RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2015–2019
Drake vs. Meek Mill
“Back to Back” and the Philly truce
A ghostwriting accusation set off one of the streaming era’s cleanest diss-track sprints: Drake answered twice, Meek answered once, and years later the two made the truce official on record and onstage.
THE RECORD
The moments
Social media · disputed account
Meek posts the accusation
Meek Mill publicly questions whether Drake writes all of his own lyrics. The post instantly turns an industry argument into a fight that demands a record-sized response.
“He don't write his own raps!”Meek Mill, 2015 post
Read the receipt ↗Diss track
“Charged Up” opens Drake’s response
Drake’s first record response turns Meek’s post into an on-wax conflict and sets up the much bigger second release days later.
▶ Listen: “Charged Up”Read the receipt ↗Diss track
“Back to Back” makes the second hit land harder
Drake quickly follows “Charged Up” with “Back to Back,” turning a reply into a two-track offensive before Meek answers on record.
“Is that a world tour or your girl's tour?”Drake, “Back to Back”
▶ Watch “Back to Back”Read the receipt ↗Diss track
Meek releases “Wanna Know”
Meek’s recorded response arrives after the two Drake tracks have already set the conversation’s pace. The public scorecard is brutally unforgiving.
▶ Watch “Wanna Know”Read the receipt ↗Reconciliation
“Going Bad” makes the truce official
Drake appears on Meek Mill’s “Going Bad,” ending years of open tension with the simplest possible proof: a joint release.
▶ Watch “Going Bad”Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Complex — Biggest hip-hop feuds ↗Genius — Revisiting history's biggest rap beefs ↗ARTIST LENSES