*Jay Z has pulled his catalog from competitor Spotify… which only makes sense considering he’s the owner of the struggling music streaming service TIDAL.
According to reports, a search on Spotify revealed only two collaborative albums with R Kelly are listed: Unfinished Business (2004) and Best of Both Worlds (2002). There are now also only five singles, all collaborations: “N****s in Paris” (Kanye featuring Jay), “Numb/Encore” (Linkin Park with Hova), “All the Way Up” (Fat Joe and Remy Ma ft. French Montana, Infared and Jay Z), “Clique” (Big Sean with Jay Z and Kanye) and “Dirt Off Your Shoulders” (with Notorious B.I.G.), per Billboard.com.
Spotify confirmed in a statement that “some of his catalog has been removed at the request of the artist.”
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Earlier reports erroneously claimed that Jay Z’s catalog had also been removed from Apple, but many of his albums are still listed, including: The Black Album, Vol. 2…, Hard Knock Life, Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter, Kingdom Come and 2013’s Magna Carta… Holy Grail.
One of the reasons why Jay Z removed his titles from Spotify and not Apple may be because the former’s ad-based freemium tier pays artists less in royalties than subscription tiers.
Meanwhile, a media outlet called NOISEY caused a firestorm with Jay Z stans by referring to him as a ‘bitch’ in a recent headline. The outlet’s Twitter headline read: “Messy bitch Jay Z has pulled a bunch of his music from Spotify.”
The Tweet has since been deleted, but not before swift angry reactions poured in. Read more about it at thejasminebrand.
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