Justin Bieber Defends Ariana Grande Amid 6ix9ine Billboard Drama

Justin Bieber breaks down the analytics of the Billboard charts for Tekashi 6ix9ine.

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It's been a little over a week since 6ix9ine made his major return and it feels like the judge might be regretting not placing restrictions on his use of social media. He's caused a stir already. He's been trying to take on every single naysayer from his baby mama to the Billboard charts. As "GOOBA" debuts at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, the rapper's challenged Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande with allegations that they manipulated the chart.

Ariana Grande fired back. "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). they are ride or die motherfuckers and i thank god every day that i have them in my life," she said in retaliation. However, 6ix9ine combated that by claiming that he's made it out of poverty and she's essentially had a silver spoon handed to her. Needless to say, his rebuttal had little to do with his initial allegations and everything to do with their upbringings.

While 6ix9ine's taken aim at Ariana Grande, it's actually a Justin Bieber song that she features on. Both Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun didn't attack 6ix9ine necessarily but they did give him a little lesson on how the Billboard charts work. 

He says his streams don't count. Yeus they do but he is counting his global streams and this is a domestic chart so only domestic streams count. 

60,000 units came because we don't disclose out numbers until the end of the week. That's called strategy.

He said 30k was bought with 6 credit cards but that is a lie. The rules are clear one credit card can buy max 4 copies. Anything over that the entire amount gets thrown out. Nielsen company checks this and found all sales were legit becuase our fans are amazing and bought them. Don't discredit out fan base with false info.

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.

Of course, it didn't take too long for 6ix9ine to catch wind of the comments, though he simply trolled Biebs for essentially wanting credit for his song. Check out his comment and the post below. 

Justin Bieber Defends Ariana Grande Amid 6ix9ine Billboard Drama

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