In the music industry, there is a discussion about purchased listening to music platforms such as Spotify. With exaggerated figures, artists can appear to be more successful than they really are, something that Dagens Nyheter recently reviewed.

In the US, rapper French Montana is currently accused of this phenomenon after a Twitter user pointed out the differences between the artist's listening figures on Spotify versus Apple music, writes NME and DN.

Climbed on spotify

At the beginning of January, French Montan's song Writing on the Wall suddenly climbed to 21st place on the US 50 list - a popularity questioned by several users on social media when it was at the suspiciously low list rank 1192 on the popular music service Apple music. On Twitter, several users write that their Spotify accounts have been hacked and that the song Writing on the wall has been played without approval, which has fueled speculation.

French Montana herself denies the charges.

Rinses at 50 Cent

But fellow artist 50 Cent recently lashed out at criticism of French Montana, demanding an explanation. The play, in turn, has led French Montana to now charge 50 Cent for having purchased streams for him, in order to damage his reputation. The two rappers have previously had an open conflict in social media.