Feud! Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande hit back at rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine who claims they cheated their way to a Billboard no. 1
- Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and their music manager Scooter Braun have all hit back at claims that their no. 1 on the Billboard charts this week was fixed
- Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine blasted Billboard for ‘cheating’ and appeared to suggest six credit cards had been used to buy 60,000 copies of the song
- Grande and Bieber’s song ‘Stuck With U’ is raising money for the First Responders Children’s Foundation
Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and their music manager Scooter Braun have all hit back at claims that their no. 1 on the Billboard charts this week was fixed.
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine took to his Instagram account Monday to blast Billboard, and appeared to be suggesting that Grande and Bieber’s charity single – which features Scooter Braun’s first songwriting credit – reached the top spot unfairly.
In his post, 6ix9ine (real name Daniel Hernandez) claimed that ‘6 credit cards used to buy 60,000 copies in the last hour’ helped Grande and Bieber’s song ‘Stuck With U’, the proceeds of which go to the First Responders Children’s Foundation.
Feud: Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande hit back at rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine who claims they cheated their way to a Billboard no. 1
“YOU’RE A LIE AND CORRUPT,’ 6ix9ine wrote to Billboard on his Instagram page. “YOU GOT CAUGHT CHEATING AND THE WORLD WILL KNOW.”
Grande was first to hit back to the claims directly saying: ‘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).’
She was then supported by Bieber who gave a lengthy response on his Instagram page, saying: ‘60,000 units came because we don’t disclose our numbers until end of week. That’s called strategy.’
Doing good: Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s song ‘Stuck With U’ is raising money for the First Responders Children’s Foundation (the pair pictured above at Coachella last year)
Shock claims: 6ix9ine hit out at Billboard after it was revealed his song did not reach number one
The charts this week: Grande proudly posted this showing her song at number one, with the rapper’s track ‘Gooba’ making it to number three
He added: ‘This is my song with Ariana Grande and I’m honored to work with her to help raise money for a great cause. If you gonna say her name make sure you say mine because it’s our song.’
Music manager Braun – who also shares a songwriting credit in the song – then got involved himself, explaining: ‘Only domestic streams are counted for a domestic chart. If someone is counting their total they aren’t counting correctly.’
He added ‘Two…We never disclose our sales until end of week. That is called strategy and is and always has been our policy. Three… Nielsen and billboard rules state clearly one credit card can only buy max 4 copies.’
Response: Justin Bieber hit back with this lengthy comment on his Instagram Stories, which was then shared by Ariana Grander on her page (the pair are both managed by Scooter Braun)
‘Anything above that the entire amount gets thrown out. They review that. All must be confirmed. Which is was. No one should discredit your amazing fan base with lies.’
Rapper 6ix9ine then posted a message directly hitting back at Grande saying, in part, ‘All I’m saying is I worked super hard to make it out of Brooklyn NY. I speak for the millions of kids who aren’t as fortunate as you. The millions who weren’t fortunate to be on TV.’
He appeared to be taking issue with the fact that Grande was previously a child star before she made it big in the music industry.