Kanye going in on Apple? Says Tidal & Apple beef is killing the industry

[Piff Perkins]

I'm not a streaming guy but the Tidal backlash over the last year is such a blatant case of racial double standards when people know who "owns" a company. Exclusive Tidal content receives endless hate and anger from people who will "never" use Tidal, even for free. Yet every Apple exclusive is met with excitement. I don't see many people handwriging over Frank Ocean's album being exclusive to Apple for instance.

And speaking of race shyt, I'm not letting Hov off the hook either. After months of (deceptively) labeling Tidal as completely black owned and insinuating "the man" is trying to shut a black man down, Hov is now looking to cash out. Not to mention the artist pay rates are apparently not much higher than Apple/Spotify, or that most of the exclusive content goals haven't been reached. Or the fact that Prince specifically gave Hov access to his catalog because it wasn't a major corporation.

If Prince was alive there's no way he'd sit back and be cool with this. All for Hov and his investors to get a payday. I hope Apple says no.

 

[Maschine_Man]

Jay is using tidal as a vehicle for artist empowerment...this is about more than a quick buck

You don't actually believe this do you?

 

[CrimsonTider]

In other words Kanye's pockets are hurting Don't see nobody on the apple side complaining

He's seeing that tour demand not on par with what a Kanye tour commands

He's low key blaming on letting his album be exclusive for those 3 week or so

 

[High quality poster]

Jay and Ye Mad Apple got the Frank Exclusive is what this seems to be about. Notice this rant randomly happens a few days before it's announced Frank's album is Apple Exclusive for 2 weeks

 

[Deoji]

it seems Kanye is trying to influence the deal for his own benefit under the guise of support for the culture. The industry as we know it is dead. If Kanye (Tidal) is in fact releasing a project with Drake (Apple) then we've established a motive. It's killing his returns more than anything. "The kids" are gonna get the music one way or another.