The feud between Kanye West and JAY-Z appears to have intensified, as Kanye West officially ended his relationship with JAY-Z's online music streaming
The feud between Kanye West and JAY-Z appears to have intensified, as Kanye West officially ended his relationship with JAY-Z’s online music streaming service, TIDAL and it is not because of the track ‘Kill JAY-Z’ on his new album, ‘4:44’ which JAY-Z released a few days ago and has been generating some controversy.
Set up in 2014, artists such as JAY-Z and Beyonce are stakeholders in it. It seems the company owes him about $3 million and TIDAL is now in breach of contract. Kanye’s lawyers reportedly sent a letter to the company over a month ago telling them that West never received a promised bonus for bringing in 1.5 million new subscribers with his album, ‘Saint Pablo’ and that he has also not been reimbursed for music videos.
A back and forth took place but with no resolution so West’s lawyers declared the contract over. The pair have been friends for years. But in October 2016, West publicly ranted about JAY-Z on stage, accusing his friend of not being in touch when wife Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint in Paris. However the rapper hit back at Kanye on his most recent album ‘4:44’, rapping about how West had lost his principles and was insane on the opening track, ‘Kill Jay Z’. “You dropped outta school, you lost your principles. But you ain’t the same, this ain’t KumbaYe / But you got hurt because you did cool by Ye / You gave him 20 million without thinkin’/ He gave you 20 minutes on stage, f**k was he thinkin’? / “F**k wrong with everybody?” is what you sayin’/ But if everybody’s crazy, you’re the one that’s insane.”
So unlike the story making the rounds that Kanye left TIDAL after hearing the lyrics to that song, he actually left the company before he heard the inflammatory lyrics.
