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Circa 2001: Meek begins rapping publiclyAt age 14, Meek starts battle-rapping on the corner of 24th and Berks in North Philadelphia. “I lost my first battle and walked away crying, saying, ‘I’ll be back strong, motherfuckers,'” the rapper tells Rolling Stone.Circa 2004: Meek joins the BloodhoundzBefore achieving solo success, the rapper fronted a crew called the Bloodhoundz that played a local club called Blue Horizon.January 23rd, 2007: Meek Mill is accused of selling crackA member of Philadelphia’s Narcotics Field Unit (NFU), Reggie Graham, claims to have seen Meek sell crack to an informant. However, the rapper and three of his cousins dispute the accusation since they say Meek was in a courtroom supporting his cousin who was on trial.January 24th, 2007: Meek Mill is arrestedAfter the NFU police obtained a warrant to search Meek’s house, the officers handcuff him outside his home; Meek in the past that he was on his way to a corner store. He’d been carrying a gun at the time, but he says he ditched it; Graham later claimed that Meek had pointed the gun at him. During the violent bust, in which the police allegedly used Meek’s head as a battering ram to open the door, they found about $30,000 that belonged to his cousin, William Bailey, who sold weed. Meek spends several months in a county prison.August 19th, 2008: Meek is found guilty of a gun chargeMeek faced 19 counts when he finally goes before Judge Genece Brinkley for the first time.
He waived a jury trial because of the costs, with Brinkley acquitting his co-defendants. She then found him guilty of seven charges, four of which concerned the gun. The misdemeanor offense of “illegal carry” typically warrants a fine and house arrest; the rapper got two years in a county prison and eight years of probation.August 24th, 2008: Meek’s Flamers mixtape comes outThe release introduces Meek’s talent to the world. November 16th, 2012: Meek faces violation-of-probation hearingBrinkley charged Meek with violating his probation and ordered two drug tests, both of which turned out to be clean. She nevertheless blocks Meek from touring.December 18th, 2012: Meek violates parole againJudge Brinkley grounds Meek for the holidays after the rapper continues to book concerts while on restricted travel, according to.March 16th, 2013: Meek is denied new probation officerAt another hearing, Meek’s probation officer claimed the rapper left Pennsylvania without notification. He said that his schedule can change quickly, XXL reports, and asked for leniency. He also requested a new probation officer, but Brinkley denied him.June 28th, 2013: Meek is ordered to take etiquette coursesJudge Brinkley requests that the rapper take etiquette courses after references to his probation officer on social media incited fans to send the officer death threats, according to.
The courses were intended to teach Meek how to conduct himself online. They were “more important than any concerts he might have,” Brinkley said.September 29th, 2013: Dreamchasers 3 comes outThis installment featured appearances by Rick Ross, Fabolous, Jadakiss and Meek’s one-time girlfriend Nicki Minaj.July 13th, 2014: Meek gets three to six monthsAt a probation hearing, Brinkley handed the jail stint down to the rapper after he failed to get the judge’s permission to travel for concerts.
The judge referenced a drug test where Meek tested positive for Percocet, which he’d started using after he’d gotten his wisdom teeth pulled (He later sought treatment and recovered.) She also scolded him for tweeting negative things about his probation officer and prosecutor, for giving the officer a bad phone number and supposedly being “combative” and “disrespectful” to probation staffers, according to. He’d also posed for a Facebook photo holding a gun. Meek was released in December, reports.June 29th, 2015: Meek releases Dreams Worth More Than MoneyThe album hits Number One on the Billboard 200 and is certified platinum.December 17th, 2015: Meek is legally grounded againBrinkley bars Meek from performing and recording until February over parole violations,. February 6th, 2016: Meek gets 90 days of house arrest and community serviceAfter a four-and-a-half–hour hearing that included several passionate testimonials in Meek’s favor, Brinkley required the rapper to wear an ankle bracelet and barred him from recording and performing over a supposed probation violation. Meek told the court he planned to “get more life coaching,” according to, and that he felt bad for “embarrassing” his probation officer and the court.
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“I believe I can be the bright star you expect me to be,” he told the judge. Nevertheless, reports she sentenced him to six more years of probation. His house arrest ends in June.October 27th, 2016: Meek puts out DC4The fourth and most recent installment of Dreamchasers features Lil Uzi Vert, Nicki Minaj and Young Thug, among others. This record made it to Number Three on the Billboard 200.2016: Meek loses lucrative sponsorshipsUnable to travel or promote brands, Meek finds companies like Puma, Ciroc and Monster canceling their sponsorships with the rapper as he gets 12 months of house arrest for moving a video shoot from one location to another within Philadelphia.March 15th, 2017: Meek is charged with misdemeanor assault in St. Louis airportAfter an airport employee attempted to take a picture with the rapper, a fight broke out, leading authorities to arrest Meek and two airport employees. He was given a summons, according to, instead of having to appear in court.
In October that the case was thrown out.May 23rd, 2017: Meek is sued by the family of a fan who died at a concertreports that the family of Travis Ward sued Meek and the Connecticut venue where he performed in December 2016 for setting up an environment where “thugs” could incite violence after the show. He and another concertgoer were gunned down after the concert.July 21st, 2017: Meek releases Wins & LossesThe rapper’s third studio album makes it to Number Three on the Billboard 200.August 17th, 2017: Meek pops wheelies on Instagram and is fingered by NYPDWhile in New York for an appearance on The Tonight Show, Meek saw some kids riding dirt bikes and asked if he could ride one. His cameraman captured him popping wheelies (without wearing a helmet) on Instagram Live and the next day NYPD stopped him, arresting him for a felony count of reckless endangerment.
The charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor and later dismissed. Brinkley later charged him with breaking probation and kept him from traveling. November 6th, 2017: Meek goes to prison for probation violationsBrinkley decided to jail Meek for two to four years after he failed a drug test ( reports it was for Percocet) and did not comply with a court order that limited his travel, according to. His lawyers said that Meek had been off drugs since January and that he’d been cooperative with most probation requirements. They vowed to appeal the decision.November 13th, 2017: FBI investigates Brinkleyreports that the FBI has had undercover agents in courtrooms monitoring Brinkley’s handling of Meek Mill’s case since April 2016. This followed claims from Meek’s attorney that Brinkley had shown bias by asking the rapper to leave Roc Nation and return to working with Charlie Mack.
Mack denied any conspiracy.November 29th, 2017: Meek is sued by family of murdered concertgoerAs with Travis Ward’s family, the relatives of Jaquan Graves filed a wrongful death suit against Meek and Roc Nation, alleging he was shot and killed after leaving the rapper’s Connecticut concert in December 2016. Cited the suit, which claimed the rapper and management company “allowed thugs to remain on the premises, after exhibiting disorderly, disruptive, argumentative, angry and/or agitated behavior toward patrons.”March 7th, 2018: Graham blacklisted by district attorneyThe Philadelphia district attorney’s office names Reginald Graham, who arrested Meek Mill in 2007, as one of 29 former police officers that should not be summoned for testimony as witnesses. Reports that the officer was “investigated by federal authorities for several alleged acts of corruption.”.