When Meek Mill first called out Drake for using ghostwriters for his verse on Dreams Worth More Than Money, some people in hip-hop scrambled to pick sides. Many gravitated to Drake, the monstrous pop behemoth who correctly pointed out that he's so rich, the money he made from the verse was negligible, and that he was acting as a favor. Still, Aubrey dropped two diss tracks and, by most accounts, came out unscathed. But one artist--perhaps the most critically and popularly celebrated rapper of 2015--stayed out of the fray. Until now, maybe. On his What a Time To Be Alive, his collaborative tape with Drake, Future raps the following, which many have interpreted as a shot at Meek:

"I run with kidnappers, I'm talking 'bout kidnappers
I'm talking 'bout murdering n---as, I'm talking 'bout carjackers
You just a battle rapper, I'm an official trapper
N---as be dropping subliminals, they're just some jibber-jabber." 

Those bars, taken from Time's Metro Boomin-produced "Big Rings," could allude to Meek's history as a renowned battle rapper in his native Philadelphia. Future appeared on "Jump Out the Face" from Dreams Worth More Than Money; Drake contributed vocals to "R.I.C.O." (That album debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, just as Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late and Future's Dirty Sprite 2 did.) Earlier this year, Meek lavished praise on Future--and his fellow Atlantan Young Thug--during a radio interview, contrasting their music with more formalist rappers like J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. However, during his Made In America set, he chided his DJ for playing so many Future songs. Meek has responded to Drake's diss on the record, but has not commented on Future.

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