Founding father Jay Z launched into a blistering counter attack of those who dare to speak against his new streaming
service. The 45-year-old was performing at a private show at Terminal 5 in New York for Tidal subscribers when he
unleashed a verbal tirade with his usual Hov finesse.
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 spat.
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. As he insisted he wasn't going to get bullied, he then took a swift and angry tangent onto the
recent controversial deaths involving law enforcement, or in Trayvon Martin's case, by neighborhood watch volunteer
George Zimmerman.
But I can't tell how the way they killed Freddie Gray right? Shot down Mike Brown, how they did Tray right?' 'Let them
continue choking n***as,' he added, referring to yet another death involving police: Eric Garner. Then he even turned
on the hypocrites - although he smiled at the crowd as he did - who dare 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 '. You can peep the video here or below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWE1mkMBUpc
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.'
Source: Daily Mail/YouTube
service. The 45-year-old was performing at a private show at Terminal 5 in New York for Tidal subscribers when he
unleashed a verbal tirade with his usual Hov finesse.
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 spat.
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. As he insisted he wasn't going to get bullied, he then took a swift and angry tangent onto the
recent controversial deaths involving law enforcement, or in Trayvon Martin's case, by neighborhood watch volunteer
George Zimmerman.
But I can't tell how the way they killed Freddie Gray right? Shot down Mike Brown, how they did Tray right?' 'Let them
continue choking n***as,' he added, referring to yet another death involving police: Eric Garner. Then he even turned
on the hypocrites - although he smiled at the crowd as he did - who dare 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 '. You can peep the video here or below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWE1mkMBUpc
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.'
Source: Daily Mail/YouTube