“Trauma”

Meek Mill is a rapper from Philadelphia. He’s put out 5 albums. His most up-to-date, Championships, debuted at #1 on the charts, and was nominated for a Grammy for Finest Rap Album.

Again in 2007, He was arrested on a gun cost on the age of 19, and during the last eleven years, he was despatched to jail 4 instances for parole violations. However in July 2019, based mostly on proof of alleged police corruption, the Pennsylvania Superior Courtroom threw out his conviction, and the parole violation that had led to his most up-to-date time in jail, a five-month sentence.

It was quickly after Meek Mill was launched that this track, “Trauma,” was created. He took inspiration from his experiences in jail, and his adolescence in Philadelphia.

On this episode, Meek Mill and Don Cannon, who produced the monitor, break down how the entire thing got here collectively.

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Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

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