Atlanta rapper has one the most interesting stories in hip-hop right now. The 27-year-old is disliked by a number influential genre-centric commentators, yet he boasts a massive fanbase all around the world. His artistic growth has been nothing short tremendous, happening organically as he continues to sell out arena shows across the globe. Russ is easily one the most successful rappers out today but, for some reason, people still hate his guts. He doesn’t take it to heart though. Even though it’s “cool” to hate on him,  when compared to his peers. If you need some hard evidence on that, look no further than right here.

Russ recently shared last week’s final Billboard sales totals, which show his name on top some other notable new releases. While his project was , which also debuted in the same week, Shake The Snow Globe sold more pure copies than anybody else. The body work was packaged strategically with merch on his website but Russ’ fans made sure to go out and buy physical copies the album as well, keeping him ahead pop stars Kesha and Louis Tomlinson, and Detroit legend .

“Most albums sold this week, Best fans in the world,” celebrated Russ on Instagram, clearly impressed that he was able to pull f such a feat. Congratulations to him!