Lil Kim Addresses PayPal Numbers & Nicki Minaj’s Response

I’m of the believe, that any press is good press, and no judgement, but Lil Kim could really uses some more press. Yesterday, she dropped her new video, and a few days ago, she claimed on twitter that she sold 113,000 copies of the $9.99 release via PayPal within 28 hours. Kim spoke w/ Rap-Up and clarified her statements.

What do you say to those who question the authenticity of those figures?
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 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].

Nicki Minaj laughed off your sales claims. Did you see that?
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. Full interview here.

[Honestly, although her constant Minaj disses are irritating, I do respect how hard she is trying to return. And I think that the idea of charging for a mix-tape is wack, but hell I can’t hate on any woman trying to make money, especially in a creative way. It’s been a minute (or at least I don’t recall) since any well-known artist went the Paypal route. Clearly, it’s time for artists to get creative if they wanna sell or sale. This industry hates female rappers over the age of 30–give her a break–or @ least try to.]