Following backlash towards his music video filmed on the Jubilee Home authorities constructing in Ghana, Meek Mill issued a heartfelt apology on Twitter.
“To the folks of Ghana no video I drop is ever meant to disrespect the folks of Ghana …. The quickest approach to make connection is through music and I needed to do this with displaying artwork,” his preliminary tweet reads.
He went on to “take accountability for [his] mistake” and expressed his need to “make the connection between black folks in America and Africa.”
The criticisms arrived full-steam Monday morning (Jan. 9) when Ghana’s former deputy training minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa tweeted screenshots of the music video, expressing his outrage.
“All these liable for this despicable desecration of the Jubilee Home by Meek Mill have to be fired instantly,” wrote Ablakwa. “How do these express lyrics from the president’s lectern venture Ghana positively? Is Ghana’s seat of presidency now not a excessive safety set up?”
Many Ghanaians chimed in, with some assigning blame to the nation’s authorities slightly than Meek. The 35-year-old rapper rushed to Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo’s protection, including, “I don’t suppose they knew it was video footage once we requested to shoot. Its a small digital camera and one child … in America we didn’t know this existed and [I] was excited to indicate [it] as a result of they don’t present Ghana on our media a lot.”
Meek expressed that he had no sick intention and continues to assist constructive neighborhood efforts each inside his hometown of Philadelphia and in Ghana, the place the rapper just lately discovered he has heritage.
