Rihanna’s former aide has blasted Jay Z’s streaming network Tidal saying: “It’s an embarrassment.”
Record producer Jonathan Hay, who worked with RiRi in 2005, says that being part of the subscription-only streaming site is destroying the legacy of popular artists.
And he claims that Rihanna was “upset” when her latest album Anti sold just 460 copies in the first week after it was given away for free by Tidal.
Kanye West also saw his album The Life Of Pablo fail to chart when it was first released on the streamer.
“For Jay Z to make his artists do this is so bad because this is affecting their legacy.
“It’s really crazy and I know for a fact Rihanna is upset about the Tidal thing and you can see it when you go to her Twitter.
“She is a Tidal owner, but on her Twitter to pick up her album, she uses a Google plus app not Tidal.
“That’s her shooting back because Jay Z is just making a mistake.”
Jonathan continues: “The rollout was sloppy, the rollout was bad, to go on Tidal exclusively and eliminate Spotify and Apple is absolutely mad.
“Thirty years from now, people will just see her first week was a flop. Kanye has now been called a flop. And it’s all because of this Tidal s***.”
She should leave Roc Nation then. If she's not willing to support the man that gave her a chance without having an attitude about it then go to another label.
She should leave Roc Nation then. If she's not willing to support the man that gave her a chance without having an attitude about it then go to another label.
this is dumb, honestly.
Jay-Z gave her a "chance", but she worked her ass off to get where she is today, your comment is ****.
