Authorities in Norway are looking into whether or not Jay-Z’s music streaming service, Tidal, faked its streaming numbers.  Reports say that certain acts received hundreds of millions of falsified streams.  Specifically, Beyonce’s Lemonade album and Kanye West’s Life of Pablo album were allegedly fraudulently streamed over 300 million times.  Tidal denied the allegations, which surfaced […]

When Prince died, the icon’s six siblings were named his heirs. Despite a recent deal between the Prince estate and Tidal to debut the legend’s first posthumous album, TMZ says the musician’s heirs are wanting out of Prince’s agreement with the streaming service. A lawyer for three of Prince’s siblings, Sharon, Norrine, and John Nelson, told the probate judge in Prince’s case that Tidal […]

Beyonce and Jay-Z just dropped a joint album Everything Is Love and it is indeed, EVERYTHING. We thought we had plans tonight but turns out we’ll be busy memorizing the latest release from The Carters now that they have treated fans to a surprise project exclusively on Tidal. The featured track is “Ape Shit” and Ricky Saiz-directed music video for the single was […]

The clip, which premiered on Tidal, stars “Insecure” actress Issa Rae as Rachel and Jerrod Carmichael as Ross. Jay-Z‘s 4:44 album is his most intimate work yet, as he discusses not only his own personal shortcomings, but the misguided steps of our culture. The album’s visuals have only deepened the meaning of songs like “The Story of OJ,” […]

This isn’t the first time that the once-mentee and mentor have had beef.    Looks like their’s trouble in paradise between Kanye West and Jay Z. The rapper and fashion designer is reportedly splitting with Jay’s Tidal streaming service and insists that they him owe $3 million. According to TMZ, West says that he was supposed to be given a […]

"17," a beautiful 17-minute visual EP, pays homage to those who have lost their lives due to racial and police violence.

Since the Feb. 12 arrival of Prince’s Warner Bros. Records music on streaming services, the number of streams in the U.S. skyrocketed from 74,000 to 4.77 million in two days, according to Billboard. That’s an increase of 6,323%. His top five most streamed songs on Feb. 12 and 13 were “Purple Rain” (333,000 streams), “Let’s […]

The media conglomerates launched a partnership which allows Sprint’s 45 million customers unlimited access to exclusive content.   Sprint and TIDAL have set forth on an unprecedented venture announced on Monday morning. The media conglomerates launched a partnership which allows Sprint’s “45 million customers unlimited access to exclusive artist content not available anywhere else,” according to […]

Sprint has acquired a 33 percent stake in Jay Z's streaming service Tidal, the two companies announced today.

Jay Z may have scored deals with the Weinstein company and dabbled in tv/film producing, but he just can’t seem to get his hands on Prince‘s music catalog. A few months back, the music mogul offered around $40 million to take control of Prince’s unreleased tracks, but the late singer’s estate wants nothing to do […]

T.I. has been very open about his support of the Black Lives Matter movement on social media, and now he has the tunes to back it up. The Atlanta legend dropped his new six-track EP Us or Else which featured impassioned songs about police brutality and the state of African-American communities in this country. Tip says he wrote […]

If you’re still bummed out that you missed Made in America this year, Beyoncé and Jay Z are making up for it this October. The pairing up to put on a massive Tidal concert in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center on Oct 15. Funds from tickets sales will go to the Robin Hood Foundation, New […]