This arrives after Ariana addresses the allegations made by the 'Gooba' artist that she manipulated the Billboard 100 chart to make her and Justin's new song 'Stuck With U' top it.
- May 19, 2020
AceShowbiz - The Billboard drama involving 6ix9ine a.k.a. Tekashi69 and Ariana Grande continues to heat up. Further making it complicated was Justin Bieber, who is featured in Ariana's "Stuck With U", as he posted a lengthy Instagram post to defend his collaborator after being accused of chart manipulation by the rapper.
"He says his streams don't count. Yes they do but he is counting his global streams and this is a domestic chart so only domestic streams count," the "Despacito" hitmaker said of Tekashi in a Instagram Story post on Monday, May 18. "60,000 units came because we don't disclose our numbers until the end of week. That's called strategy."
"He said 30k was bought with 6 credit cards but that is a lie. The rules are clear one credit card can buy max 4 copies. Anything over that the entire amount gets thrown out. Nielsen company checks this and found all our sales were legit because our fans are amazing and bought them. Don't discredit our fan base with false info," Justin continued weighing in on the matter.
He added, "This is my song with Ariana Grande and I'm honored to work with her to help raise money for a great cause. If you gonna say her name make sure you say mine because it's our song."
Tekashi caught wind of the post and reacted to it. However, he didn't spare much thought as the rapper only trolled Biebs for wanting credit for the song. " 'Say my name too,' " he wrote on Instagram, alongside a skull emoji.
This arrives after Ariana addressed the allegations from the "Gooba" artist that she manipulated the Billboard 100 chart to make "Stuck With U" top it. "I would like to address a few things which i don't usually do (i don't give my energy to drama or strange accusations normally but this has gone a little too far)... my fans bought the song. JUSTIN'S fans bought the song. OUR fans bought this song (never more than four copies each, AS THE RULES STATE). they are ride or die motherf**kers and i thank god every day that i have them in my life. Not just when they fight for us to win (even when i ask them not to as i did this week) but because they're some of the greatest people i know," she said on Instagram.
Tekashi quickly responded to it with a new video. "I don't want you to think that I'm coming at you. I'm not saying you're not talented, I'm not saying you can't sing. You're a beautiful singer, you just don't understand my pain. My frustration is from Billboard. I speak for the millions of kids that come from nothing, right," he explained.
