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AR-Ab Sides with Drake, Threatens to Unleash 'Shooters' on Meek Mill in New Diss Track

SH*T JUST GOT REAL

After being namechecked by Drake in ā€œBack to Backā€ and dissed by Meek Mill, fellow Philly native AR-Ab has released his own threatening Meek Mill diss track. And AR-Ab has a very violent history.

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On Drakeā€™s vicious Meek Mill diss track ā€œBack to Back,ā€ the 28-year-old Canadian emcee rapped, ā€œI waited four days, nigga, where yā€™all at? I drove here in the Wraith playinā€™ AR-Ab. Iā€™m not sure what it was that really made yā€™all mad, but I guess this is what I gotta do to make yā€™all rap.ā€

Now, AR-Ab (real name: Abdul West) is an underground rapper from Meek Millā€™s hometown of Philadelphia whoā€™s been beefing with Meek for a minute, and is rumored to be signing with Drakeā€™s OVO label. Following the release of ā€œBack to Back,ā€ AR-Ab tweeted the following in support of Drizzy:

Then, AR-Ab conducted an interview with Vlad TV proclaiming himself as the ā€œtop goon in Philly,ā€ calling Drakeā€™s ā€œBack to Backā€ a ā€œcrazy-ass diss songā€ and branding Meekā€™s response, ā€œWanna Know,ā€ subpar.ā€œIā€™m not even gonna lie, after I heard it, Iā€™m thinkingā€”this canā€™t be it,ā€ said AR-Ab. ā€œMeek come from the Philly streets, Iā€™m thinking there was gonna be some more shit. So we all was waiting like, that ainā€™t the end of it, this just the beginning of it. I thought there was gonna be like five fucking Drake disses out by now.ā€

Word got to Meek Mill, who announced, ā€œFuck AR-Ab!ā€ at a recent show.

This prompted AR-Ab to release his own version of ā€œBack to Back Freestyleā€ early Saturday morning:

ā€œDamn dog, like I ainā€™t have nothinā€™ to do with this shit, Meek!ā€ raps AR-Ab. ā€œBut you gonna go onstage out in Camden and say fuck me? Hey Meek, if itā€™s ā€˜fuck meā€™ itā€™s fuck you, nigga! Letā€™s play.ā€ ā€œWhy you diss me? Need to diss Drake,ā€ he continued. ā€œThat nigga killed you first, 48. Oh, I guess you tough ā€˜cause you not him. You lyinā€™ to the world like you not scared. You rappinā€™ ā€˜bout a life that is not yours. Went to jail for a gun that is not yours.ā€

In addition to the gun claim, AR-Ab hits Meek in the song with several allegations, including that Meek pays people for protection when he returns to their hometown of Philly, that there are snitches in his crew, and that Meek still owes locals money.

Drakeā€™s war of words with Meek Mill has been deemed comical because itā€™s Drakeā€”the former Degrassi starā€”but now that AR-Ab is involved and threatening to unleash ā€œshootersā€ on Meek, things are getting a bit scary.After all, AR-Ab has a pretty dicey history. He was wanted by police for a 2005 Philly shooting that left one man dead and two injured (later found not guilty), and in 2011, survived 10 gunshot wounds. Two years later, he served 18 months in prison on charges related to crack cocaine.

Rapper 50 Cent agrees that things are getting serious, posting the following message to his Instagram early Saturday morning following the release of AR-Abā€™s diss track: ā€œThis is what it looks like when it go's bad. AR-AB, they gonna have to kill this guy to stop him. He ain't got nothing to lose. Meek let drake get him in this shit. SMH I SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE IT's A Re- Run.ā€

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