Brooklyn emcees Troy Ave and Joey Bada$$ exchanged some words in a small Twitter tiff Monday evening. (June 22)
Troy Ave has been the talk of the town (and not in a good way) due to his lackluster album sales from his LP Major Without A Deal, and while the album, which boast features from some of New York’s elite hip-hop figures, it was reported to have sold less than 5,000 copies.
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Troy Ave went onto clarify that those numbers only reflect three days worth of sales as opposed to the full week artist are given. Ave continued by saying since he came out of pocket and handled all the promo and created the album he gets to take home the lion’s share of the profit.
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Joey Bada$$ got wind of Troy’s comments and took to Twitter to remind folks of his album sales.
Reminder: Joey Bada$$ sold 57,000+ albums in his first week, INDEPENDENTLY… At 20 years old… $10/album… 85% of shares, do the math….
— B4.DA.$$ OUT NOW!!! (@joeyBADASS) June 22, 2015
That makes me the #1 Independent Hip Hop artist/brand in the world….
— B4.DA.$$ OUT NOW!!! (@joeyBADASS) June 22, 2015
Troy, not feeling Joey’s obvious sub, responded in kind.
NO single, NO party hosting’s NO real endorsements Reminder: NObody cares + u WORK for Sony Red / Cinematic Records #FakeIndependent
— TROY AVE (@TroyAve) June 22, 2015
Okay boys. Enough.