Recently, DJ Akademiks found himself on stream for the first time in a couple of weeks. He was returning from vacation and had a whole lot to get to, especially in light of the new Drake and PartyNextDoor album. During his stream, Akademiks devoted some time to congratulating Nicki Minaj and giving the pioneer her flowers. This subsequently led to a rant about women rappers today, Megan Thee Stallion, in particular. It was here where he claimed that women rappers drop one huge album then struggle to sell 100K first week because they want to be influencers.
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It was here where DJ Akademiks pointed out that Megan has 32 million followers on Instagram, but still struggles to sell her albums. One has to wonder why this happens, as the numbers don’t lie in that regard. Although it is impossible to assume an artist’s intentions as we simply do not live in their head. During Akademiks’ streams, which can be found on Twitch, Rumble, and YouTube, the commentator has always tried to hypothesize about the rap game, to varying degrees of success.
Megan Thee Stallion and other artists like GloRilla, Sexyy Red, and even Doechii have been having good years as of late. While the first week sales numbers might be weaker than anticipated, they have been able to cultivate dedicated fans, which is a huge part of the equation for sustaining success. It will be interesting to see what they all can do in 2025.
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