{"id":2201036,"date":"2026-10-15T23:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2201036"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:20:54","slug":"sza-turns-an-art-troll-into-a-reason-to-shop-being-a-hater-gets-expensive-aint-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2201036","title":{"rendered":"SZA Turns an Art Troll Into a Reason to Shop: \u2018Being a Hater Gets Expensive, Ain\u2019t It?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSZA has somehow turned some hateful comments into somebody else\u2019s payday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe R&B singer recently came across an online commenter criticizing artist Adam Nassih\u2019s colorful balloon animal sculptures. When the naysayer challenged people to buy Nassih\u2019s work, even offering to match a purchase, SZA decided to get involved \u2014 and give the artist some love in the process.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn an Instagram carousel shared Thursday (Oct. 15), SZA posed and showed off one of Nassih\u2019s vibrant sculptures and explained how the exchange unfolded. After seeing the commenter threaten to match a purchase if anyone actually bought the artwork, she decided to call the bluff.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI happen to catch it and said, \u2018Oh! Lemme get the most expensive piece [you] got!\u2019 [and] tagged the commenter,\u201d she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough SZA initially requested Nassih\u2019s priciest piece, she ultimately purchased a smaller sculpture. Whether the commenter ever followed through on the challenge is still unclear, but SZA had something to say to people who think tearing down someone else\u2019s artwork is worth a lot of their time.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBeing a hater gets expensive, ain\u2019t it?\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s a fitting move from an artist whose own career has been fueled by creativity and a devoted fanbase. SZA\u2019s 2022 album SOS<\/em> spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while \u201cKill Bill\u201d became her first solo-led Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper in 2023. Her success has made her one of R&B\u2019s biggest names, but this time, she\u2019s using her platform to uplift another creative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1986517788-e1790885770405.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard SZA has somehow turned some hateful comments into somebody else\u2019s payday. The R&B singer recently came across an online commenter criticizing artist Adam Nassih\u2019s colorful balloon animal sculptures. When the naysayer challenged people to buy Nassih\u2019s work, even offering to match a purchase, SZA decided to get involved \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2201036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2201036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2201036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2201036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2201036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}