Mach-Hommy has accused Spotify and YouTube of sabotaging the release of his new album RICHAXXHAITIAN.
The Griselda affiliate dropped his latest project last Friday (May 17), but he claims certain streaming platforms ruined his launch.
In a nearly 15-minute video posted online, Mach-Hommy revealed that the album had been temporarily removed from Spotify on Monday (May 20) without explanation.
After fans informed him of his disappearance, the rapper said his team investigated the matter but “the back end started looking weird.”
“So we contacted Spotify. They said they thought I took it down, which is ridiculous. I’m here to tell you right now, it wasn’t me,” he explained.
“When I asked them, ‘Whether you think it’s me or not, why didn’t we get notified that it was taken off the platform?’ I mean, this is a new version and I just gave up on it. It’s important to us is a very important release – not just for listeners and investors, but for creators as well.
Rapper Mach-Hommy drops a 15-minute PSA video for his fans after his new album #RICHAXXHAITIAN was removed from Spotify and he’s having trouble getting on Youtube
It’s also the #1 hip-hop album on iTunes this week pic.twitter.com/3nQWIKDYj7
— Voice (@itsavibe) May 23, 2024
Maher later said he spoke with the distribution company and they believed he personally removed the album from Spotify.
Mach said that when he tried to restore the album, Spotify told him they couldn’t find the UPC (Unique Product Code), which is required to upload the music to the DSP.
Mach-Hommy later claimed that he missed out on a large chunk of streaming money as a result of the mishap.
The Haitian-American host later took to YouTube to express his dissatisfaction, claiming that he ran into problems while trying to release the music video for lead single “RICHAXXHAITIAN” featuring 03 Greedo and KAYTRANADA.
“I’ve been trying to get you guys to premiere that video. Now imagine you want to release a single featuring 03 Greedo and KAYTRANADA. You pull it off, that’s great, you get the video, The monotone was buzzing like crazy,” he said.
“When you try to access YouTube, you discover that you can’t change your profile picture or upload any content—basically no administrator. You’ve lost all ability to be an administrator of this account. Out of nowhere. Please note, You’ve been doing this for years without incident.
After contacting the platform, Maher claimed they had been investigating the matter for “more than ten days” but had “never seen anything like this before” and had “no explanation.”
When the issue was eventually resolved, Mach-Hommy claimed that the vast majority of his subscribers had been removed, down from more than 30,000 to just 15.
The rapper called the disaster “mysterious” and “suspicious” before asking who was responsible.
“Who is it? Is it the artist/record company/publicist? Is it the distributor? Is it the DSP? Or an unknown number? A known unknown or an unknown unknown? Is it an invisible hand? He asked loudly.
Hello. I run a DSP. I can confirm that this Mach-Hommy album (which is awesome, by the way) was delivered to DSP on May 6th with a valid UPC. In addition, the publisher has not issued a removal notice after May 17. Spotify’s decision to remove the album appears to be Spotify’s. https://t.co/szMYzM8q0a
— Z (@BrianZisook) May 23, 2024
Audiomack co-founder Brian Zisook later chimed in, claiming that Spotify must remove the album itself.
“Hello. I run a DSP. I can confirm that this Mach-Hommy album (which is awesome, by the way) was delivered to the DSP on May 6th with a valid UPC,” he said at X (formerly for Twitter) wrote.
“In addition, the distributor has not issued a removal notice after May 17. Spotify’s decision to remove this album seems to be Spotify’s.
As of this writing, RICHARXHAITIAN has been re-uploaded to Spotify.
The album, Mach-Hommy’s first solo effort since 2021’s Balens Cho and Pray for Haiti, features Black Thought, Roc Marciano, Your Old Droog, 03 Greedo, Tha God Fahim and Quelle Chris, among others. works of man.
