Jay Z is looking to leave TIDAL (REPORT)

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Tidal has gone eerily quiet of late, apart from statements of support from Nicki Minaj and Madonna, and the word is that Jay Z is looking to get out. This ambitious undertaking has cost him millions of his own money because he never got the expected funding, he still hasn’t paid the licensing fees to the rights holders and no one is likely to throw him a life preserver and bail him out, so he has little choice at this point except to stop the bleeding. What will his exit strategy look like? Interesting to note that it’s not Apple, Sony, UMG or WMG that could be putting the final nail in the Tidal coffin, but Cash Money’s Slim and Baby Williams, with their copyright-infringement suit against the service for its recent exclusive with alienated label artist Lil Wayne. Rumor Mill - I.B. BAD: VAN'S SWAN SONG; MTV'S DECLINE & FALL

 

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[GzUp]

 

[Harry B]

The master of PR will sell it to Apple, sign a bigger deal than Drizzy and put up the money himself

 

[FSP]

The master of PR will sell it to Apple, sign a bigger deal than Drizzy and put up the money himself

I heard he never actually "owned" Tidal, as in owned a controlling interest in the company, and that it was just a marketing tactic to drum up hype

Edit: I was wrong

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

Interesting to note that it’s not Apple, Sony, UMG or WMG that could be putting the final nail in the Tidal coffin, but Cash Money’s Slim and Baby Williams, with their copyright-infringement suit against the service for its recent exclusive with alienated label artist Lil Wayne.

Trow Tidal in em bushes pleghbwah

 

[DAT NICCA KELSO]

This nicca is trying to ride the July fukkery wave. @DonKnock

 

[beenz]

already??? hasnt even been 6 months.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

I fukking told yall nikkas this month of July fukkery needed to end with Jay. Him dipping on Tidal though?



"But wait...There's more!"
-July 2015

 

[skb1065]

Have we ever witnessed this much fukkery in a month?

 

[FSP]

LOL where's that thread where people were calling nikkas c00ns for hating!!!

Everyone saw this was doomed from the start. A lazy attempt from Jay Z to use the tech market to sell out and become a billionaire. He has no idea how the tech industry works

 

[Harry B]

I heard he never actually "owned" Tidal, as in owned a controlling interest in the company, and that it was just a marketing tactic to drum up hype

Edit: I was wrong

He did own Tidal, but obviously he was seeking financing like anyone does.

In any event, I don't know what he was thinking with trying to challenge Apple and Spotify, they have billions of dollars behind them (even 100s of billions in Apples case), patents, strongest brands of all time and all that shyt. If google couldn't do it, how the hell is Jay-z with help from Madonna and Nicki Minaj supposed to do it. If he got the 3 major labels behind him to go in as his partners then he might've had a chance but without them it's an expensive ass business.

 

[L. Deezy]

Maybe 50 will buy him out

 

[L. Deezy]

but for real tho, I dont know if I believe all this Tidal is failing stuff. Not my cup of tea paying for streaming. But, we will see

 

[Randoug]

No wonder there's rumors Kanye is in talk with Apple to release his new album exclusively through them..Apple Won