Earlier this week, Meek Mill made the startling revelation that he's never been paid by his label, despite his long, successful career.

If true -- and Meek is known to exaggerate  -- it wouldn't be a huge surprise, as we all know the industry is shady.

An interesting offshoot of Meek's admission is that it's revitalized the dinner with JAY-Z vs. $500K debate, which seems to pop up every few months on Twitter.

Some people are saying after what happened to Meek, nobody should ever pick the dinner with Hov.

"Meek's had a ridiculous number of dinner dates with JAY Z and is still going through sh*t with his record label.  Friendly reminder that taking the $500K should forever be a no-brainer," RoDmaN pointed out.

It's more than just that.  Meek uses Hov's company Roc for management and that hasn't got him paid either.

So take that hypothetical half a mil.