What do feuding rappers and Texas’ favorite fast food chain have in common? They serve a lot of beef. And when Whataburger weighed in on a spat between hip-hop artists Drake and Meek Mill, the company proved that it serves you both on Twitter and in its restaurants.
Meek Mill take it from us- if you gonna serve beef serve it high quality
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) July 31, 2015
Let’s back up for a second: The rappers began trading disses last week when Philadelphia-bred Meek Mill tweeted that Drake didn’t write his own songs. A few days later, the Canadian emcee fired back in a new track, “Back to Back” (which he presumably wrote), that debuted on Apple Music. Meek responded Thursday evening with his own track and was booed by the Internet for what many perceive as a, well, meek clap back.
Then Whataburger piled on by, much like they do with their fries, heaping salt on Meek’s wounds Friday, following their epic quality beef tweet with another viral food pun. In Drake’s diss song, he’s got this line: “Trigger fingers turn to Twitter fingers.” Here’s Whataburger’s version:
Chicken fingers turn to twitter fingers pic.twitter.com/EQLwa3cWTJ
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) July 31, 2015
An opportunity for a beef joke would’ve been solid enough rationale, to be sure, but unlike their quasi-stance on Texas’ new open carry law, Whataburger didn’t reveal any justification for picking sides in the debate. And Whataburger’s allegiance to Drake didn’t begin Thursday — the burger joint has been blasting Meek Mill since last week.
*Meek Mill eating a Whataburger *
"Did they even really cook this tho?"
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) July 22, 2015
Meek Mill might need to eat his feelings with #BacktoBack Whataburger after that one.
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) July 29, 2015
Maybe Meek has a known allegiance to another fast food restaurant. Maybe the evil genius who runs Whataburger’s Twitter account is a huge Drake fan. Or maybe Whataburger just can’t resist jumping on an Internet trend.
Whataburger: where the ends justify the memes pic.twitter.com/Hlq1pH2Q1j
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) July 19, 2015