Emeka Akumefule, better known by his stage name Blaqbonez, a Nigerian rapper, claims that some Nigerian musicians purchase “fake streams” to elevate their tracks on the Apple Music Nigeria list.
He said that most of the top 20 songs on the chart were successful due to the manipulation of the chart using a “fake stream” technique known as “streaming farm.”
In a recent interview with reality personality Tacha and Cool FM Nigeria, the rapper made the claim.
He asserted that most of the songs at the top of Apple Music Nigeria are not well-known.
Blaqbonez said, “People [some artists] are farming on Apple Music Nigeria. And it isn’t very pleasant to me. Open your phone right now, check from numbers 10 to 20, and tell me if you know the songs there.
“My song [Like Ice Spice] is meant to be top 10 there but there are too many farmers. I’m top 10 in all other platforms except Apple Music because people have identified that Apple Music is the platform that has the PR. When you announce that you are top 10, people ginger. So, people are now farming on that platform. People that are not anywhere else on any [other] platform, you will see them charting there. And it’s so upsetting.”