Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West might have to call up his legal muscle thanks to a TIDAL subscriber who joined the streaming platform off his recent co-sign.
According to reports, plaintiff has taken action against Yeezy for promising to only release his The Life Of Pablo album on TIDAL back in February.
Justin Baker-Rhett says that was enough to get him to sign up for Tidal — and it worked on 2 million other Yeezus fans who also bought subscriptions. In his class action lawsuit, he says the bump saved the floundering service because the new users added $84 million to Tidal’s bottom line. He’s suing Kanye and Tidal for damages. (TMZ)
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/699376240709402624
Recent reports revealed Ye’s new album had reached nearly 100 million streams since its mass release in early April.
Although sales will likely account for a minuscule piece of his total (The Life of Pablo is for sale only on his website), Kanye West may be a contender for #1 on our next Sales + Plus Streaming (SPS) chart. Since going wide to Spotify, Apple Music and other services last week, preliminary data suggests Pablo (G.O.O.D./Def Jam) is on track for some 90m streams, which would put him at 60k+ SEA. (HITS Daily Double)
A few days prior, Kanye boasted about his album’s wide release on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/715767777823485953
Def Jam also recently weighed-in on the new album’s mass availability.
“In the months to come, Kanye will release new updates, new versions, and new iterations of the album,” the rapper’s label, Def Jam, said in a statement. “An innovative, continuous process, the album will be a living, evolving art project. The Life of Pablo has truly taken on a life of its own.” (MTV)
he should be charged using our money to save jay z and his multi million $ baby wheres my donation
He deserves a refund. Kanye and TIDAL flat out lied. They were wrong for that. However, it’s shit like this that makes the rest of the planet look at the west like the head-in-the-sand, ignorant jackasses that we are. This muhfucka’s life has zero real world problems if he puts this much energy into a lawsuit over a voluntary fucking music streaming service. We’re talking about a rap album here. I want this muhfucka to experience something real, like cancer or something. Anything to get him some perspective. Douche bag smh.
ummm it was a free 30 subscription and they extended an additional 30 days for anyone who joined .