THE GRAM – 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.
Travis sold over 50K of these. With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn’t have the #1 album this week. I love my fans for the #1 album in AMERICA! I’ll explain on #QueenRadio 4 albums in, #1 in 86 countries ♥️ pic.twitter.com/CiYEuczgm3
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) 19 августа 2018 г.
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.
People are calling me thinking I’m huffing & puffing. Omg y’all this is sarcasm/dry humor. Yikes. I’m having the most iconNIC time. Come let me kiss you. 😩😘😘😘 Who’s coming to the secret show? When people call me & hear me crackin up laughing they seem so puzzled. Loosen up 😅
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) 19 августа 2018 г.
My first album sold 400K. No one is doing that with debut albums now. So I’m so grateful. I lost out on 12 hours of sales and did 200K in one week after I was supposedly cancelled. I bit my tongue last #QueenRadio but I won’t On Tuesday. I love you guys so much
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) 19 августа 2018 г.
