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Kanye West Is Leaving Tidal Because the Company Owes Him Money (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Kanye West has terminated his contract with Tidal, TMZ reports. West claims that Jay Z's streaming service owes him upwards of $3 million and is in breach of contract, according to TMZ's sources. Through his lawyers, West has terminated his contract with Tidal, while the company apparently refuses to recognize that termination. West was one of the first artists to join Jay Z's streaming service at its launch in 2015; his 2016 album The Life of Pablo was originally released as a Tidal exclusive. West claims that album brought 1.5 million new subscribers to Tidal -- a number that was apparently supposed to come with a bonus check, according to TMZ. West also says Tidal went back on a promise of additional money for exclusive music videos, which Tidal reportedly says Kanye never produced. According to TMZ, Tidal has threatened to sue West if he leaves the service.
This is the kind of computer culture/tech information that I can really use!
This has nothing to do with technology. It's a spat between two spoiled egocentrics.
West also says Tidal went back on a promise of additional money for exclusive music videos, which Tidal reportedly says Kanye never produced.
I don't understand how this can be disputed for more than 10 minutes.
"You never paid me for those videos I made just for you!"
"Uh, you never made those videos...:
"Yeah, I did."
"ORLY? Play one for us right now."
If we can get every nation on the planet to owe him money, will he leave the planet?
Again, who the fuck cares
Slow news day?
News that matters?
But let me just say that TIDAL owes me MONEY and hasn't PAID me nothing!
#DeleteChrome
My schadenfreude quota has been filled with this and the Fyre festival news.
I'd prefer if he left the planet altogether.
cool. now if he could just leave earth.
Now, will someone please explain why this is on Slashdot.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
Subject says it all.
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What's that sound I hear? Oh, that's just the four horsemen.
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but i'm sure foolios around here love it because it's "lossless" like that matters when u stream it to ur shitty firefox phone or whatever.
And he does a hobbit. When he's not doing them fish!
Imagonnaletoutalknow!
Don't bring your whiskey home, or to the grammys.
And this is "news for geeks" how?
What is this even about? Some dude is going west because of the tides.... I can't even figure this out.
like all the kids are using it, because it seems they are the only ones around who know how to do streaming music properly.
Kayne and Tidal haven't been feature in the media lately.
This is their attempt to get free publicity
who the F cares about this in the tech sector
"... hasn't PAID me nothing!" So they paid you SOMETHING? ...and this is a problem because....
News for ...nerds? stuff that "matters?"
Huh?
None of the music services are as user-friendly as Napster used to be. Sure it was piracy, but it was easy to find all the music you wanted.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
...when it styled itself as "not music".
I've been looking through the GeoCities site and there nothing. Searching on Excite returns nothing as well. Should I go to B. Dalton and get one of those books that list web pages?
The only thing I can gather from this article is that the political trolls don't like rap. Its so peaceful. Pass the lemonade.
Do you like fish sticks ?
He should have gone with Coinye. He obviously would have received a better return.
Shut up. Off topic. Plz discuss the news article
Thanks.
Shut the fuck up, you capitalist pig. You will be hanging from a lamppost with your screaming wife and crying children looking on.
Yep, we were all on pins and needles waiting to learn what the moronic buffoon was up to.
So Kanye is getting paid what he is worth and doesn't like it? Bummer. Fair market evaluations suck ehh? It is all ok though, he is superstar from another planet here to save us.
Yes Trump will make sure all White people will rule with a 1000000 credit line! Screw capitalism, White nationalism is our only salvation! Let the king's rule the peasants like they are supposed to and the slaves return to their fields! All hail King Trump!
I mean he has Kim's phat ass to hold on to and fuck at night. Not to mention her big fat tits. Man, if I could put my dick between those tits and my tongue on that crusty butthole, I'd have zero complaints about anything not going precisely the way I wanted it to. Those problems would be bupkis compared to the positive things I had going in my life: big tits, a phat plump ass, and dick sucking lips. Omg.
Remember when this site was supposed to be stuff that MATTERS?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Thus spake the Master Programmer: "When you have seen a TMZ story on the front page, it will be time for you to leave."
... and thanks for all the fish.
Look at all of the new viewers it brought to Slashdot just to hear about his antics.
Really? What Kardasian Pimp follower submitted this as "relevant"? Seriously. A music contract dispute is 'news'?
Should I care? Funny none of his music comes to mind.
Their 4 users are going to be heartbroken