User or Artist?

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I'm attempting to create a new app that will let you go to a landing page, follow an artist, and get a free .mp3 or other incentive.

I'm a huge noob at API's but I chose "artist" here and added my URI and I got "true" back. When I tried user I got "false".

Which one should I pick that won't give me issues down the road? Got the information from here. 

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/check-current-user-follows

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/check-current-user-follows