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Label Boss Calls Kendrick Lamar's Platinum Certification 'BS'
02/03/2016
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(Radio.com) Top Dawg Entertainment's owner Anthony Tiffith has a problem with Kendrick Lamar's latest album, To Pimp a Butterfly, being certified platinum (for 1,000,000 units sold).

The RIAA recently announced new guidelines for platinum certification. He referred to the certification as "bs." It's worth mentioning here, for those who don't know, that Lamar is signed to Top Dawg.

Tiffith took to Twitter to voice his opinion on the matter. "we don't stand behind this @RIAA bs. ole skool rules apply, 1 million albums sold is platinum.until we reach that #, save all the congrats." Read more here.

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