Beware of Fake Songs by Your Favorite Artists on Spotify! | WATCH
*You are trying to relax after a tough day and long for great music. Suddenly you remember Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or any other platform where you can find great music. Surprisingly, you come across a brand new single from Chante Moore, Jill Scott, Phyllis Hyman, Ledisi, or Kenny Lattimore, which you haven’t been aware […]
Opinion: Jay Z sells Tidal AGAIN for less & Eddie Murphy’s Coming 2 America Creates New Discussion on Africa (Video)
*Attorney Antonio Moore looks at the Jay-Z Tidal deal for $297 million with Square and unpacks fact from fiction. Moore also looks at Eddie Murphy’s Amazon film Coming 2 America remake and how it is resonating with audiences. Watch Antonio Moore on Tonetalks on Youtube at 4 pm pst on Thursdays.
Jay-Z Sells Majority Stake in Tidal to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Square
*Jack Dorsey’s mobile payments company Square, Inc. has acquired a majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal for $297 million in cash and stock. According to a press release, per Complex, existing artist shareholders will be the remaining stakeholders. Tidal will operate independently within the Square framework alongside Seller and Cash App. In a statement on Twitter, […]
New from Prince: ‘Originals’ Album Released On His 61st Birthday
*Prince has been gone for three years now. Fortunately though, his music will live on forever. In fact, a new album from the late artist of previously unreleased material is being released today, his birthday (06-07-19). The man once known as “The Artist,” would have been 61-years-old today and fans of have been blessed with […]
Kanye West and TIDAL Reach Deal with Fan Who Sued Over ‘The Life of Pablo’ Exclusivity
*A class-action lawsuit which had been filed against Kanye West and Tidal over “The Life of Pablo’s” “exclusivity” has finally come to an end, NME reports. The legal action was first launched back in 2016 with the argument that the rapper and the streaming service had allegedly bamboozled fans by announcing that ‘Pablo’ would be […]
Judge Advances Fraud Lawsuit Against Kanye West & Tidal; Jay-Z Sues Lawyers over Tidal Purchase
*A judge has dismissed parts of a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging fraud against Kanye West and Tidal, but ruled that the case can continue on, as the claim does cross “the line from conceivable to plausible,” the judge noted, according to Billboard. Kanye fan Justin Baker-Rhett claims in his 2016 lawsuit that West and Tidal […]
Prince Estate Calls Heirs’ Bid to Reconsider Tidal Deal ‘Meritless’
*A lawyer for Prince’s estate has called a request by three of his heirs for a reconsideration of its recent agreement with Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service “meritless” and asked that it be denied, according to Variety. The agreement, announced last month, “concludes the previously unresolved legal matters between the Prince Estate and Tidal,” which had […]
Messy! Prince’s Estate Want to Leave Tidal Over Reports of Inflated Streaming Numbers
*Hmm, once again an artist, or in this case, a late artist’s family wants nothing to do with Jay Z‘s Tidal music streaming service. Now that the company is being accused of making up its streaming numbers, Prince‘s heirs want out. Here’s more from TMZ: The attorney for Sharon, Norrine and John Nelson blew the […]
Beyonce and Jay-Z’s ‘Everything Is Love’ Now Available on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon
*From the smoldering remains of a shattered Internet comes news that Beyonce and Jay-Z’s surprise joint album “Everything Is Love,” which dropped Saturday afternoon on Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service only, is now available to non-subscribers as well. Without warning, yet again, the album showed up early Monday (June 18) on Apple Music (and iTunes), Spotify […]
Tidal, Prince Estate Agree to Release New Prince Album after Settling Differences
[videowaywire video_id=”16A62701101BA1B9″] *Following a long legal battle, Tidal and the Prince estate announced Friday that, the streaming service will debut a new and unreleased Prince album in 2019, according to Rolling Stone. The album will feature a collection of previously unreleased music from Prince’s legendary Vault. Tidal will stream the album exclusively for 14 days […]
TIDAL Accused of Falsifying Streams to Boost Beyonce and Kanye
[videowaywire video_id=”1D0579A09E652E7D”] *An explosive new report by Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (via Music Business Worldwide), accuses Tidal of faking the funk by intentionally falsifying streaming numbers for Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and Kanye West’s “Life of Pablo” albums and consequently paying inflated royalties to the artists’ labels, per Variety. The paper has accused Tidal, which is primarily owned by Jay-Z, of inflating its subscriber […]
TIDAL Launches ‘One of One’ Series With Host Angie Martinez, Meek Mill to Be the First Guest
[videowaywire video_id=”2FD2F699698AA65D”] *Meek Mill will be the first guest of TIDAL’s new series “One of One,” described as a deep dive into the hard work and talent behind today’s most prolific figures. Angie Martinez hosts the series, which premieres today on the Jay-Z-owned streaming service. Mill will speak about his controversial incarceration and new pursuit […]
Cardi B Drops New Tidal Documentary ‘I’m Here Muthaf*ckas’ (Trailer)
[videowaywire video_id=”KYG9GT2L790FKT5Y”] *A documentary on Cardi B has popped up on Tidal. The film, titled I’m Here Muthaf*ckas, documents the rapper’s meteoric rise to hip hop’s hottest commodity, with cameras following her to major fashion shows and parties across the world. Cardi also discusses her come-up in the industry as she headlines the TIDAL x […]
Jay-Z Goes to Confession in Trailer for ‘ ‘Family Feud’; Beyonce is the Priest? (Watch)
[videowaywire video_id=”YPMT703LYFHZC0TP”] *Jay-Z wanders around a church apparently headed by Beyonce in a teaser for the music video to “Family Feud,” the latest single from his “4:44” album. The 30-second snippet finds Hov walking his daughter Blue Ivy inside of a church, while his wife towers over the pulpit. He later finds himself inside the […]
Fat Joe Talks Joining JAY-Z to Assist Puerto Rico, Pleads for More Help (Watch)
*Fat Joe went on CNN Wednesday morning (Oct. 4) to plead for more assistance to Puerto Rico as it tries to recover from Hurricane Maria, the brutal category five storm that destroyed the island last month. The rapper of Puerto Rican descent discussed how he’s been doing his part alongside JAY-Z and Tidal to help […]
