Meek Mill To Launch #PassTheAux Initiative For Up-And-Coming Rappers

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Meek Mill speaks on stage at the "Justice for All: Reforming a Broken System" at the Fast Company Innovation Festival - Day 2 on November 06, 2019 in New York City.
Meek Mill wants to subject up-and-coming artists to the wrath of Twitter's judgment.

Meek Mill launched Dream Chasers Records earlier this year in a partnership deal with Roc Nation. He's trying to expand the roster as well and it appears as though he's using the power of social media to find his next star. Last night, the rapper hit Twitter to reveal that he was in charge of the aux cord and his family got the treat of hearing some brand new music but this sparked a bigger idea.

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#PassTheAux became a new hashtag on Twitter with fans sending Meek links to their music. He revealed that he'll be launching an initiative under that hashtag on Twitter for kids to get a little shine on their music online. In addition to that, Meek plans on using his celebrity power and connects to get ten celebrities to repost it. The thing is, once they retweet it, it's up to Twitter to decide what's actually fire or not.

"Ima start something call #passtheaux for up and coming artist that’s flame and ima have 10 celebs post you to give you a push," he wrote. "and twitter gone be the judge!"

Meek did already retweeted a few fan submissions but he admitted that he didn't listen to them, just passed them the aux. You can't blame him. He was previewing new music for the entire family. 

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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.
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