"Wanna Know" is a song by American rapper

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. The track was released on July 31, 2015 as a

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to Canadian rapper

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. "Wanna Know" was produced by

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and

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Background and release

On July 22, 2015, Meek Mill publicly criticized Drake on

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after being upset with Drake's non-involvement with the promotion of his album ''

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'', claiming that he used ghostwriters to write his verse on "

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", and then releasing the reference track to the song. After that, on July 31, 2015, Drake released two diss tracks aimed at Meek Mill, "

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" and " Back to Back". Meek then replied with "Wanna Know". Meek Mill later removed his diss to Drake on SoundCloud.

Legal actions

In August 2015, there were rumors speculating that

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filed a lawsuit against Meek Mill for using a part of his entrance theme as a sample for "Wanna Know". However, a WWE spokesperson stated that "WWE takes its intellectual property rights very seriously, and we're looking into the matter", with WWE concerned that Meek Mill did not respect such property rights. Mill later received a

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letter from

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chairman

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to that point.

Removal from SoundCloud

"Wanna Know" was first uploaded to

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, but Meek later removed the track from SoundCloud. Later, a post on

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was created by Meek that appeared to show that he was moving on from his "war on Drake".

References

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