Earlier this week, Rolling Stone exposed the practice of high-profile artists jacking up their streams through marketing firms.
Included in the article was a recording of G-Eazy's team speaking to a marketer who promised 200 million streams a month for about 40K. (There's no evidence they actually used the firm.)
In 2019, Iggy went on a Twitter rant in which she said her single "Sally Walker" was buried on Spotify because other artists were paying for fake spins.
Iggy Azalea is sick and tired of PAYOLA pic.twitter.com/UTNFxp06Dl
— 🤑 (@BigBankBurt) March 16, 2019
Now she's taking a victory lap.
"Remember when the internet said I was making up that streaming has payola worse than radio," Iggy gloated.
Would Iggy still be on top if T.I. just played the game and paid for streams?
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