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TIDAL strikes again. Prince joins the long list of artists who’ve decided to exclusively premiere their music on Jay Z’s streaming service. The legendary musician made the announcement that he was joining #TeamTIDAL earlier this month with a statement: “After one meeting, it was obvious that Jay Z and the team he has assembled at TIDAL recognize […]

Lil Wayne fans won’t have to travel to New Orleans next week to catch the inaugural “Lil Weezyana Fest,” as Tidal is set to stream the entire event on Aug. 28. This comes on the heels of Lil’ Wayne announcing that he “just signed a deal with Jay Z.” When Weezy said this at a […]

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Prince has a message for all aspiring artists — don’t sign with a major label. The legendary artist spoke with a small number of reporters at Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis Saturday evening, and he compared record label contracts to slavery, NPR reports. The comment elicited shock from many in the media, but Prince says the correlation isn’t as […]

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If you’ve been paying attention, you’d know that it’s not hyperbolic to say that Apple Music has been dominating TIDAL. Jay Z’s business venture has been getting hammered by the press from the moment since that lackluster press conference. Now, it’s an afterthought. And soon, according to Hits Daily Double, Jay Z won’t be part of […]

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It’s official. Birdman has lost his damn mind. On the heels of allegations that Birdman and Young Thug were conspiring to kill Lil Wayne, TMZ reports that the Cash Money CEO has filed a lawsuit against Jay Z and TIDAL for streaming Lil Wayne’s Free Weezy album. According to TMZ: Birdman’s company, Cash Money, is suing Tidal […]

Madonna seems to be betting it all on her latest video, “Bitch I’m Madonna.” The decades-long pop star has been in headlines unfavorably in 2015 after planting a cringe-worthy kiss on Drake at Coachella earlier this year and then embarrassingly falling off a stage during a performance at the Brit Awards in March. (Thankfully, for us at least, […]

Following yesterday’s release of “Glory” exclusively on TIDAL, it appears as though Lil Wayne’s relationship with Jay Z’s music streaming service is flourishing. According to Consequence of Sound, Weezy has joined the platform as an “artist owner,” and TIDAL’s Chief Investment Officer Vania Schlogel confirmed the news in a press release. She also alluded to […]

Despite the string of rather public issues surrounding Jay Z‘s TIDAL, the music streaming service has continued to release a collection of impressive exclusives since its relaunch a few months back. In addition to Rihanna, Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj, TIDAL can now boast an exclusive from Lil Wayne, who just let loose the first release off his forthcoming Free […]

It appears as though the problems just keep coming for Jay Z and his music streaming service, TIDAL. Bloomberg Business reports that Sony Music Entertainment is threatening to remove all of its artists’ music from TIDAL as frontman Jay Z has yet to make a deal with them regarding streaming contracts. Sony is reportedly asking […]

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Jay Z is a busy man, and his hands are full with his new company Tidal. So even when taking a bit of time off he also attends to business. After traveling to Europe for a friend’s wedding according to E! Online, the Carters decided to drop in on their newest investment and take a company photo. But […]

Nicki Minaj and Beyonce sent the Internet into a frenzy yesterday, when they dropped the visuals for their “Pinkprint” single “Feeling Myself” on TIDAL. It didn’t take long before the adorable video began trending and for social media to respond with hilarious memes. Good move Jay. Good move. RELATED STORIES: Nicki Minaj & Beyonce Just […]

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Whatever issues Beanie Sigel had with Jay Z when Beans aligned himself with 50 Cent in 2009 appear to be water under the bridge. The self-proclaimed “Broad Street Bully” joined Young Chris and Freeway to reunite key players from State Property’s former Roc-A-Fella crew Saturday night as Jay Z performed his B-Sides show. Jay pretty much made it a […]