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When Beyoncé and Jay-Z were conveniently absent from Kim and Kanye’s wedding, it looked like their friendship was on the rocks. And now, that 4:44 has been released and Jay-Z is speaking more openly about their relationship, it’s pretty clear that it’s fractured.
You dropped outta school, you lost your principles
I know people backstab you, I felt bad too
But this ‘fuck everybody’ attitude ain’t natural
But you ain’t a Saint, this ain’t KumbaYe
But you got hurt because you did cool by ‘Ye
You gave him 20 million without blinkin’
He gave you 20 minutes on stage, fuck was he thinkin’?
“Fuck wrong with everybody?” is what you sayin’
But if everybody’s crazy, you’re the one that’s insane
Now, read carefully y’all. In the first half of the stanza the “you” is Kanye and in the last half the “you” is Jay himself. So while there are reports that Kim is upset that Jay called him insane, she might want to listen again.
Either way, there’s some tension there.
And apparently, TMZ, is explaining just a piece of it…or the effect of a piece of it.
Sources claim that Kanye has been unhappy with Tidal for a while now and alleges that the company owes him more than $3 million.
According to TMZ,
“…a month ago Kanye’s lawyer sent a letter to Tidal, saying the company was in breach and the contract was terminated. Over the next 2 weeks lawyers for both sides tried to resolve the conflict but failed. We’re told 2 weeks ago Kanye’s lawyer fired off a second letter declaring again the contract was over. Kanye’s decision to split from Tidal predates the release of Jay Z’s album in which he trashes Kanye, and we’re told Kanye had no advance knowledge of Jay’s lyrics.
We’re told Kanye’s beef with Tidal is twofold — his The Life of Pablo album resulted in 1 1/2 million new subscribers to Tidal, for which he was supposed to get a bonus but the company hasn’t paid. Kanye also says Tidal reneged on reimbursing him for music videos.
Our sources say Tidal’s position is that Kanye didn’t deliver the videos required by the contract. Kanye’s response … I’ll deliver the videos when you pay me what I’m owed.
We’re told Tidal fired off a letter to Kanye, saying as far as the company was concerned it still had an exclusive contract with the rapper and if he tried to go to another streaming service they’d sue him.
We’re told Kanye’s willing to walk away, but if Tidal sues him, he’ll sue them right back…”
It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out. And while we don’t know what happened, I would certainly hope that Tidal is not cheating Kanye out of any money he’s owed.
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