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Meek Mill Reminisces About Battle Rap, Wants To Go “Verse For Verse” Against Reed Dollaz

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In a recent interview, Meek Mill reminisced about his early days as a battle rapper. He discussed his rivals, soon prompting Reed Dollaz to post the clip on Instagram. The artist took the opportunity to challenge Reed Dollaz to a battle for old times’ sake, and the Philly-born performer seems open to it.

“I’m living at the top of Beverly Hills,” Meek Mill recalls in the clip. “I got every car you can imagine. My girlfriend at the time is a pop star. I’m looking at and I’m getting confused like ‘What the f*ck … I’m losing?’ Alright yeah, this battle rapping sh*t is getting kind of bad right now … but don’t put no losing [on my name], what the hell?”

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Reed Dollaz Tells Meek Mill “Let’s Turn The Culture Back UP!”

“DRAAAKE! (Soulja voice),” Reed Dollaz captioned the reposted clip. “Steal sharpens steal. #phillyn***as salute #meekmill  #reeddollaz (side bar) s/o to shawty in the crowed like ‘reed .. THATS MY BOO.’” He shared another clip of Meek Mill chatting about his early days, which has since been deleted, writing, “Bro was in gladiator school with us!” He continued, “@meekmill . Killas respect killas! You can hate or love it but it can not be erased!!” Meek Mill commented on the post, telling him “We might neeed to battle again verse for verse.”

He added, “I don’t know how to do the new style battling … I just do best verse for verse … always will put it on the line rap so boring.” Reed Dollaz jumped on the idea, calling for the artist to revisit his roots. “@meekmill nah foreal tho, they tried to crucify me when I came back lol but I adapted and still kept it Philly and reed!” the artist wrote. “Let’s turn the culture back UP! That idea we talked about is major! Streets need broski! U know ima call/dm away!” Stay tuned to HNHH for more updates on Meek Mill.

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Jadakiss Recalls Big L & Styles P’s “Furious” Rap Battle

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Jadakiss says that Big L and Styles P once participated in a “furious” rap battle before either became mainstream artists. The Lox rapper recalled the legendary battle during a recent appearance on Drink Champs.

“Big L was that n***a,” Jadakiss began during the interview. “I don’t like that they gave him his flowers after he was dead. They should have gave them [his flowers] when he was here. but, I guess it was too much going on. Or, just how the world is.” The iconic New York rapper was shot and killed in Harlem back in 1999 at 24 years old. He released just one studio album during his lifetime, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous.

Jadakiss During “Verzuz: The Lox Vs Dipset”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 03: Jadakiss of The Lox performs onstage during Verzuz: The Lox Vs Dipset at Madison Square Garden on August 03, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

“But, Big L was one of the first — Big L, when we were still trying to get a deal and we hadn’t met Puff yet — we were downtown on 139th getting some weed from Buzz Me In, the old spot that was there and he [Big L] was in front of the fried chicken spot,” Jadakiss explained. “SP got out and him and SP got into a battle — a furious one. We got cool with him after that — once we found out about Children of The Corn and all that. Big L was already famous. He was one of the first young dudes to make it. Once again shout out to Digging in the Crates for seeing the talent in him way back when he was a youngster.”

Jadakiss was joined by his father and his son for the episode of Drink Champs. The group discussed analog vs. digital music, controlling piracy in the digital era, owning masters, and more. Jadakiss recently announced that he’s working on two albums that he intends to release later this year. He talked about the upcoming efforts during an interview on Sway’s Universe, earlier this month. Check out his appearance on Drink Champs below.

Jadakiss On “Drink Champs”

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