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Meek Mill slammed over album artwork for being 'disrespectful to Black women'
14 October 2021, 11:33 | Updated: 14 October 2021, 11:35
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The rapper has come under fire for 'degrading Black women' with his controversial new album artwork.
Meek Mill has received backlash after using his highly controversial "Expensive Pain" album artwork on public buses.
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The 34-year-old rapper caused a stir on social media, as fans were outraged by the depictions of Black women in his album artwork.
The Expensive Pain album artwork is made up of figures of what appears to be naked Black women, including some bent over with their legs open.
Although the artwork has been out for a while, fans caught onto it once the rapper covered public buses with the imagery to help promote the record.
On Tuesday (Oct 12) Meek Mill shared an image of his album artwork on Instagram.
The rapper captioned the post " XPENSIVE PAIN HOTTEST ALBUM OUT RIGHT NOW š āŗļøNo skips ... no misses... 172 flows.. new āZAZA MEEK MELODY....gym motivation .. life lessons & therapy lol š¤š¾ EXTENDO PACK TO #expensivepain THIS FRIDAY!"
He later shared images of himself posing with the artwork.
The post gained a significant amount of traction, with fans expressing their thoughts on depictions of Black women in Hip Hop culture.
Fans have argued that the artwork is"degrading" and "disrespectful" to Black women as it objectifies and sexualises their bodies.
One fan wrote: "Now I just got wind of this new Meek Mill album cover and chile whet? It's giving harmful and unnecessary imagery contributing to the continual degrading of Black women." Another wrote: "Meek mill album cover honestly wild ass hell and mad disrespectful".
A third Twitter user wrote: "idc meek mill is not it. When I first saw this album cover I immediately said no.
He couldāve choose anything. Idc what his meaning behind it isā¦ itās degrading, distasteful & flat out rude."
While some have criticised Meek for the artworkācreated by a Black artist namedĀ Nina Chanel Abneyāothers have responded by claiming people are "fake woke".
One fan wrote: "Yāall didnāt have a problem w/ Meek Millās album cover until yāall saw it on his tour bus?" Another wrote: "It took yaw 11 days to be angry at Meek Mill's album cover.".
A third user wrote: "All this fake uproar over Meek Millās album cover and somehow yāall failed to realize a BLACK WOMAN created it".
See more fan reactions below.
Lmao didnāt a BLACK WOMAN paint Meek Millās album cover or Iām trippingš¤£ pic.twitter.com/4acM8MmDFk
— Thaniel (@ThanielNot) October 12, 2021
This is rapper Meek Millās album cover.
— Xaviaer DuRousseau (@XAVIAERD) October 12, 2021
When are Black people going to call out Black people for the injustices against Black people?
The number one threat to Black women is Black men. The most disrespectful people towards Black women are Black Men.
WHERE ARE THE FEMINISTS? pic.twitter.com/cGL1NMuY90
How yāall feel about Meek Millās album cover? I smell a petition to remove DSBW image from being displayed publicly like this š pic.twitter.com/Av6TGAK5Q5
— Litty.Lo (@iameloho) October 13, 2021
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