Meek Mill, despite having seemingly shifted his focus to LinkedIn, is again using the once-great platform formerly known as Twitter to deliver his thoughts on an issue in need of remedying.
This time, the subject of Meek’s oft-headlined social media commentary is the misguided tendency of some to refer to women as “groupies” instead of just fans. In an X post shared on Tuesday (March 31), Meek made his stance on this issue clear.
“Groupie is a terrible word,” Meek said, as seen below. “We love the girls who show loveeeeeeeeee!”
While Meek didn’t immediately elaborate further, his remarks were quick to spur reactions, including from those who wholeheartedly agreed with the sentiment.
Meek certainly has a point. For eons now, the word “groupie” has been used in a decidedly disparaging fashion, with women usually made the target of such comments. But as Meek argued this week, that’s unfair. While the word has its origins in rock music, typically in reference to fans who would dedicate themselves to following a specific band or artist on tour, its definition has broadened in more recent years, especially during the social media age.
As hinted at above, the latest instance of the Heathenism artist seeing his social media activity turned into headlines comes after he expressed frustration over the current state of not only X, but multiple platforms.
“I’ll be on LinkedIn or something because I don’t know what happened,” Meek told fans last month. “We basically in a deep matrix trapped between Instagram, X, TikTok, Snap, etc.”
There’s no denying that it feels like we are indeed at another tipping point with social media, one further complicated by the persistent spread of AI-generated material and fabricated claims. What comes next is anyone’s guess.
