Tekashi 6ix9ine went on an Instagram tirade early Monday (May 18), accusing Billboard of somehow fudging the numbers to benefit Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s new collaborative single “Stuck With U.”
He was seemingly irate his comeback single “GOOBA” wasn’t going to land in the Billboard Hot 100’s coveted spot. Without mentioning his name, Grande responded to 6ix9ine’s accusations and made it clear she rightfully earned her place at the top.
“I didn’t have a number one for the first five years of my career and it didn’t upset me at all because from the bottom of my heart, music is everything to me,” she wrote in the caption. “My fans are everything to me. I promise I couldn’t ask for another fucking thing. so with this celebration today, 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 motherfuckers and i thank god every day that i have them in my life.”
Grande’s “Stuck With U” collaborator also issued a response to his Instagram account.
“He says his streams don’t count,” he began. “Yes they do but he is counting his global streams and this is a domestic chart so only domestic streams count. 60,000 units came because we don’t disclose our numbers until the end of the week. That’s called a 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. This is my song with Ariana Grande and I’m honored to work with her to raise money for a great cause.”
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— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) May 18, 2020
Unsurprisingly, 6ix9ine fired back at Grande’s post with an Instagram post of his own and assured the pop princess his beef wasn’t with her. He included old video clips of Grande’s time on Nickelodeon and talked how his mom used to collect cans for money.
