The rollout of this album has been anything but lucky for 21 (Do you like what I did there?).

Things just got weird for 21 Savage.

On February 1, Spotify quietly removed 25 million streams from WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?, affecting every track on the project. No single song was spared, which immediately raises eyebrows and invites uncomfortable questions.

The album already had a strange rollout. Early Billboard projections placed it around 53K units in the first week, before jumping to 90K, then finally settling at 73K. That kind of movement doesn’t happen often without people side-eyeing the math, and plenty of people were already accusing 21 of buying his way into a bigger debut.

Now that tens of millions of streams have been erased, those accusations carry a lot more weight. At the moment, “MR RECOUP” leads the project with just over 31 million streams, followed by “WHERE YOU FROM” at 12+ million — solid numbers, but hardly the kind that scream blockbuster run.

Spotify hasn’t publicly explained the removals yet, but mass deletions like this usually point to artificial streaming activity being flagged. Whether it was label-side funny business, playlist manipulation, or something else entirely remains unclear.

These bots are working overtime trying to sway s**t. I’m sick of it.

Quincy

Quincy is the creator of Ratings Game Music. He loves writing about music, taking long walks on beaches, and spaghetti that fights him back.