Meek Mill recently began trending after releasing a music video of himself at the Jubilee House, the President of Ghana’s residence.
On Sunday, the rapper posted an Instagram reel sharing a preview of his new track. According to the video, portions of it were shot in and around the Jubilee House.
Since the video was released, social media users in Ghana have expressed their angst about the incident, calling it a near desecration of the presidency. Some claim the video shoot was a security breach while blaming the government for allowing him to film in a sensitive area.
Meek Mill shot a music video at the Flag staff house????????? 😯😯😯😯 pic.twitter.com/CDE4Piwwwc
— KALYJAY (@gyaigyimii) January 8, 2023
All those responsible for this despicable desecration of the Jubilee House by Meek Mill must be fired immediately.
How do those explicit lyrics from the president’s lectern project Ghana positively?
Is Ghana’s seat of government no longer a high security installation? pic.twitter.com/Wwo2rbGIjl
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) January 9, 2023
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On Monday, Mill took to Twitter to apologize to the people of Ghana for disrespecting their sacred area.
“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!”
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
He also expressed that the music video he released was not intended to mock their culture but to share the beauty and art of the West African country.
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
When a Twitter user responded to Mills’s apology expressing that the people of Ghana are not angry with him, Meek shared that security was not aware his team was shooting for a music video and not to blame the government for his mistake.
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
Mill later expressed his goal for filming in Ghana was ultimately to bridge the gap between cultures.”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!,” he said.
Out of respect for the Ghanaians, Meek Mill has taken down the video from all streaming platforms.
