“Not true at all because with gas fees as well as the 15% going to E-NFT, you would barely walk away with 50 cents,” he says. even if it resold for only 2$ U still would DOUBLE your $” He then added two clown face emojis to the end of the tweet. Lanez responded to the Tweet saying, “plenty of people made WAY more return than invested … but even if I was taking what your saying serious … The NFT sold for 1 dollar. Vasquez took Lanez to task on Twitter, saying that the fees associated with transactions alone make profiting from the NFT seem unlikely. Tory Lanez Celebrates Possible Plea Deal By. On the day of the launch, Lanez posted a video to Twitter saying that the album sold one million copies in under a minute and that one of his NFTs had already been flipped for $50,000.įurries Realllllly Hate Lindsay Lohan's Furry NFT
Similarly, the idea was for Lanez’s NFT album to appreciate in value once it became available to resell on the E-NFT marketplace. Even if, as some detractors of the technology point out, someone is able to copy a digital file, the blockchain certifies its origins. The value of NFTs comes from their verifiable scarcity. Last month, Lanez partnered with a platform called E-NFT to release his new album When It’s Dark as an NFT, or “non-fungible token.” The idea was for each copy of the album to be minted with a one-of-a-kind token, providing a fool-proof ledger of ownership.
Even on text-driven Twitter, his level of intensity was consistent, he’d often post in all-caps. In videos, he’d all but scream at fans, assuring them the products he was promoting were the opportunity of a lifetime. Prior to clearing his Instagram page ahead of his upcoming LP Alone at Prom, Lanez pushed various crypto and NFT businesses on social media with the vigor of CNBC’s Jim Cramer. Rapper Tory Lanez, who seems like he could potentially reach a deal in his felony assault case after allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot last year, has been busy becoming an online entrepreneur of sorts. Photograph in illustration by Jason Koerner/Getty Images Daystar seems to be headed to a sales week slightly lower than 2016’s I Told You (52,000 units), 2018’s Memories Don’t Die (54,000 units), and 2018’s Love Me Now? (54,000 units).Tory-lanez-nft-2-feature - Credit: Photo Illustration by Griffin Lotz. In 2019, Chixtape 5 debuted at #2 with a career-best 83,000 first-week units. He currently has four Top 5 entries on the Billboard 200 chart. Lanez has yet to score a #1 album in America. Detractors also called out the 28-year-old Canadian for dropping the project the day after news broke that the Louisville officers who killed Breonna Taylor were not charged with murder. In contrast, critics took issue with Lanez attempting to monetize Megan’s traumatic experience without taking any personal responsibility for his actions. Some listeners acknowledged the musical content presented on the LP and the artist’s right to present his version of events. The Daystar album was met with mixed reactions. Lanez kept mostly quiet until he told his side of the story on Daystar. After first choosing not to publicly address the incident, the Suga EP creator went on to say Lanez was the person that fired at her feet in a Hollywood Hills neighborhood. In July, Megan suffered gunshot wounds after attending a party with Lanez at Kylie Jenner’s home. Those albums will also be competing against former Number Ones by Taylor Swift, Pop Smoke, Juice WRLD, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. That total would currently put Lanez behind other new releases by Machine Gun Kelly ( Tickets to My Downfall, 80-90k), SuperM ( Super One, 70-80k), and Joji (Nectar, 65-75k). Daystar is expected to move 40,000-50,000 first-week units. The latest chapter of the fallout between the two rap stars came in the form of Lanez’s Daystar album which hit DSPs last Friday.Īccording to HitsDailyDouble, Lanez is on pace to have the fourth-largest debut sales numbers next week.
The personal and professional saga involving Daystar “Tory Lanez” Peterson and Megan “Thee Stallion” Pete continues to play out in front of the entire world.