formed the Reform Alliance, a non-profit organization set to eliminate unjust sentencing laws in the United States, and later hammered out a deal for a joint venture deal with the company for his label Dream Chasers.
The rapper also did big business with Jay-Z and Roc Nation in other areas outside of music. In addition to acquiring Mitchell & Ness, the pair invested in Fanatics and the Caliva cannabis brand.
Representatives for Roc Nation and Meek Mill did not immediately respond to requests from AllHipHop.com for comment.