French Montana Fails To Crack Top 10 As Alleged Vinyl Scam Gets Exposed Online

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French Montana is someone who has been around in the music industry for a long time. Overall, he has built up a ton of relationships. Consequently, he usually able to get some big names on his albums. Although the perception of him online has been negative, he still has a lot of fans. Moreover, his peers have a lot of respect for him, which tends to go a long way. Unfortunately, French is receiving quite a bit of scrutiny right now stemming from his latest release, Mac & Cheese 5.

Firstly, French was called out for creating numerous versions of his album. These versions contained acapella, instrumentals, and even sped-up variations of his songs. Moreover, there was a “Versions” version that contained 126 songs. Fans found it to be utterly absurd, and he was dragged on social media. Furthermore, according to HipHopDX, Twitter user Dro accused French of running a vinyl records scam. As the vinyl collector explained, French was running a promotion for $5 vinyls and they needed to be shipped by a certain date to count as sales. However, many buyers never received their packages, and those packages ended up in different states, and didn’t even look like parcels that could have held a vinyl.

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French Montana Falls Out Of Top 10

LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 23: French Montana backstage during the Daytime Village Presented by Capital One at the 2017 HeartRadio Music Festival at the Las Vegas Village on September 23, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for iHeartMedia )

Originally, French Montana was on track for 56K units sold in the first week. However, as Chart Data reports, French has now sold 34K and will be outside of the Billboard Top 10. He ended up in 14th place, and there are rumblings that the 20K dip in sales was the result of his vinyls being disqualified. As it stands, Billboard has yet to offers any remarks on the situation.

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