Nigerian rapper, Emeka Akumefule, popularly referred to as Blaqbonez, has stated artists shouldn’t be outlined solely based mostly on streams and charts, stressing that numbers may simply be manipulated.
Blaqbonez, who has repeatedly claimed that bots had been getting used to control streaming numbers and chart positions in Nigeria, said this why replying to a fan who accused him for being a hypocrite for celebrating his diss track for Odumodublvck, ‘ACL’ hitting primary on Apple Music Nigeria.
The rapper defined that he had by no means downgraded the significance of charts, emphasising that he solely advocated for artists to not be assessed solely based mostly on charts as a result of they’ll simply be manipulated.
He urged music followers to fee songs based mostly on their qualities and never numbers of streams.
“I by no means talked down on the charts, it’d at all times be thrilling however no artist must be outlined by it. Many of the artists I’m presently listening to in Naija will not be up on our charts.
“You guys are fast to label somebody a failure relying on numbers that we all know can simply be manipulated. Use your ears typically, if one thing is nice its good, that’s all i’m saying,” he wrote on his X deal with.
