Nicki Minaj lit Twitter on fire on Sunday (August 19) when she blamed Kylie Jenner and Spotify for ASTROWORLD surpassing Queen to number one.
Nicki tweeted that Travis $cott landing at number one was due to his merch sales and the support of Jenner and not because of the actual sales of his album.
The tweets went on for a bit as she began to call out Billboard and Spotify for their lack of support.
Although Travis didn’t respond, Cactus Jack label signee, Smokepurpp stepped up to the plate.
The “Nephew” rapper hopped on Instagram Live and defended ASTROWORLD‘s numbers, “Nicki Minaj, you buggin’. You buggin’ by saying that Travis Scott is cheating because he’s selling clothes and stuff. It’s called marketing, my nigga. You’re doing the most first week, don’t hate on the next man.”
Purpp did express his support for Nicki’s music but not without defending the album sales system, “You said that Billboard was wrong. You probably got it delayed yourself. And it’s no disrespect, I fuck with you. I fuck with your music. You go crazy. But numbers do not lie. You know what I’m saying, numbers don’t lie. With that being said, Cactus Jack. Esskeetit.”
After receiving some backlash for her rant, Nicki promised fans that she was in a good place and it was all in good fun but that there would be more to tell on Queen Radio.
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In this day and age numbers DO LIE! But that doesn’t change the fact Travis would have the number one spot AGAIN! This week..
Bruh, I’m going to stream Astroworld a few times so he can beat her in second week sales.
Great idea, but clearly implemented by fan bases these days. The struggles real lol
Tru….lol
Tru
Lol these rappers are so dumb. Yea the numbers are rigged and so are the elections here
Bi-polar much?
Like Joe Budden said. Stop tye pills baby girl or is the Silicon going to the brain
She really thinks she is a queen for real! She gets called out for hating and then recanted it all by saying it was sarcasm. The only way she is getting #1 is if her album is released by itself meaning no competition with others for that time period. I’m not sexist by any stretch but female rappers skills lack the lyrical depth and content to their counterparts. MC Lyte and Lady of Rage are 2 lady mc’s that could really rock it. Ladies take notes from those 2 and success is certain!!!
Yea current modern artists look at those 2 lackluster artists from
a bygone era he mentioned and be like them. Motherfuckas really think they know shit smh
She’s all bitching n moaning talmbot she has 4 albums… no u dont. Adding 4 songs n re-releasing a reload is not a new album. That’s called a farce