After coming under
fire from a local Philadelphia pastor for his lyrics on “Amen”, Meek
Mill has apologized for offending anyone on the hit single, saying it
was never his intention to be blasphemous. Pastor Jomo K. Johnson had
called for a ban on the track, citing it as sacrilegious, and in an
interview Meek responded by accusing the pastor of using this as an
opportunity to get fame and publicity.
Recently while on 106&Park, the Philly rapper issued an apology to anyone he may have offended, saying he meant no disrespect.
“People find all types of stuff offensive. I don’t think no preacher or no church approves of any type of rap music — because rap music, period, is a lot of bad stuff said,” the MMG rapper said. “But at the end of the day, it’s real life. And me, I wasn’t trying to disrespect no religion or anything like that. My whole family is Christian. I have a half Christian, half Muslim family, the situation, the song, that’s what energy it felt and if anybody feel disrespected, I ain’t do it in that way…I did it just because it was a good feeling — that’s the feeling it gave me so I said, ‘Amen, church.’ I didn’t do it with bad intentions at the end of the day.”
After an on-air debate with Meek Mill, pastor Johnson had issued a “ban” along with a sort-of “diss” track, but once he caught wind of Meek’s apology he issued a statement lifting the ban. “This apology was the condition for lifting the Call-to-Action boycott. While I have made the choice not to listen to or support any artist that promotes blasphemy or misogyny in their music, I appreciate Mr. Williams being willing to acknowledge his wrong."
Recently while on 106&Park, the Philly rapper issued an apology to anyone he may have offended, saying he meant no disrespect.
“People find all types of stuff offensive. I don’t think no preacher or no church approves of any type of rap music — because rap music, period, is a lot of bad stuff said,” the MMG rapper said. “But at the end of the day, it’s real life. And me, I wasn’t trying to disrespect no religion or anything like that. My whole family is Christian. I have a half Christian, half Muslim family, the situation, the song, that’s what energy it felt and if anybody feel disrespected, I ain’t do it in that way…I did it just because it was a good feeling — that’s the feeling it gave me so I said, ‘Amen, church.’ I didn’t do it with bad intentions at the end of the day.”
After an on-air debate with Meek Mill, pastor Johnson had issued a “ban” along with a sort-of “diss” track, but once he caught wind of Meek’s apology he issued a statement lifting the ban. “This apology was the condition for lifting the Call-to-Action boycott. While I have made the choice not to listen to or support any artist that promotes blasphemy or misogyny in their music, I appreciate Mr. Williams being willing to acknowledge his wrong."
It's clear to me that these rap cats now have no idea what they are rapping about. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how this dude could have penned this song and not know it was blasphemous, unless he lacks education. If this is the future of rap, we may be seeing its last days. These cats are just pure ignorant now. A rapper's lyrical content is only as good as his/her education level. Perhaps we can get Common, Jay-Z, or Nas to write a rap eulogy and call it "Hip hop Swan Song"....let's all bow our heads....
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