Joe Budden, an American media personality and former rapper, is currently receiving hate for his comments on BTS after the K-pop group's performance at the 2022 Grammys.
Read on to know what happened.
Joe Budden Slammed for His Comments on BTS Following Group's 2022 Grammys Appearance
On the April 6 episode of Joe Budden's podcast, called "The Joe Budden Podcast," he reviewed the 2022 Grammys that took place on April 3.
While talking about the topic, the former rapper brought up BTS who was one of the performers at the said music awards ceremony. The K-pop boy group performed their latest English hit "Butter" that night.
He unveiled his feelings about the group by saying, "I hate them BTS n***as." After hearing this, his co-hosts, Ice and Ish, said that he was "wildin'" and asked him why he hates BTS.
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In response, Joe Budden asked the two if he needed a reason to hate the K-pop group. His co-hosts, however, said that BTS's music is actually good, but he went on to express his hate toward the band.
Joe said, "I don't want to hear that s**t. I don't want to see them dance moves. I don't want to see you come down from the sky in a little umbrella. I don't want to see your four f***ing codies come from the audience and then link up like Voltron to do all of the 98 Degrees moves."
He continued, "I don't want to see none of that s**t. I don't want to see it. I know they [are] big, I know it's China, I don't want to see it."
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Ice and Ish then corrected him that BTS comes from South Korea. Joe Budden then called BTS Korea's *NSYNC, which was a reference to the American boy band *NSYNC.
Joe later asked why people can't hate a talented and popular group. He asked, "Why do y'all think that because a group is big or an act is big, and they're talented that you can't hate them?"
joe budden pulling shit about bts out his ass, but he sure knew every little detail of their grammy performance.
— sammelsurium (@sammelsurium7) April 6, 2022
that's a lot of attention paid to someone you supposedly "hate" for no goddamn reason.
jealousy is a disease and joe budden is one step away from the grave
Joe's remarks about BTS during his podcast reached ARMYs, and so fans took to Twitter to express their disapproval of what he said.
Just heard the Joe Budden podcast clip of him hating BTS. Just say you are racist and xenophobic, alot quicker than claiming you hate them but " don't need to have a reason". Shut the fuck up. They are more successful than you will ever be. Continue to be jealous.
— Jo⁷🌱⁸ 樂✭ (@jihopechansung) April 6, 2022
What can you say about Budden's comments on BTS?
BTS's Cumulative Album Sales Amount on the Gaon Chart Revealed
On April 7, it was revealed that BTS sold more than 800,000 copies of their albums on the Gaon Chart in only the first three months of 2022. They sold a total of 873,824 copies to be precise.
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What makes this more impressive is that the septet has not released a new album this year, yet they are close to reaching one million sales in South Korea already. Their latest work is the "Butter" CD that came out in July of last year.
.@BTS_twt have surpassed 33.9 million albums sold on Gaon! They have sold 873,824 album copies in 2022 alone. pic.twitter.com/AkqnJDgwt9
— BTS Charts & Translations (@charts_k) April 7, 2022
Based on the chart above, the boy group's albums that were released a few years ago are still recording sales this year. Their 2018 album "Love Yourself: Tear," has the highest album sales among the BTS albums to date. It has sold 116,466 copies as of March.
Since their debut in 2013, BTS has sold a cumulative of 33,990,968 album copies in South Korea.
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
