Fabolous has inserted himself into 50 Cent and Rick Ross’ beef — and has brought his calculator with him.
Earlier this week, 50 trolled his long-running rival over purportedly low first-week sales for his joint albm with Meek Mill, Too Good To Be True.
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“If you sell 31,009 CDs, I shouldn’t talk to you,” the G-Unit mogul said in an Instagram video, mocking the project’s opening tally.
Ross promptly hit back by taking a jab at 50’s girlfriend, former video model Jamira “Cuban Link” Haines.
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“Just got a DM say, ‘Rozay, we believe 50 Cent just made a comment about you online’. I seen it and I said, ‘Y’all don’t know 50 Cent like I do. He wouldn’t do that.’ For one, his bitch Dream Chasers. She been a Dream Chasers bitch for many years, still is. That’s when she told me I was her favorite.”
He added: “For two, n-gga, we been rich! We still getting money. Them n-ggas was laughing at my first-week sales. Them n-ggas was doing a million first week and I did 150, 180 [thousand] and they was laughing but…You smell that saltwater, right? Don’t let them n-ggas trick you.”
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Fabolous has now weighed in on the latest flare-up between the rap moguls, and attempted to defend Ross and Meek’s sales numbers.
“I have no dog in this fight but y’all do know 31k in sales is 46,513,000 in streams right?” he wrote in an Instagram comment. “1500 streams = 1 unit. Low numbers in 1st week sales only could be judged in a physical era.
“EVERYBODY is streaming music through DSP’s now. I’m sure there’s a few people who actually buy the product but not enough to care over streaming anymore so why is this low sales number narrative still being pushed?”
He later added: “My opinion isn’t based on 50 or Ross. I’m discussing the sales/streams conversation. My point is valid for any sales/stream talk. Not just Ross & 50. Y’all missing the point.”
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Fabolous’ math is not entirely accurate. According to Billboard, who administer the charts in the U.S., “1,250 premium audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams or 3,750 video streams are equal to one equivalent album unit.”
So, depending on who listened to the album and where and what streaming service they used, the total number of streams as calculated for the Billboard 200 can vary greatly.
