Thanks to Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung his Magna Carta Holy Grail was certified platinum on the day of it's official release date.
Samsung bought 1 million copies of the album and gave them away for free to fans who downloaded the Magna Carta app. Some people have questioned the validity of the sales considering a million fans didn't actually go out and buy the project, but the Recording Industry of America has ruled that the sales are legit.
Legendary Queens, New York emcee LL Cool J acknowledges the sales. However, he says would prefer to move units the old fashioned way.
"I think in the numbers it's truth, but in terms of touching the people it's a little different," LL told Revolt TV. "For me as an artist, I still wanna be able to touch the people individually. It still matters to me that people individually went out and bought my record, although I do think that a million records sold is a million records sold. There's no question about that. You can't argue with math. But for me I like to touch the people directly. I like to know that a million people went out and bought my album. Not that I sold a million records to a company, that's different."
