Meek Mill needed to do some harm management when Ghanaians around the globe dragged him for his upcoming music video that was filmed on the nation’s presidential palace.
Over the weekend, the Dream Chasers boss shared a teaser of the music video he filmed whereas out on trip in Accra, Ghana. Varied scenes present Meek within the nation, however there have been just a few clips that didn’t sit effectively with Ghanaians.
Meek’s teaser confirmed the within of Ghana’s highest safety zone, the Jubilee Home, which additionally serves because the presidential palace. Different scenes present the Philly rapper utilizing the identical podium President Nana Akufo-Addo used to handle the nation.
Ghanaians wasted no time leaping on social media to vent their frustrations over what they claimed was a desecration of the presidency. Many claimed the video shoot was a safety breach whereas additionally making an attempt to know how Meek was allowed safety clearance to movie the video at such a revered location.
“Meek Mill actually shot a music video at Jubilee Home? That is the bottom level we will get as a rustic,” one particular person wrote on Twitter. “What occurred to ‘Jubilee Home is a safety zone.’ Even American Embassy in Ghana, you’ll be able to’t take footage and Ghana permits Jubilee Home to grow to be studio. We’re FINISH.”
Another person tweeted: All these answerable for this despicable desecration of the Jubilee Home by Meek Mill should be fired instantly. How do these specific lyrics from the president’s lectern mission Ghana positively? Is Ghana’s seat of presidency not a excessive safety set up?”
One other particular person requested if Meek can’t do the identical in his personal nation, how is he allowed to do it in a overseas land tweeting: “Nah!! That is getting severe, why are we permitting this? Can Meek Mill shoot a music video within the white home? Eii Gh lol . What a rustic! We’ve given these guys an excessive amount of liberty they don’t even have of their nation.”
Meek Mill actually shot a music video at Jubilee Home?😱 That is the bottom level we will get as a rustic
What occurred to “Jubilee Home is a safety zone”🤷🏿 Even American Embassy in Ghana, you’ll be able to’t take footage and Ghana 🇬🇭 permits Jubilee Home to grow to be studio.We’re FINISH pic.twitter.com/IddMo26j30
— Daniel Sackitey (@_danielsackitey) January 9, 2023
All these answerable for this despicable desecration of the Jubilee Home by Meek Mill should be fired instantly.
How do these specific lyrics from the president’s lectern mission Ghana positively?
Is Ghana’s seat of presidency not a excessive safety set up? pic.twitter.com/Wwo2rbGIjl
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) January 9, 2023
Nah!! That is getting severe, why are we permitting this? Can Meek Mill shoot a music video within the white home? Eii Gh lol 😆. What a rustic! We’ve given these guys an excessive amount of liberty they do not even have of their nation. #MeekMill pic.twitter.com/5s7svSzjId
— Rita Mensah (@justRitaMensah) January 9, 2023
Meek Mill acquired phrase of all of the commotion and took down the teaser from his social media pages. Nonetheless, the submit had already executed the harm. He did challenge an apology on Monday (January 9) and promised to disclose the larger mission he was engaged on whereas in Ghana very quickly.
“My apologies to the folks if any disrespect! We nonetheless gonna push to make the connection between black folks in America and Africa … what I’m making an attempt to do is greater than a video and it’s best to see coming quickly! My apologies to the the workplace additionally!
My apologies to the folks if any disrespect! We nonetheless gonna push to make the connection between black folks in America and Africa … what I’m making an attempt to do is greater than a video and it’s best to see coming quickly! My apologies to the the workplace additionally!
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) January 9, 2023
This wasn’t the one drawback Meek Mill had whereas out in Ghana. When he first acquired there, he claimed somebody pickpocketed his cellphone, and he needed it again. The Dream Chasers boss shared a number of movies on his IG Tales of him out and about with Ghanaians whereas on his approach to the Afro Nation music pageant.
The cellphone was discovered and returned to the Philly rapper by Ghana police who hand-delivered the merchandise to Meek his cellphone and revealed that that they had arrested a suspect named Nuhu Sule.
“I wanna say thanks guys for getting my cellphone again to my life, man,” Meek may be heard saying in a video he posted to his Instagram Story displaying his cellphone being returned. “Y’all ain’t let him hack me or nothing, did y’all, Commander?”
Meek later admitted that possibly his cellphone wasn’t stolen and as an alternative might have fallen out of his pocket whereas he was out using his grime bike.
“I coulda dropped that cellphone on a mud bike I don’t really know for a reality any individual went in my pocket!” he tweeted. “I acquired it again that’s all I wanted I don’t want anyone locked up for a cellphone. I don’t even know what occurred to it.”