How a leaked Lil Mosey song made a lot of money, just not for him

Demos or unreleased songs from Beyoncé, Rihanna, SZA, Playboi Carti, and Lil Uzi Vert have all made their way on to Spotify or Apple Music in the last 15 months. The latest such example is 18-year-old trap-rapper Lil Mosey whose song 'Blueberry Faygo' was released to Spotify, unauthorized, under several fake names. It started with 'Blueberry Fweigo0 by 73bands, which debuted at Number Eight on the U.S. Viral 50 a few days after Christmas, and was taken down after one day. It was almost immediately replaced on the chart by Mikey.Otx’s 'Blueberry Faygo' - identical recording with new title and a new name. When that song was removed, it was followed by 'Blueberry Faygo' by Yung Anime, 'Blueberry Fejgo' by Khlaw, 'Blueberry Fergo' by Lil Monet, 'Burberry Faygo' by Lil Andrei, and 'Blueberry Fanta' by Shmackdat, all fake artists. One version of the song that was still on Spotify last week, attributed to an artist named Bennjp, had nearly 22 million streams, meaning it could have netted the uploader a lot of money.