It was only a matter of time that someone reached out to Lil’ Kim and got her reaction to her Black Friday mixtape sales and video. The people over at Rap-Up did just that and Lil’ Kim had her fair share to say about critics and her rival, Nicki Minaj‘s response to her mixtape sales. Kim has yet to retract her statements and number of copies sold [113,000]. From her answers to these questions, I’m going to have to stick to my original opinion that those numbers are indeed inflated.
Kim also mentioned that no one is upset or disputing her WorldStarHipHop views, but indeed they are. It’s simple for the owners over at WSHH to inflate numbers and deceive the public. And whether or not that’s the case, there is no basis for her to bring that up, because her video views aren’t on trial here; why stray away from the point at hand?
Excerpts:
On whether the 113,000 figure is accurate:
“Right now it could be more.”
On critics who dispute those numbers:
“At the end of the day, you’re always going to have your haters. We need the haters. There was actually a representative at PayPal who basically didn’t really confirm or deny it, but also [said] that they’re very happy and proud of the success of Lil’ Kim. I think numbers in other areas speak for themselves. I mean, why aren’t they questioning the Black Friday [video] being at 2.5 [million views] in less than 18 hours? Why aren’t they questioning that? What’s the difference? How can you add up one thing and not the other? I just feel like people pick and choose the area that they want to attack [laughs].”
On what her current sales are:
“No, I actually don’t know right now. I have a team that kinda checks up on all that. We’ll keep you posted.”
On Nicki Minaj’s reaction to her mixtape sales:
“I heard about it. I didn’t see it actually for myself, but to be honest with you, homegirl is basically obsolete to me right now. She’s doing a lot of lame stuff. She’s so lame to me right now—she’s always been, but now really. At the end of the day, her sales can be questioned also. Not to say she didn’t have the build-up, but the only thing you kept hearing before her album dropped was nobody liked it, it was wack. Don’t get me wrong, she might have a couple songs that are OK, but who cares. The haters will be haters, that’s their job, and we need them.”
I’m disappointed it came down to this. I was rooting for Lil’ Kim, but I really want her to let this go. It’s a game of Texas Holdem and she just didn’t play her cards right.
