Kanye Calls For End To Music Streaming Wars: “Apple Give Jay His Check For Tidal Now”
As the competition between streaming services like Apple Music and Tidal has dragged on, the music world has increasingly fragmented into a mess of platform-exclusive content. Kanye West is one of Tidal’s many “artist-owners” and has streamed much of his work exclusively on Jay Z’s service, but today, he’s taken to Twitter to call for an end to the streaming wars, saying that “This Tidal Apple beef is fucking up the music game.” Last month, news surfaced that Apple was in talks to buy Tidal, and in a new string of tweets, West invites Apple CEO Tim Cook, Jay Z, Drake, Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine, and others to get together to work things out and tells Apple to “give Jay his check for Tidal now.” Find Kanye’s tweets below.
This Tidal Apple beef is fucking up the music game.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 30, 2016
I need Tim Cook Jay Z Dez Jimmy Larry me and Drake Scooter on the phone or in a room this week!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 30, 2016
Fuck all this dick swinging contest. We all gon be dead in 100 Years. Let the kids have the music.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 30, 2016
Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop tying to act like you Steve.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 30, 2016
UPDATE: He forgot to add Spotify CEO Daniel Ek.
I forgot to add Daniel Ek
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 31, 2016