50 Cent Isn’t Digging Jay Z’s Tidal: “The People You Saw There Don’t Even Own The Rights To Their Music”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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G-Unit head 50 Cent is the latest hip-hop artist to weigh-in on music mogul Jay Z‘s recent support and launch of streaming service Tidal.

In Fif’s opinion, Jay could have problems with Tidal’s overall impact simply because most musician supporters do not own their records.

“They probably could’ve did something more exciting if they reached out The people you saw there don’t even own the rights to their music. So they can’t say it’s gonna come out Tidal. It has to go everywhere. So why would you actually buy Tidal to get something that would be everywhere else? … [Companies] have contracts and companies are gonna do everything to get the maximum performance out of the music. They’re not gonna just put it through Tidal as a service.” (Real 92.3)

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Last week, Sony Music CEO Doug Morris denied widespread speculation about the label removing R&B diva Beyoncé‘s music from Tidal.

Contrary to reports, Sony Music has no plans to pull Beyoncé – or any other artists under their umbrella – from Jay Z’s Tidal streaming service. “Jay-Z is a friend and business associate for many years. I have always admired his business acumen, his entrepreneurship and his passion for music,” Sony Music CEO Doug Morris said in a statement. “All of our content, including Beyoncé, is available through the Tidal service, and we have announced no plans to remove our catalog from Tidal. Like all of our other partners, we are rooting for Jay and Tidal to succeed.” (Rolling Stone)

Initial reports claimed Bey’s record company Sony and other powerhouses like Warner had asked Tidal for advances in exchange for streaming its artists’ tunes.

Nonetheless, if Jay Z can’t come up with the cash for Sony, he faces the possibility that Tidal might lose albums from some of its co-owners, most painfully Beyoncé, a Sony artist. “I’m pretty sure most of the artists that were at the press conference don’t control their own streaming rights,” says Peter Mensch, co-founder of Q Prime, the talent agency that manages the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica. (Bloomberg Business)

Jay also reportedly needs to add more Tidal subscribers for the service to avoid additional hurdles.

To keep his company from becoming a money pit, Jay Z also needs to line up many more Tidal subscribers. Tidal claims to have 900,000 users, but analysts suspect many have signed up for trials and will cancel when they have to start paying. Early on, Jay Z called some of his customers to see how they liked Tidal—a humbling act for a guy who calls himself J Hova (as in Jehovah). Tidal also hasn’t denied rumors that he will release a long-awaited album with Beyoncé exclusively on the service. (Bloomberg)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. I don’t know if I feel like he’s hating half ass, or informing us all. Either way he’s about to get some flack for his honesty.

    • its both with him, always both!!!! luv him and wish he stopped with the shade all at the same time lol

  2. Sure he knows about artist who don’t own their music …… it takes one to know one …….

      • Get out your feelings 50 Stan … when he got let off of shady aftermath, he left his catalog and the last album he did, he owed to them … #facts

  3. 12 years in the game, 30 million plus records sold, couple hundred millions made, i would def trust Fif’s opinion on this one!

    • He’s mad cause he didn’t do it first. Jay Z is not doing it unless it make money and im not hating or dick riding but numbers dont lie!

  4. He has a point, yet is maybe sitting there thinking “never saw this/he got there first”

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