Key Takeaways:

• Meek Mill gave Young Thug his flowers onstage, highlighting a second of public loyalty in hip hop.
• Thug supported Meek throughout a time when others within the trade distanced themselves.
• The second comes as Thug faces renewed scrutiny following leaked jail calls.

Young Thug can depend on at the very least one fellow rap star supporter. While the Atlanta rapper was in Philadelphia, Meek Mill graciously thanked Thugger for his help throughout his notorious beef with Drake over 10 years in the past.

On Friday (Dec. 5), the UY SCUTI rapper made an look on the Meek Mill & Friends Philly Homecoming live performance on the Xfinity Mobile Arena. The native legend took the time to large up Thug for holding him down when he thought others have been afraid to. After telling the group that he first met “Slime” in 2012, the “Dreams and Nightmares” rapper defined why Thug will at all times have his respect.

“I tell this n**ga everytime I see him. When I was beefing with Drake, n**gas was acting like they was scared to do a verse with me,” Meek said from the stage. “This n**ga pulled up to my house while I’m on house arrest two days straight. [Thug] got with me, pulled my confidence right back up, locked right in. So Philly, make some f**king noise for Young Thug in this b**ch!”

For those that forgot, the Drake vs. Meek squabble kicked off in July 2015. The latter took to X — then often known as Twitter — to accuse Drizzy of not supporting him whereas disparaging the 6 God for utilizing ghostwriters. Multiple diss tracks from each side adopted. But the consensus is that the Toronto rapper bought the most effective of Meek when his “Back To Back” diss report grew to become a viral hit.

Meek’s reward comes at a equally weak time for Thug. Since the top of the YSL RICO case (he pleaded responsible and was sentenced to time served), Thug stepped into renewed controversy due to the leak of jail phone calls the place he’s heard disparaging fellow rappers.

But Meek has remained in his “We Ball” collaborator’s nook, even blasting Fulton County officials for the leaks, as did Drake. As for the Toronto rapper and Meek Mill, the previous bitter rivals have since squashed their points. Now all of the concerned events are nonetheless having fun with comparatively fruitful careers.

We’ll have to attend and see how — or if — Drizzy reacts to his newest public point out, although.