--- description: Toronto politician Norm Kelly is proving that he won't let Meek Mill bully the Canadian city's very own golden boy, Drake title: A Toronto Politician Wants In On The Meek Mill/Drake Feud image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf02516e7f5fe51ed/69885c23524fc0d4e4df3b4a/476972787.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Toronto City Councillor Wants In On The Meek Mill/Drake Twitter Feud by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2015 6:40 AM CUT  Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly speaks to media about Mayor Ford's appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show at City Hall in Toronto on March 4, 2014 Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly speaks to media about Mayor Ford's appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show at City Hall in Toronto on March 4, 2014Vince Talotta—Toronto Star via Getty Images by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2015 6:40 AM CUT Canadians may have a reputation for being polite, but Toronto politician Norm Kelly is proving that he won’t let Meek Mill bully Toronto’s very own golden boy, Drake. After the U.S. rapper [accused](http://time.com/3967466/meek-mill-drake/ "undefined") Drake of getting ghost writers to churn out his lyrics, Kelly was quick to respond. > [](https://twitter.com/norm/status/623828839131648000) Mill, who is scheduled to perform in Toronto on July 28, was cutting in his response. > [](https://twitter.com/MeekMill/status/623961922023636992) Kelly quickly clarified his statement, but stuck to his love of Drake, calling him a Canadian hero. > [](https://twitter.com/norm/status/623992202570543104) Kelly has [earned a reputation](http://www.blogto.com/city/2015/07/the%5Ftop%5F15%5Ftweets%5Ffrom%5Ftoronto%5Fcouncillor%5Fnorm%5Fkelly/ "undefined") among Torontonians for his irreverent and hilarious tweets. Most recently, Kelly offered his condolences to Conrad the raccoon of [#DeadRaccoonTO ](http://time.com/3952504/toronto-canada-dead-raccoon/ "undefined")fame. > [](https://twitter.com/norm/status/619333339871219712) He’s also been known to rag on his beloved Drake as well. > [](https://twitter.com/norm/status/612798536808271872) > [](https://twitter.com/norm/status/531861903354888192) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3969145/norm-kelly-toronto-meek-mill-drake/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3969145/norm-kelly-toronto-meek-mill-drake/"},"headline":"A Toronto City Councillor Wants In On The Meek Mill/Drake Twitter Feud","datePublished":"2015-07-23T06:40:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:27.479Z","description":"No one puts his beloved Drake in a corner","url":"https://time.com/3969145/norm-kelly-toronto-meek-mill-drake/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","twitter","Canada","Toronto","Drake"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf02516e7f5fe51ed/69885c23524fc0d4e4df3b4a/476972787.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf02516e7f5fe51ed/69885c23524fc0d4e4df3b4a/476972787.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly speaks to media about Mayor Ford's appearance on he Jimmy Kimmel show at City Hall","caption":"Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly speaks to media about Mayor Ford's appearance on he Jimmy Kimmel show at City Hall","creditText":"Vince Talotta—Toronto Star via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3969145/norm-kelly-toronto-meek-mill-drake/","name":"A Toronto City Councillor Wants In On The Meek Mill/Drake Twitter Feud"}}]}] ```