Cyrus Langhorne
G-Unit head 50 Cent has come to the defense of fellow New York rapper Troy Ave amid backlash he received over head-scratching first-week sales of his new Major Without a Deal album.
Fif took to his Instagram page to publicly vouch for Ave and rally behind independent artists.
Ave hopped onto his Twitter page Thursday (June 11) to put a swift end to the number crunching.
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West Coast rapper Nipsey Hussle also came to Troy’s defense on Twitter.
According to reports, the bulk of Ave’s sales stemmed from digital sales.
Major Without a Deal, released on the independent label BSB Records through a distribution deal with EMPIRE Distribution, did sell 4,000 copies in the week ending June 7, according to Nielsen Music, but the album was released as a digital-only title in its first week. The album was first released exclusively through digital retailers on Friday, June 5, and thus only had three days of sales supporting its initial sales week. (Most albums are released on Tuesday, and thus earn six days of sales in their debut chart week.) (Billboard)
50 Cent f*ck around and buy 100, 000 copies of Troy’s new album. I like Troy and, the sales reports are not from the scheduled release date. These are from the MomAndPop store’s that have started selling it before the release date and, this means that the official number’s are not yet in.
This also tells you that you can buy the album before release date from the MomAndPop store. Why is this so hard for people to understand? Making me feel like I’m the only person that actually get’s that this could work well for his marketing too…. or tool 🙂
Why do people just jump on the bandwagon about shit they don’t know? Understand the business before you diss this.
50 Cent f*ck around and buy 100, 000 copies of Troy’s new album. I like Troy and, the sales reports are not from the scheduled release date. These are from the MomAndPop store’s that have started selling it before the release date and, this means that the official number’s are not yet in.
This also tells you that you can buy the album before release date from the MomAndPop store. Why is this so hard for people to understand? Making me feel like I’m the only person that actually get’s that this could work well for his marketing too…. or tool 🙂
Why do people just jump on the bandwagon about shit they don’t know? Understand the business before you diss this.
I DEFINITELY DON’T AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE SHIT 50 SAYS & DOES BUT HE’S 1,000,000% CORRECT ON THIS!!!! YOU GOT HATER’S HATING ON DUDE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE HE’S TRYING TO BE 50. IF 50 CAN CO SIGN HIS GRIND & HU$TLE, HOW THE HELL CAN A 50 STAN CONTINUE TO NOT DO SO?
I DEFINITELY DON’T AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE SHIT 50 SAYS & DOES BUT HE’S 1,000,000% CORRECT ON THIS!!!! YOU GOT HATER’S HATING ON DUDE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE HE’S TRYING TO BE 50. IF 50 CAN CO SIGN HIS GRIND & HU$TLE, HOW THE HELL CAN A 50 STAN CONTINUE TO NOT DO SO?