Safaree has admitted that seeing his ex Nicki Minaj date Meek Mill brought about a “dark time” for him.
The We In Miami podcast shared a teaser to Instagram on Tuesday (July 9) in which the former Hoodstars member reflected on his past relationship with Nicki.
He said: “When me and Nicki first broke up and she got with Meek and they were, like, the biggest in the world and we was all beefing and shit. You gotta think about — I had two of the biggest people in the world against me.
“That meant everybody would be against me, so nobody wanted to be next to me. Nobody wanted to work with me or none of that shit. So it just made everything hard and that shit that was a dark time for me.”
Safaree also spoke about how people rooted against him during this time: “I’m not even gonna sugarcoat shit. I was with Nicki, we broke up. Her fans and certain people they just wanted it to be like, ‘Okay, they not together no more. Fuck him, let it be nothing. Let him disintegrate, let him disappear, whatever.’
“But nine, 10 years later — 10, 15 TV shows later, lot of music out later, Doors Up later — I’m still here. Some people don’t like that. They’re like, ‘Damn, why are n-ggas still paying attention to this n-gga?’”
Safaree has been speaking on Meek Mill for a number of years.
Back in 2016, he spoke with Rap-Up and confirmed that the “Dreams & Nightmares” rapper played a part in the end of his years-long relationship with Nicki Minaj.
“He definitely was a big part as to why me and Nicki broke up,” he said in the interview.
The Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star vaguely confirmed Meek as the reason for their split by commenting on The Game’s Instagram post exposing the rumor that Meek FaceTimed Nicki while Safaree was with another woman.
The two beefed shortly after that revelation, with Safaree tweeting: “you ever see a pic of some1 you use to deal with and wanna send that ‘wyd bighead’ text i hate yall #stuntgang.”
Hours later, Meek appeared to mock Safaree via Snapchat, uploading a photo of himself with a “Hey bighead” caption and a crying face emoji.
Although he didn’t name names in a tweet that followed Meek’s Snapchat, Safaree did go on to revel in his ability to have “control” over those he doesn’t know.
“i was jus kidding, but its funny to see how much control i have over ppl i dont kmow.. i do this for yall! thx 4 the love #stuntgang,” he tweeted.
Meek Mill isn’t the only rapper who has upset Safaree following his split from Nicki.
Earlier this year, the Brooklyn native admitted that he was “hurt” when Nas kissed the Young Money rappr in her “Right By My Side” music video.
“You wanna know what’s so crazy? I didn’t know it happened until the video came out,” he revealed during an appearance on the Keep It a Stack Podcast. “N-gga, I was hurt. When that shit happened, I was hurt.
“I was there the whole day so I was like, ‘Damn. Did that happen when I left to go? I must’ve left for like an hour, two hours and I think that’s when that scene happened, yo.”
