Will Meek Mill/Drake feud continue Thursday night at the Susq?

Made a meme and dissed by rappers, politicians, and Rosetta Stone, Meek Mill, Philly's own prodigal son, returns to the area Thursday night.

But will it be to open arms?

The Philly rapper, 28, is slated to perform at the Susquehanna Bank Center as part of Nicki Minaj's Pinkprint Tour.

Or, as Canadian rapper Drake called it, "his girl's tour."

If you've been anywhere with WiFi connection, you know we're in the center of a beef between the Philadelphian and the Canadian. And it hasn't gone well for Meek.

It began when Drake, a (former?) friend, failed to tweet out or promote Meek's new album, Dreams Worth More Than Money Can Buy. On July 21, Meek shot out the tweet heard round the world, claiming that Drake "don't even write his own raps."

Four days later, the Toronto rapper responded with the diss track "Charged Up."

But it was diss lite. "It wasn't a traditional diss record, very mellow and very chill," said Cory Townes, Philadelphia native and social-media manager at Ebony.com.

Two days after "Charged Up," Meek was supposed to premiere his own counter-diss track on Hot 97 during DJ Funk Master Flex's show . . . and then he didn't.

Two days after that, Drake released "Back to Back Freestyle," with a photo of Toronto Blue Jays slugger Joe Carter in mid-jump after socking a homer off Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams to win the 1993 World Series. Carter is to Drake as Williams is . . . you get it. This was getting personal.

"Back to Back" sounded "more like a radio song," said Philly spoken-word poet Kai Davis. "He wasn't right at his neck as I thought he would be." But it became popular. Townes said that, when he walked into a party in New York, "everybody looked at me when 'Back to Back' started playing and laughed and laughed."

Philadelphia waited for Meek to speak. "Our reputation is on the line," says Davis. But all Meek did was tweet. Davis called that disheartening.

The evening after the release of "Back to Back," Meek released "Wanna Know," featuring Quentin Miller. Many found it lackluster and unintelligible.

Davis called it "poor production. And it was a bad time to not enunciate."

Even corporations jumped into the mix.

Meek seemed to be on the losing end - and so did Philly.

"Drake is so much more of a brand than I think Meek realized," said Townes.

On Monday, in front of thousands at the OVO Fest in Toronto, Drake performed "Back to Back," while memes and tweets mocking Meek were projected onto a large screen behind him. He also alluded to yet a third diss track in the near future, a "3 peat." To add insult to back-to-back injury, Philly's own Will Smith was seen backstage laughing it up with Drake and Kanye.

Toronto's mayor, Norm Kelly, got in on it:

On Thursday, Meek returns to the hometown he reps so hard. Is there anything he can do or say to atone?

Responses were mixed.

Townes agrees, but says he wouldn't be surprised if Meek acknowledges the beef. On Tuesday night during a show in Charlotte, N.C., he rapped to Drake about all the rappers who have called Drake out: "Kendrick [Lamar] came at you, you ain't reply back! Pusha came at you, you ain't reply back! Why's that?"

Eyes and ears will be open at the Susq and around the area Thursday night. As Townes says, "I'm excited to see what comes up tomorrow."