No video I drop is ever meant to disrespect the people of Ghana - Meek Mill apologizes over music video shot at Jubilee House
The apology comes after the rapper suffered severe backlash online for releasing a music video that had portions of the Jubilee House, the presidential palace which is highly regarded as a security zone.
In a series of tweets, Meek Mill apologized to the office of the President and Ghanaians. He also disclosed the people who led him there did not know the footage was for a music video.
He wrote;
To the people of Ghana no video I drop is ever meant to disrespect the people of Ghana …. The fastest way to make connection is thru music and I wanted to do that with displaying art … im in my 30’s from America and didn’t know much about the lifestyle here
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) January 9, 2023
My apologies to the people if any disrespect! We still gonna push to make the connection between black people in America and Africa … what I’m trying to do is more than a video and you should see coming soon! My apologies to the the office also!
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) January 9, 2023
I don’t think they knew it was video footage when we asked to shoot its a small camera and one kid … in America we didn’t know this existed and was excited to show because they don’t show Ghana on our media much! So I’ll take responsibility for my mistake! Not intentional https://t.co/obDZb9Czu5
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) January 9, 2023
I’m just not here for no separation of anything black … we already separated enough and don’t understand each others cultures … let’s used this to help fix that and not more judgement towards each other!
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) January 9, 2023
Earlier in the day, the rapper deleted the video after it got the country talking. In the video, the rapper was sighted in different places at the presidency, from the frontage, through the main corridors, in the main conference hall — at a point positioned behind the presidential lectern – and later in a sitting area rapping.
Meek Mill shot a music video at the Jubilee House. pic.twitter.com/wGUiwe6ScB
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) January 8, 2023
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