Thursday, October 23, 2025 - Nigerian rapper, Emeka Akumefule, popularly known as Blaqbonez, has shared his opinion on streams and charts.
According to him, musicians should not be defined solely
based on streams and charts.
He said the reason is because numbers could easily be
manipulated.
Blaqbonez, who has repeatedly claimed that bots were being
used to manipulate streaming numbers and chart positions in Nigeria, stated
this why replying to a fan who accused him for being a hypocrite for
celebrating his diss song for Odumodublvck, ‘ACL’ hitting number one on Apple
Music Nigeria.
The rapper explained that he had never downgraded the
importance of charts, emphasizing that he only advocated for artists not to be
assessed solely based on charts because they can easily be manipulated.
He urged music fans to rate songs based on their qualities
and not numbers of streams
“I never talked down on the charts, it’d always be exciting
but no artist should be defined by it. Most of the artists I’m currently
listening to in Naija are not up on our charts.
“You guys are quick to label someone a failure depending on
numbers that we know can easily be manipulated. Use your ears sometimes, if
something is good its good, that’s all i’m saying,” he wrote on his X
handle.
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