Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande hit back at rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine over Billboard number one

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Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande hit back at rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine who claims they cheated their way to a Billboard no. 1

  • Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and their music manager Scooter Braun have all hit back at claims that their no. 1 on the Billboard charts this week was fixed 
  • Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine blasted Billboard for ‘cheating’ appearing to suggest six credit cards had been used to buy 60,000 copies of the song
  • Grande and Bieber’s song ‘Stuck With U’ is raising money for the First Responders Children’s Foundation. 

By George Stark For Dailymail.com

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Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and their music manager Scooter Braun have all hit back at claims that their no. 1 on the Billboard charts this week was fixed.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine took to his Instagram account Monday to blast Billboard, and appeared to be suggesting that Grande and Bieber’s charity single – which features Scooter Braun’s first songwriting credit – reached the top spot unfairly.  

In his post, 6ix9ine (real name Daniel Hernandez) claimed that ‘6 credit cards used to buy 60,000 copies in the last hour’ helped Grande and Bieber’s song ‘Stuck With U’, the proceeds of which go to the First Responders Children’s Foundation.

Feud: Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande hit back at rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine who claims they cheated their way to a Billboard no. 1

“YOU’RE A LIE AND CORRUPT,’ 6ix9ine wrote to Billboard on his Instagram page. “YOU GOT CAUGHT CHEATING AND THE WORLD WILL KNOW.”

Grande was first to hit back to the claims directly saying: ‘My fans bought the song. JUSTIN’S fans bought the song. OUR fans bought this song (never more than four copies each, AS THE RULES STATE).’

She was then supported by Bieber who gave a lengthy response on his Instagram page, saying: ‘60,000 units came because we don’t disclose our numbers until end of week. That’s called strategy.’

Doing good: Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's song 'Stuck With U' is raising money for the First Responders Children’s Foundation (the pair pictured above at Coachella last year)

Doing good: Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s song ‘Stuck With U’ is raising money for the First Responders Children’s Foundation (the pair pictured above at Coachella last year)

He added: ‘This is my song with Ariana Grande and I’m honored to work with her to help raise money for a great cause. If you gonna say her name make sure you say mine because it’s our song.’