While performing at a private show at Terminal 5 in New York for Tidal subscribers, Jay Z launched into a blistering attack against those he said are criticizing his new streaming service, Tidal. He lashed out at Google, Youtube, Spotify and a host of others.
He claimed he was being depicted as
'the bad guy' because he's going against the grain, before turning on
Google and YouTube for underpaying artists, claiming they 'pay you a
tenth of what you supposed to get'. 'You know n***as die for equal pay
right? You know when I work I ain't your slave right?' he rapped.
He also included Beat's co-founder
Jimmy Iovine in that list, who was previously accused of trying to lure
high profile artists away from Tidal.
Then he even turned on people he
called hypocrites, who dared to complain about Tidal's high prices
topping off Jay Z's $520 million fortune, when they never complained
about filling Steve Jobs' or Phil Knight's pockets when they were buying
iPhones and Nikes.
'Oh, n***as are skeptical 'cause
they own shit - You bought nine iPhones and Steve Jobs is rich, Phil
Knight worth trillions you still bought those kicks,' he said, before
rounding on enemy number one: 'Spotify is 9 billion they ain't say sh*t
'.
The B-sides show was only open to
Tidal subscribers who compiled a playlist of the rappers lesser known
tracks as part of a competition.
He has tried to defend his fledgling streaming service a number of times before.
At the end of April, he said: 'The iTunes Store wasn't built in a day. It took Spotify 9 years to be successful.
We are here for the long haul. Please give us a chance to grow and get better.'
In its first month it flopped in the iTunes app store charts, despite a launch from big names.
It is not known why the app has dropped so significantly but the price may be considered too high for some users.
Tidal currently has more than 25
million songs and 75,000 music videos in its library. It is billed as
the first artist-owned platform for music and video and the service aims
to compete directly with Spotify and Apple's music service, headed by
Dr Dre.
Users can pay either $9.95 a month for a standard streaming service or $19.99 for high quality streaming in the US.
Unlike rival
Spotify, the service doesn't have a free tier - meaning the musicians
stand to make more money from it, but this also means it doesn't play
adverts.
Many
users who downloaded it and are using it during the trial period may be
looking to cancel their subscriptions or uninstall the app.
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