Joey Bada$$ & Troy Ave Clash Over Album Sales? “Nobody Cares – Fake Independent”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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New York rappers Joey Bada$$ and Troy Ave have appeared to clash on social media this week over album sales.

Joey seemed to take the first shot by declaring his strong B4.Da.$$ album sales from earlier this year.

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Troy responded to the shots with his own fact-checking claim.

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Ave recently took to his Instagram page to put an end to the jokes about his first-week sales.

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G-Unit head 50 Cent took to his Instagram page to publicly vouch for Ave amid the sales backlash earlier this month.

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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)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. When I'm not covering hip-hop news and announcements, I'm deep into an Audible book and eating veggies.

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  1. This dude will never be “Major”

    I think hes talented but he keeps talking ish
    about other artist. This will not make him go far….

  2. seems like Joey was posting his stats, and Troy was the hit dog who hollered! or its 2 independent posts and someone made a story of it. aint real beef if they aint @’n each other LOL

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