Meek Mill Compares the Merits of Popular Netflix Series ‘Squid Game’ to ‘Hood’ Poverty: ‘It’s The Exact Same Thing’

Meek Mill Compares the Merits of Popular Netflix Series ‘Squid Game’ to ‘Hood’ Poverty: ‘It’s The Exact Same Thing’

The latest Netflix series that a lot of people are speaking about is called Squid Game. According to Complex, the series has reportedly become the first Korean series to rank No. 1 on Netflix’s U.S. most-watched list. Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill is the latest celebrity to comment on the popularity of the streaming series. Meek took to Twitter to compare the basis of the series to “hood poverty.”

Squid Game pits 456 competitors against each other to compete in a deadly game of survival with the chance to win 45.6 billion Korean won, which amounts to around $38.6 million US dollars. In an effort to correspond to the merits of the deadly game, Meek Mill posted on his Twitter account that, based on the mindset of people who live in the “hood”, all that needs to be done to get them out of that mindset is to “help them with work/money.”

Squid games”pay attention how fast people switch and kill eachother to survive …now think about the “hood” poverty …it’s the exact same thing …if you just help them with work/money they won’t be that way “just a common sense message”

— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) October 11, 2021

Black Twitter definitely chimed in to let Meek Mill know that it’s not quite that simple:

Naaaa squid games getting American ready for what’s about to happen here, ppl coming up missing, organs cut out they body, the bets at the games is the GOVERNMENT & the missing ppl are the vaccinated ones 🤦🏽‍♀️

— SHUG CRUSH (@sexysugar2248) October 12, 2021

Nah u lost on this one,, it’s called getting a job and working ain’t no handouts in this life

— slum_dogg (@CrushdYurEgo21) October 12, 2021

Where’s all the violence in the trailer parks? They seem to get along just fine in poverty lol…just saying 🥴🧐🤔😏🌚 pic.twitter.com/lnRUQLJoDe

— Candi Carter-Petty (Queen Petty) (@MzCarterPetty) October 12, 2021

It takes more than work/money. Sorry @MeekMill, the hood proverty excuse needs to stop being the “go to.” reason we “understand” & “overlook” all this senseless killing.

— NgoziAtNight (@ngoziatnight) October 11, 2021

Like that $20 you gave them kids

— Out of my League by JL (@JamalLemond) October 12, 2021

It ain’t about money flowing through the neighborhood it’s about getting up working saving your money and doing what you got to do there ain’t no excuse for poverty in America I could go to the poorest neighborhoods and them babies are wearing Jordans

— slum_dogg (@CrushdYurEgo21) October 12, 2021

Do you know how many ppl live under the poverty line? Do you know how many ppl commit murder? Also must of (99%)of those ppl in squid games was in poverty prior to the game. Most of them (probably all) wasn’t going around killing ppl prior to the game.

— Chavi hayes (@chavi_hayes) October 12, 2021

Well yeah, when I was trynna be on that type time in philly last year when i opened my food truck business, some young boul stole my truck the day after my grand re- opening ..soooo…. yeah and I’m still trynna recover from it with no loans and no hands outs…. @Souldlysh

— Lysh (@Lysh9690) October 12, 2021

In principle you’re right. But the squid game players (adults) willingly chose to return to survival mode fully aware of the consequences, the hood poverty “players” (kids) are born into survival mode not fully aware. Jobs and money are too simple a solution. #squidgames

— LJBR | Dream Drive 🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲 (@dreamsdriveljbr) October 12, 2021

We bring opportunity to the hood but then the hood stab us in the back n leave us for dead then scream about minimal opportunity and how the struggle is real. I tried 2 put on 4 my city. But my business got got by a young dude trying to stunt for his homies

— Lysh (@Lysh9690) October 12, 2021

A lot of people in the hood don’t want to work tho!!! cause a 9-5 toooo corny for some people ! SMH 🤦🏽‍♂️

— Aragon$ (@_officialaragon) October 12, 2021

Meek you a millionaire, you can put up businesses in the hood and create the job opportunities, and help your community, that’s the example I took from one of the greatest @NipseyHussle #RIP

— Silvio D. Morraz (@Sly_Kid17) October 12, 2021

There were as many of them that didn’t switch up…as many tried to help one another and some made sacrifices for others…what you wrote can’t be all you took from the show.

— Jeff Clay (@JeffClayJr) October 12, 2021

Meek Mill Compares the Merits of Popular Netflix Series ‘Squid Game’ to ‘Hood’ Poverty: ‘It’s The Exact Same Thing’