Don’t do anything helpful just because you hate Trump. Oh, that makes sense.
Via Daily Wire:
On Friday, rapper Meek Mill was scheduled to visit the White House for their symposium on criminal justice reform. This particular topic has been embraced by President Trump, as well as top advisors including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump; the symposium included figures like far-left CNN commentator Van Jones. Mill, who has stumped for criminal justice reform, was apparently eager to help shape the discussion.
Then he got a call from fellow rapper Jay-Z. Jay-Z apparently told Mill that it would be “problematic for his image and for the cause” to meet with Trump, according to TMZ. Other rappers quickly phoned Mill to prevent him from going full Kanye West. Meek pulled out, and gave this statement to TMZ: