Why TUNECORE BLOCKED Tom MacDonald & Ben Shapiro's Viral Song?

[@PuffinPass]

Voltaire once said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." If they will silence one, they will silence all.

[@mrr5835]

💯

[@mrr5835]

I don't even like the song but freedom is freedom.

[@karlrmaier]

They don't even swear on the song, "Frecking" is the harshest language used, while most rap songs drop F bombs and the N word every bar. This feels like a Bud Light moment for Tunecore. Not only did they miss out on distributing a #1 single, they are getting outed to their entire customer base.

[@W4ll_fl0w3r]

DistroKid held Tom's track if I was black hostage for 24hrs not wanting to release it back in 2020... it's why he switched to tunecore ... just for them to refuse to distribute Facts ...

[@knobross6703]

tune core are evangelical christians , it's their religious right to not play what they don't wanna play

[@Jvaldes609]

@@knobross6703na bro if they are in the business of independence they shouldn’t market that way.

[@zyehvi]

Well it’s their right to not want to distribute your music through their platform if the content in your music is anti black, homophobic and your making weird songs about conspiracies and trying to mislead or cause riots and confusion. It’s the same if you’re on a damn label and the producer or the label doesn’t like whatever lyrics you just put together then they will shelve your project or not release that particular song you just made

[@mikenighbor4524]

@@zyehvi well that's something nobody would argue with. That's why it's so weird that they blocked an artist that has put more effort into stopping the persecution of others than any other to my knowledge. His previous political songs have always pointed out that to often the people who are claiming to be a victim, were being hypothetical. Actually doing the same thing to others they are fighting against

[@carolyne8797]

@@zyehviok sure but this song was none of those things

[@officialtaeday]

4:32 Its nuts how one distributor can reject artwork or even a song but another one will release it with no problem. Ditto has this issue bad!

[@knobross6703]

it's called freedom, in america every business has the right to serve whom they wanna serve... tune core isn't a government building, they can do the same as any organization claiming their religious right to do, or whatever they want just like Elon musk

[@nvisionbeats]

You have issues with Ditto?

[@coolvibesradio3267]

Despite the political aspects we should be worried about this kind of censorship. What is affecting one side today can affect the other tomorrow. It's the normalisation of the censorship the we should go against.

[@AikiraBeats]

The fact that I have to actively search for positive affirming music is ridiculous. For as much music that is being produced on the daily you would think that these artist would be able to reach a fan base.

[@kkletsplay_]

whatever your views are of the person, it doent matter. The problem is theyre actually choosing to suppress / silence someones art. The crazy thing is, the lyrics and opinions on the record arent even new nor too crazy (its just general conservative views you heard for years). This just tells me they are just bias and not actually neutral. Low key gatekeeping.

[@MikeStoan]

Thing is wasn't this already happening to artists like KRS-One and others back in the 90's?

[@proverbs31university]

The hate with these comments are gross do you believe that right is right and wrong is wrong or does it only apply to people you like? These people regardless of how you feel about them had the numbers and shouldn't be censored. If you think any other way then you shouldn't be watching this channel and shouldn't call yourself an indie artist or supporter of it period.

[@Pettidee904]

You always bring the 🔥

[@tosmosis8918]

“If it can happen to them it can happen to us” FACTs Curtiss King!!

[@paulafields3711]

How did it get so popular to curse every other word and praise destructive behavior? I'm not into rapping but this rap got my attention.

[@johnbarraco5561]

Well said my guy .. appreciate your honest thoughts on this subject .. stay up big guy and stay True to You 💯❤️✌️🙏..

[@smokywaterstudio]

it's fitting that Ben Shapiro's initials are BS cus that's what he's full of

[@williambrandon9660]

Hey Curtis, love and appreciate how you took care of it and handle this video super levelheaded on some grown shit I've been viewer in fan of Ben Shapiro for like coming close to a decade. You're one of the few people in music that treated the scenario fairly props for that

[@MatthewJeffero]

curtis did not.he did not do any basic research on the subject or critical thinking on it.

[@williambrandon9660]

@@MatthewJeffero ok? take it up with him and not me lmao

[@MatthewJeffero]

@@williambrandon9660 well you are the one who said it. You shouldn’t backtrack on your statements

[@ericahanes2009]

i am sure they are being categorized as hate speech

[@markus_scott]

If these streaming services were smart, they would let artists upload songs directly to the services like Apple,Spotify, Tidal. Sometimes you gotta cut these middle men out

[@Ewoof]

Nope that would be dumb for them since they make money off that without a lot of people knowing. For example spotufy has considerable shares iin distrokid.

[@travp959]

If its God's truth, the evil powers that be will tryv to silence you, to protect their spell on the low educated people.

[@syndicatebeats4827]

Glad you're covering this

[@unholy_god62]

Whats the name of your song you played thay was fire I need that on my playlost

[@scottyshriver14]

Great video man, your open minded perspective is refreshing. I've seen some reaction channels just think one way and that's that nothing is up for debate or willing to have a conversation

[@MrXstacey]

Thx for your enlightening response

[@Eugeene]

That song you played in between 😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥

[@ExaltedWarrior]

'Super Lady' Official Music Video has 43 million views in 9 days and they're towards the bottom of the trending page.

[@kuro_emiya]

that's because it depends where you live, that song is from a kpop group and most likely they aren't getting most of the views from where you live.

[@DeplorablesGarbage]

Need to keep it real. In this world wide distribution it shouldn’t matter what country the music came from

[@147salsa]

Really enjoyed your discussion!

[@downnorthmusic]

I just wish you made this video March 1st lol

[@geosweet_]

Curtis brother I have been following you since, 2020. My brother you have been an inspiration. Thank you for being who you are. Like the big bro I always wanted! This our year DIY'ers

[@CelestialPopCollectiveOfficial]

He said compared to classical violin, rap isn’t “music”.

[@Island_God]

Helium balloons suck air from Ben so they can float.

[@chelseatennis9149]

I enjoyed this, thank you! New sub! Great too!!

[@Jvaldes609]

This is a good story and topic we got to be able to think differently and be able to express it without being held down by gatekeepers that don’t agree with you.

[@rollingwithchuckg]

We’ve been saying this sh!t for decades. Now that they’re shutting you down it’s a problem??? And obviously there’s plenty of positive Hip Hop artist, ppl don’t look or ignore them

[@Island_God]

I think Meg did some political shh at one point.

[@lofimusicbygrizzlybeatz]

If you’re still doing your part to hurt the culture you are part of the problem. I stopped producing trap music in 2020 because of this. I focus now on LoFi and JazzHop

[@teedouble]

Did you see his "Black History Month" mockery? He loves blk content creators talking about him helping his views.

[@proverbs31university]

Doesn't matter the principal still stands that they had the numbers and they were still censored

[@kuro_emiya]

you mean his video mocking how racist joe bidens message to black voters was?

[@hisbean]

If you had a brain you would know he was making a mockery of when Biden said, "If you don't vote for me, you ain't black". People who don't play victim, understand that satire.

[@teedouble]

@hisbean shut your Kool-Aid drinking self up. Calling it satire or jokes is how people rile up a base under the guise of ha ha's. Your brain has clocked out. But it's ok. The small bus can still get to the right place.

[@teedouble]

@proverbs31university does matter and distracting from that to blaming youtube and numbers "exposes" people more. But ok.

[@lofimusicbygrizzlybeatz]

Hope the woke mob don’t try to cancel you homie. Props for covering this.

[@DrixxMadison]

If what's going on pisses you off & you finally understand the importance of resisting middle-men and censorship congrats. You are on the same path as crypto developers. Terms like Decentralized, IPFS self hosted websites, & smart contracts are important concepts to learn about. The solutions are still being built but they're on the way. 💯 #PulseChain

[@itsalwaysshittyinPittsburgh]

Well my TouchTunes jukebox at work deleted all his music except for the Ben Shapiro one for some reason

[@Thee_Ansar]

They put a lot on the Artist of Hip Hop and not the Music Execs, like the culture really has control of Hip Hop

[@ferenjibeats]

Not trying to make it political, but today the average person should pay more attention to political discourse today exactly because of this issue and many more just like this one. And I don’t even live in US, I’m from Canada. Make DIY great again people! If you know what I mean ;)

[@W4ll_fl0w3r]

Ben's barz were taken from things he's said in his tweets!!

[@RelentlessForever999]

i never really like toms music but i feel for him bcuz these companies are monopolizing the industry

[@FlipLifeMedia]

You know that's obviously a lie designed to rally right wing conspiracy theorists right? looool. Imagine anyone actually believed Tune Core blocked their song looooool

[@CurtissKingTV]

Not quite. We’ve covered stories where they have done this approval and denial of other songs not from right wingers.

[@FlipLifeMedia]

@@CurtissKingTV Absolute BS. This idea that the right get cancelled is just marketing for the right. If he was actually rejected by Tune Core he’d show the evidence

[@solohd17]

That song is heat Curtis 🔥

[@officialtaeday]

She was with 300 records same Cohen head of YT music right ?

[@RmonTheNewAge]

Hip hop 50, this is what hip hop has come to…. Smh. I can’t stand neither one of these Trolls. But …. Never mind

[@officialdoctv]

Your music is dope bro

[@outdablusht565]

As a business tho, why would they release a song that is dog whistling a racial undertone that all blk rappers are thugs while the majority of blk rappers on their platform are widely spreaded throughout different genres of rap? It's a business move imo. That would be like selling David Duke's recipes at Crabshack or Popeyes😂.. plus why is Tom acting like Meg's song didn't overshadow his? She's #1 on BILLBOARD 100 bro. His didn't even chart ..at least not where it really counts. Plus I believe it's not only abt who has more comments but what kind because last u checked the VAST majority of his are ppl clowning him for being so cringe or ppl just surprised Ben actually rapped😂

[@kuro_emiya]

except his song is charting, it's number 16 on the hot 100. also the song isn't a dog whistle. because if it is that means you're the target audience for the whistle.

[@outdablusht565]

@@kuro_emiya 👈🤣🤣🤣.. the fact that u believe that belittling my culture's music to 1/3 of the rap it produce and dismissing the other 2/3 as if it doesn't exist is a dog whistle to me just shows how misguided and uneducated u are abt this whole thing and really exposes the mind frame you have. Who's culture you think he's screaming white noise for? Mines? Yea right bro😂. Tom is just grifting the same rhetoric he has for years for the attention of his David Duke-like fan base while acting as if he's America's biggest wht patriot. Why do u think Upchurch fired him up on "why boys"? Even he's tired of Tom pretending to be something he's not like the patriotic working American voice. He's CANADIAN for God's sake and knows nothing of the history that comes between us. The rhetoric he's saying as if there's no blk rappers other than thugs who rap trap or drill is insane. That's like if a blk country singer came out dog whistling to us that all wht country artists are kkk members. I'm sure there may be a few if we searched to cherry picked them out but the MAJORITY IS NOT. C'mon bro u can't tell me u dnt see the point I'm making here

[@MrDMC11889]

KZbin views don't mean what they used to. Young people don't watch music videos anymore.

[@ripp704]

The fact they even made #1 says alottttttttt😂😂😂😂😂

[@Djsatile]

I got TuneCore yeah I got TuneCore at least they tell you why distrokid won’t tell u a reasons they just wony

[@CurtissKingTV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXeleImni6t1fqcsi=Jm5ZY8JSUFRahxDT

[@doommega]

lil brah this is food ! bless up

[@theblaz25]

Curtis got real BARSSSSSSS

[@andrewwilliams7643]

Independent artists are getting too big for the big record companies liking! These companies are worried and that is clear! The current state of hip-hop is trash and if I gotta hear it from Tom McDonald it makes no difference if it's the truth!

[@KINGSOFRAMEN]

Yeah theres no way this small independent artist would bot there streams to go viral. That would never happen. Maybe its Only Spotify and youtube that dont care about botting stream numbers to fool advertisers 😂

[@Mr.harden]

How’s it going man if you can do me a favor and find out if united masters and Fanbase, or the only options we have with Tunecore and Spotify showing their ass is like this

[@nvisionbeats]

These 2 are goofy first off but credit where credit is due. My only question is isn’t it more about virality and trejectory than which has more views isn’t more about who has the most eyes on it right now?

[@howtofanbase]

#howtofanbase ...Welcome to Our World, Ben and Tom! Now you know how it what we've been saying and talking about all this time!

[@mrbennett]

What have you been saying?

[@heythere6983]

Toms been saying it for years, you’re acting like you’re the first one to say it

[@howtofanbase]

@@mrbennett In the Hip Hop / Rap music world, when it comes to messaging in the music, the agenda that has been in place for the last 30 years has manifested in our communities. We have been saying it and talking about it, doing a number of things to change the messaging, but the allure of fame, money, and opportunity has been too strong, which young people choose, and why young people are targeted to be the faces of what we've been pushing against for so long. Tom and Ben aren't saying anything that hasn't been said and addressed by us, the just happen to be white males with significant platforms bringing to the forefront what has already been there for a long time...

[@howtofanbase]

@@heythere6983 No! You are mistaken by what I AM saying. What I AM referring to is the "FACT" that they're talking point(s) about the messaging in the music and the agenda pushing that messaging is something we've been saying, talking about, and making efforts to change that narrative, but because the allure of the money, fame, and opportunities is so strong, along with the fact that the music industry chooses really young people to carry out said agenda, Tom and Ben NOW see it in real-time for themselves and no longer can say that people are choosing to do it per se, when it is being controlled by powerful entities...

[@mrbennett]

@@howtofanbase Then maybe you should see them as allies. Being white males is irrelevant. They have platforms and are using it to promote your cause. Support them.

[@MrDMC11889]

I have mixed feelings on Tom Macdonald. Being that he's Canadian, why does he care who's flying the American flag? Seriously, though, he's not entirely wrong. He does oversimplify, but we can really dismiss what he's saying altogether? To be clear, I'm fully aware that he's at worst a racist and, at best, a grifter.

[@tinalschmidt-banks3415]

People need to stop pretending that pushing the type of rap that is the majority is not damaging to young people. I have 5 children and it does effect them in a negative ways.

[@gregory6592]

Check out Tom's song The Music Industry.

[@Keith-dv9vo]

This isn’t only the time to ask questions but to actually have conversations…..

[@scottieblaze1]

Songs sucks anyway. Tom usually makes decent music. This ain't that. Censorship is unacceptable nonetheless. So... that's another mark against Tunecore, too.

[@hisbean]

It was made to be a troll song. It wasn't overly serious. Clearly it triggered all the right people

[@mikeb702]

They got the right to freedom of speech think it’s wrong to block the record even though I don’t like them, I don’t think they understand that is a bigger agenda if these black rappers switch up and go conscience it will be a game changer gangsta rap wasn’t created on its own And rap music it’s very powerful amongst the youth so they gonna try to stop you or slow you down so that you won’t mess with the agenda if they have to the people that run the show will get Violent be careful, although I don’t like them I’m not mad at them keep doing what you’re doing if people like it an got you at number one keep doing what you doing keep the good work up🎉 I’m not a hater and I focus on my own so keep it up, I agree that’s crazy you can rap about shooting guns and killing people which I rap about an love it but you block their record not fair

[@147salsa]

Yeah it's wild when ppl realize how few ppl control what is pushed

[@jacquecastle3233]

❤❤ BENS GANG SIGN.. 👋 😂😂

[@llamapartyy]

I think Tom is an awful musician but numbers are numbers and that should be respected

[@CorvelleC1973]

And people not believing there's an agenda.

[@YuzimaPhilip]

I just unsubscribed.

[@CurtissKingTV]

ok 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@leesways3100]

Your song is dope.

[@CurserTV]

Throw the whole genre away. What Hip Hop has once stood for has now went to 💩

[@NovanNation]

this shit is dumb I just checked now there is two more people above them with even less views. I did a few screen shots if anyone is gathering evidence.

[@junevortexmusic7950]

This is ridiculous . I don’t think the song is offensive .

[@angelawest8565]

I really didn't like rap til Tom and Ben my husband showed me them cuz I watch Ben and I can't stop watching this videos they are so real people can't take the truth that's why they trying to keep you guys down.

[@ScarlettDuchess]

The problem is a lot of rap is monotonous with no melody. The last rap song I liked was Karmin’s Hello. So that was a long time ago back in 2012! Great to see a good rap song again! And at iTunes #1 worldwide! 🎉 I also discovered Knox Hill recently watching his review on Tom and Ben’s song. He has good rap songs too like Family Curse and The Pot and The Kettle.

[@Machakavibe]

gottcha bish haaaa gotem

[@musicmixtapesofficialchann5274]

This aint black history 😂😂😂😂 JK

[@kiddoutlaw600]

F tune core they robbing

[@4drep]

Knew I couldn’t trust tunecore

[@supersixx7983]

couldn’t think of better people for this to happen to 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@proverbs31university]

Then you aren't truly for indie artists doesn't matter if you like someones views right is right and wrong is wrong you've lost all credibility because of your statement

[@ronmcbride4474]

@@danielscott7985 dude, do you know how racist that point of view is? This is the problem when allow and bend into and accept as truth which is not truth at all. Like he says in FAKE WOKE, there is a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate. This whole racism context is so far removed from reality. It used to be that their needed to be more than words that one could point too before calling one racist. Since the beginning of time, people have said dumb and ignorant shit. But it used to be that there were direct actions on could point to that person actually doing actual actions that demonstrated a true will to want to harm that,race/gender. But we live in a world of degrees. I having grew up in a city with rural America no more than 15 minutes in Any direction. It took me years later, to understand this. I became a manager of a Domino's Pizza, and to help a friend who was losing $6k a month. His store was in Compton and I lived in the burbs of Phoenix and it was 1986. I walked into a serious culture shift. It was the biggest education in my life. But at that time, I came to know grown men in their late 50's who had never been more than 50 miles from their home and only knew the urban city street life. I thought that was wild till I realized that I know country people who practically never visited even a small city less than 30,000 population. So we have people at both sides of the spectrum, who's only life experience with people who are way different than their life experience. If that is the case, how do they make assumptions of what those people are like without real life experience. They make it based on the stories of folks they know, who naturally gave their own bias on their perspective of what happened, and then you have media and the narratives it drives. So, this woke cancel culture that immediately will label a person racist, who might truly say some dumb and ignorant shit, but it's not based on experience, but what they had been told by media and here say by their community. And this is the problem. It used to be we would at least try to have conversations to determine is this person ignorant or really racist. An ignorant person may say some offensive stuff, but they also have morals that prevent them from actually physically taking actions to harm other humans. It's the ones who actively and with intent that go the next step. They are NOT ignorant, but racist. They are true believers. But what's the harm. The harm is, when you automatically deem a person as such, with no further conversation to find the truth, today people are being actually cancelled in life, losing jobs and relationships all because someone made a snap judgement because they were offended. Well, the net result of that is over time you create that which you actually say you detest. If people who are not legitimately racist, get called that because you became offended, and there is no ability to be restored, and then actual harm comes to them and those that they love, you are going to create racist of those people, because you have now affirmed ALL the misinformation from lack of actual life experience, and now have that life experience to justify their ignorance. And no one that has heard Tom and his heart and reason for doing even that song, would ever say the stuff you just supposed. That is one of the things the experience of managing that store, being the only white man in the store and being the manager, people are people wherever you are. The craziest issue I has to figure out in running a store that was losing $6k a month and having never lived or dealt with the culture of South Central. You know the real risk of any job having to do with anything remotely requiring you to drive and deliver pizza in those neighborhoods at night. I had a problem in staffing I had never encountered before. You had to have a car and insurance. But you had to have another thing I had never,ever encountered anywhere else than or since. You had to have the balls to do that. You know what I was forced to do? The only people in my employment options for drivers were illegals with documentation and small time drug peddlers. But you know what learned in that process, I learned to listen and communicate. And most were making choices that they felt they had to do to survive until an opportunity presented itself for them to walk away. I learned so much in my one year of doing that. I learned because of societal and cultural rules, what I might consider as common sense did not translate to another very different area. My perfect example was where I grew up, if I saw two people, whether I knew them or not, were starting to get in a heated argument or one physically starting to dominate another, to intercede to create cooler heads. You don't do that in the hood. You call the police. If you being a good Samaritan fell moved to include yourself, you do so at your own risk too many stories of them both turning on you or quick draw McGraw gunplay and you are bleeding out in the street. You don't be a smart ass and ' show ' your piece thinking others get the message of you need to chill. In those streets, you better not show unless your ready to use. And that a policy that will work in 85 percent of communities, will work in these, cause there are unwritten codes of conduct, like no snitching that are real and run deep. I learned a lifetime in one year. And I was still able to have the store break even every month by the time I left.

[@RayVyn64]

@danielscott7985 Because you don't want to hear what he has to say doesn't mean he's racist. Quite frankly MOST Americans are sick and tired of the "racist" label being stamped on everything. It's weak, ineffective, destructive and divisive which is EXACTLY what the elitists want.

[@hisbean]

@@danielscott7985 Can you lie, and play victim more?

[@ritchdaily]

🔥📶

[@rhondagoff1364]

i don't listen to tunecore.

[@elijahedwards6571]

definitely not the top performing video on youtube lol wtf is that dude smoking

[@billwang3720]

Curtis be rapping his ass off

[@jbanne001]

I'm no Ben Shapiro fan or Tom MacDonald Fan, but I heard the song and theres nothing really "shocking" about the song when you compare it to trending rap songs on the radio. In that respect I agree with what Tom is saying. Rap used to have mutliple lanes and variety, but the radio and media only want the gangsta rap. We all know conscious rap exists with insanely talented people, but radio won't suport it. Most good music doesn't get mainstream attention across genre lines anyway. Also Ben is a polarizing figure because his rhetoric is widely considered anti-black. If you listen to how he speaks about our community as a whole, it's rather vile. I think that's where the controversy stems from. From the little I heard from Tom MacDonald, it seems like he kinda makes the same song over and over again. It's just a bunch of right wing talking points over a rap beat for his white 50&up audience. Go to his comments section and its the same comment over and over admitting that. Dee 1 is a rapper that's been speaking about the content in rap for years, and he's finally getting attention so these conversations are being had. I hope these discussions continue.

[@VIRALBEATS360]

You are not truly independent if you need to rely on outside platforms to get your music out. That said, neither one of these two have earned the right to be martyrs for Hip-Hop, especially on the 50th Anniversary. I am trying real hard not to do a diss track on Ben Shapiro. Now that he has entered this arena, he is fair game and could get these bars... especially as someone who has negatively exploited the culture all these years. I get this is a real issue, but these two are not being "suppressed" when they started out with this huge megaphone and other... advantages. This isn't their struggle, by any means. Yeah, it's messed up, but neither cared about this beforehand, and are only using it to feed their narrative. Screw these guys and their message.

[@proverbs31university]

Completely disagree they had the numbers and the powers that be that hate what they stand for held them back it's wrong

[@VIRALBEATS360]

@@proverbs31university Ben Shapiro is one of the biggest names in conservative media and represents the "powers that be." Maybe "they" don't want one of their biggest voices expressed in a rap song. Right or left, it is not a good look for him or his shareholders. All speculation aside, dude looks and sounds like a fool, while making a mockery of the culture. The upside to this move is it completely invalidates any criticisms he previously had about Hip-Hop. Now he is doing damage control by dressing up in his little rap costume...go for it, dude! 😆

[@hisbean]

@@VIRALBEATS360 Cry harder. Thanks for proving you are the very kind of person they made this troll song about.

[@VIRALBEATS360]

@@hisbean There is absolutely nothing in this crappy song that has to do with me or any of my positions in life... politically or otherwise. If that is your take away from my comments, you are in need of some serious help. It is wack, face it...and these two idiots are not victims.

[@147salsa]

Dude you are missing the point by getting in your feels

[@W4ll_fl0w3r]

Much love and mad respect ❤️❤️ #TomMacDonald & #HOGFAM ❤️🔥❤️ #HANGOVERGANG4LIFE ❤️‼️❤️‼️

[@Wilchef3000]

Well I agree with both sides, you can make a song that goes against the machine…. But don’t expect machine to push it. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Island_God]

Hit the like

[@MowiWowi]

I'm moving to mexico

[@Sender1257]

Censorship isn’t okay, but the song absolutely sucks 😂😂

[@W4ll_fl0w3r]

Tom is far from racist... and he knows that it's not Meg herself orher than the fact she is OK working with those people

[@TheWorldsNo1Superstar]

You see, guys, the deal is you choose to disrespect communities and beliefs. There's no room for that in music when self expression turns into insults and hate, you dig your grave. Your song could mean everything to you and be successful in your own mind, but in a world that craves peace, your thw epitome of get your act together. Respect others to deserve respect. When I heard the lyrics, you lost my vote and empathy both as an artist and human being.

[@teedouble]

Every few years ts the same "whoa is me" the industry is doing me bad. Like they havent ALWAYS done that. Why more arent truly being indie is insane.Is it fear or failure and need someone to blame the failure on etc. I dont know but this repeat dialog on gatekeeprs is getting old honestly.

[@heythere6983]

Who is a true indie that makes number one and makes a lot of money ? Now you gotta distribute everything on your own , can you give me examples of who is capable of doing absolutely everything and is a household name or Atleast as popular as Tom?

[@teedouble]

@@heythere6983 YOU DONT REALLY THINK they re true indies do you? for years artist have played on folks emotions to love indies and not even know they were on a major or funded in some way. Macklemore is prime example. Shapiros has advertisers and other funing, we dont nothing really about the true background of "TOM" but its all good if you think they are finding cushion change to make these enormous pushes online and itunes, youtube etc. by themselves. Cute. Each their on brother.

[@yaniraschinestuhl9312]

Omg 😂 your music come from the heart no for fake fame n money. Keep it real change it keep straight a male like you have.

[@SimpllMusic]

Words can have immense power, so I am careful with what I consume. Even small things can have a big impact if repeated enough times.

[@yaniraschinestuhl9312]

Tom mac. Dude buy your own

[@quincymosby]

I used to think you were cool bro.

[@tracksphantom540]

❤🎉

[@outdablusht565]

Tom really acting like being #1 on itunes is the same like being #1 on billboard 100😂😂.. bro #1 on a platform mainly known for ringtones and user base that are pridominately damn near senior citizens 🤣

[@hisbean]

At one point, during that billboard week count, they hit #1 WORLDWIDE! While they didn't stay there, this were there for a time. Please try again.

[@wavydavybeats]

That song is horrible 🤮

[@matt_nyc_audioengineer]

Almost positve that "Ben" is AI hahaha!! The movements, skin, facial hair, mic, lighting, everything really, looks SSSSOOO unnatural haha!!

[@brandonrose5314]

of course it has 13million views he has it as a youtube ad 🤣😂🤣😂

[@mrbennett]

And that is bad how? Did you promote your music with ads and get to number 1?

[@kuro_emiya]

haven't seen tom use KZbin ads in years, last song i remember him using was for fake woke.