Coi Leray Blasts Critics Dismissing Her as a 'TikTok Artist,' Defends BIA's BET Hip Hop Awards Performance

“No More Parties” rapper Coi Leray addressed critics who have dismissed her as a “TikTok artist,” and defended BIA following her BET Awardsperformance.

October 8, 2021

Coi Leray performs during 2021 Made In America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway. — Image via Getty/Kevin Mazur
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In a series of tweets, “No More Parties” rapper Coi Leray addressed critics who have dismissed her as a “TikTok artist,” and defended BIA following her BET Hip Hop Awards performance.

Leray has been the target of a lot of trolls recently, with some criticizing her latest music, and others body shaming her. Chief among the criticisms is the suggestion that she’s only popular on TikTok, despite her success also translating to the Billboard Hot 100 with a number of her tracks, too.

On Tuesday, she posted a screenshot of the top tracks on TikTok in the United States. “TWINNEM,” one of her latest releases, was No. 1 on the chart earlier this month. “Tik Tok artist goes straight to Billboard every time so call me a Billboard artist whenever you wanna throw Tik Tok in there,” she wrote on Thursday.

After that, she shifted her attention to the criticism that BIA got following her BET Hip Hop Awards performance. “These bitches GOT NO HITS,” she wrote in a quote-tweet of BIA addressing criticism, which also featured a lively video of her performing. “NOT 1 IDGAF DEAD CROWD LIT CROWD WE MAKE HITS WHILE THEY OUT HERE MAKING VIBES SMD ALL YALL HATERS.” She continued to praise BIA in a second tweet, and said that she can’t wait for a new track from her.

When one Twitter user suggested that they “don’t agree” with her that she makes hits, she replied, “Who gives a FUCK about what you think. Your opinion don’t madder n***a? Lol y’all people be smoking crack.”