Ariana Grande orders Tekashi 6ix9ine to ‘be humble’ after rapper claims she and Justin Bieber ‘bought’ chart success
ARIANA Grande ordered Tekashi 6ix9ine to "be humble" and "grateful."
The pop singer's remarks follow the rapper's claims she and "bought" their Billboard chart-topping success.
posted on Instagram: “Sales count for more than streams. [You] can not discredit this as hard as u try.
"To anybody that is displeased with their placement on the chart this week or who is spending their time racking their brain thinking of as many ways as they can to discredit hard-working women (and only the women for some reason…..), I ask [you] to take a moment to humble yourself.
"Be grateful you’re even here. That people want to listen to [you] at all.”
Earlier this month, Tekashi, whose real name Daniel Hernandez, released Gooba, his first track since being .
That's also when Ariana and Justin dropped their collaboration .
The two tracks vied for that week's Billboard No. 1 slot, but Ariana and Justin came out on top, leaving Gooba at No. 3, and Doja Cat's Say So remix with Nicki Minaj in the second spot.
Tekashi claimed the Billboard numbers were fake because his song was streamed far more than the others.
The rapper accused Ariana of sending 60,000 units in "out of nowhere, suggesting she and Justin bought the top spot.
According to , Tekashi's team is also looking into "six credit cards," which bought of "Stuck with U."
Yesterday, Justin responded to the allegations in an Instagram story: "60,000 units came because we don't disclose our numbers until the end of week.
"That's called strategy."
He went on: "The rules are clear one credit card can buy max 4 copies. Anything over that the entire amount gets thrown out.
"Neilsen 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."
He also defended Ariana telling Tekashi: "This is my song with Ariana Grande and I'm honored to work with her ..."
"If you gonna say her name make sure you say mine because it's our song."
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Ariana's post further defended her fans against Tekashi's accusations calling them "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.”
Following Ariana's post, Tekashi responded in a video captioned: “You say for me to be humble …. I don’t think you know what humble is……….
"YOU ARE VERY TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL GOD BLESS YOU. But you will NEVER UNDERSTAND MY PAIN.”
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