“FEFE” simply turned some of the surprising RIAA revisions in trendy historical past after shedding three Platinum certifications and Nicki Minaj’s official credit score. WTH?

And….they allegedly eliminated Nicki Minaj’s credit score from the music as effectively. Can we unpack this?

6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj simply made Hip-Hop historical past in a wierd manner. Their music “FEFE” has been formally demoted and stripped down. The as soon as unavoidable 2018 smash has slid from 8× Platinum to five× Platinum. That remains to be a variety of items, however it’s now the primary main file this century to lose that a lot RIAA floor after the actual fact. On prime of that, Nicki Minaj’s title has been eliminated fully from the RIAA credit score line. Now, 6ix9ine is represented as a solo act. How?

Now let’s be clear. This is just not your typical certification tweak the place numbers get nudged due to new accounting techniques or delayed knowledge. This is a full three million items. How precisely do you reverse gross sales?

“FEFE” was all over the place. The music debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and dominated streaming platforms. 6ix9ine was unimaginable to disregard and Nicki Minaj was nonetheless flexing her pop rap type. Now, I feel I do know what occurred, however I must get again to you all on that.

The RIAA has not publicly defined why the certifications have been revised or why Nicki’s function credit score disappeared from the official itemizing. That silence has solely fueled hypothesis. All I do know is bots are actual!

What this doesn’t do is erase the impression. You can’t rewind playlists, radio spins, YouTube views. Or are you able to?

I don’t assume Nicki or Tekashi cares about this. They acquired their cash. But they might care about being embarrassed. I hope anyone clears this up quick.

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