Yesterday, Interscope mass-updated Eminem’s RIAA certificates for the first time in four years. The consequent news of Marshall becoming the most successful artist in the industry sent The Game into a frenzy.
This former G-Unit rapper was minding his business, promoting a new album and ritually challenging Eminem to a Verzuz battle, as one does when they need media attention. He even raised the stakes recently, sharing a video on his Instagram and calling for Eminem to get into the studio with him to prove his point. The point is spelt out in his Instagram bio: “the undefeated BEST RAPPER ALIVE ‼️”
Against the backdrop of the constant “I am better than Eminem” from The Game, the news broke out that Marshall is now the most certified artist in the RIAA history, with no less than six diamond plaques.
The Game reacted to this information immediately, and all he tried to do was to discredit the whole certification system. He started a log stream of tweets with:
All this talk I see on the net saying Eminem is better than me because he sold more records is like saying McDonald’s is better than Tam’s burgers, it’s FALSE !!! They just put more money in McDonald’s & promoted the shit out the happy meal dangling toys in kids’ faces.
The Game then says that labels buy out their albums to boost sales and that he has not had commercial success because he’s too independent and too black. He even spins a narrative that the untimely death of some hip hop legends is related to the label conspiracy:
To successfully become a 🐐 approved by both fans & the industry (rap peers, execs etc) you have to do exactly what they want you to do. Eazy, spoke out about it… he died. 2pac was vocal about everything, he died. Nipsey empowered the community, championed independence, he died.
The former Dr. Dre protege finished his rant with a traditional remark about how numbers are not important:
Fuck how many records he sold, you sold or I sold. that’s just #’s on paper n some little awards that ain’t no bigger than my YMCA trophies.
Sure, numbers are not important. So many people say it about somebody else’s numbers but don’t mind celebrating their own plaques and sales. If they have something to celebrate, that is.
