Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Meek Mill.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Robert Rihmeek Williams, known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he embarked on his music career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group, The Bloodhoundz. In 2008, Atlanta-based rapper T.I. signed Meek Mill to his first record deal. In February 2011, after leaving Grand Hustle Records, Mill signed with Miami-based rapper Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group (MMG). Mill's debut album, Dreams and Nightmares, was released in 2012 under MMG and Warner Bros. Records. The album, preceded by the lead single "Amen", peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200.
Every time I bought someone's album, it was about the connection. I was loving everything, from their raps to their style. I wanted to meet them.
I'm scared to be political. You get too powerful, and more people try to take you out.
I ain't drop an album since I was 25. I rap way better. I've experienced way more.
My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy. When I used to battle people every day, I had to go hard. If someone went harder than me, they left with the win. I haven't lost since I was 12 years old.
I don't want to just be fully rapping my whole life.
I watch my YouTube videos over and over.
If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where your mistakes are at.
The Rolls Royce was the real first car. It wasn't the first new car I got, but it was the first real car I bought that's like, 'Wow, I got this.'
Meek Mill - my homies used to call me 'Meek Millions,' and at the time I didn't have no millions, so I ain't really want to be called 'Millions,' so I just shortened it down to Meek Mill. 'Meek Milli,' my friends used to call me.
Philly gave me my ambition and drive to get more. It's a reminder to stay on top of my game. That's not a place I want to go back to.
I don't like a girl on social media, when you have an open inbox, answering questions from dudes left and right every day. What's the point? It's like having your number all out. Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter.
My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.
Work harder than anybody you've ever seen. That's what I believe.
I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.
I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.
When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and T.I. - dudes that went all out on the track. My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy.
I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.
I have a fan base worldwide, man. I think they're really down for me. That's how I got signed - 30,000 fans retweeting Rick Ross.
Just build your brand from day one, man. Your brand is your name, basically. A lot of people don't know that they need to build their brand, your brand is what keeps you moving.
Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter.
I don't know what type of music my son will want. By the time he starts listening to music, really, at like, 15, 16, I'll probably have 10 albums out by that time.
Being that I went to jail and came back, I went through a whole new experience in life. I went from being at the top to back down at the bottom again. In jail, you get stripped of your freedom and everything, so I experienced different things, learned more.
I know all I really wanna do is get money and take care of my family.
It's always dope being able to perform with your girlfriend and get money with your girlfriend.
Philly ain't a good environment for you when you headed in a different direction. Bad things happen left and right. You might walk up the street, make a wrong turn, and your whole life could flip.
I'm not the best person at putting words together. I can't give you the melody. But I might inspire somebody.
It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don't really be big on people looking at me.
I don't wear the see-through shirts or anything too glittery. I come from that '90s school of rap. Fitted caps, because I got a big head, so snapbacks don't fit me right.
People say money ain't nothing; money is basically everything.
I need, sometimes, individuals to spark an idea so that I can take off running.
I gotta keep hustling. I know when it comes to the Internet, we move units. I grew up on the Internet.
Jay-Z ain't a manager; he owns a management company. He been through this; he been through the game for a long time, so he knows tactics in taking artists in certain directions we need to go in.
I don't rely on catchphrases or really like sing-along. I just do whatever I feel. Whatever the beat makes me say, I do that and I run with that. It's been working for me, so I'd be cool with that.
If I was to get money, that's the first thing you would get: a '96 Impala.
I'm into all types of stuff. I might have on Pumas one day, Givenchy the next. I'd wear this John Elliott sweat suit to the club.
If you say I just yell on records, that means you ain't a real fan of me, and I would never even give your comment the time of day.
My homies hold me down, really. I talk to Baby, Jeezy, Rozay, Nicki, everybody, from jail. Just call once in a while and holla at people like, 'Yo what's up? What's life like out there?' for people to give me a report of what's going on.
When my girl do better than me, I still win. When I do better than her, she still wins.
I always had pressure on myself through my life. I put pressure on myself and not from other people. I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. So the pressure comes from myself.
Jail was terrible. It was a nightmare.
I don't think I would change really anything about rap. Rap don't have no limits to it, and I like it like that.
I think everybody from Philadelphia been shot at before.
I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers.
I think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make.
Your brand is your name, basically. A lot of people don't know that they need to build their brand; your brand is what keeps you moving.
You could be Top 5 on iTunes, but for people to buy an album, they've got to have a connection with an artist. Every time I bought someone's album, it was about the connection. I was loving everything, from their raps to their style. I wanted to meet them.
If you don't have your friends and your family, what do you really have? You can have all the money in the world, but with no friends and no family, it's no good.
I'm not gone remix a record I don't got no love for.
I leave my circle tight in keep my family close.
I don't think about returning to the streets, 'cause I don't have any plans to return to the streets. I'm at another level in my life. Returning to the street - I still be in my streets when I get time to, when it's necessary.
I don't like a girl on social media, when you have an open inbox, answering questions from dudes left and right, every day. What's the point? It's like having your number all out.
The money turned me into a monster
They say money rule the world, you can’t pay God with it
One night I prayed to God, I asked could he please remove my enemies from my life, and before you knew it I started losing friends.
I've been betrayed a lot of times in life. I think everybody's been.
I just do whatever I feel. Whatever the beat makes me say, I do that and I run with that.
Sometimes I have to remind myself, that on my worst day I live like somebody on their greatest
Big dreams turn into big things.
No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you.
When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased, then I bought that new Ferrari hater rest in peace.