Category Archives: Jay-Z
Vic Mensa Signs To Jay-Z’s Roc Nation
Rumors of Vic Mensa signing to Roc Nation have been circulating for a while, Today Jay-Z made it official, announcing the signing on his Twitter account, and sending out a link to “U Mad” featuring Kanye West.
Roc Nation Records x @VicMensa http://t.co/SRMd6d1taE
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) April 21, 2015
Vic Mensa is now officially an artist signed to Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation and to celebrate, the “U Mad” rapper went out and got a Roc-A-Fella Records logo tattoo on his neck.
Share this:
TIDAL CEO and 25 Employees Fired
Things aren’t going as smoothly over at TIDAL as Jay Z and its various owners surely hoped. According to multiple reports, TIDAL’s CEO and 25 employees have been fired by the music streaming service.
Business Insider reports that Andy Chen, the CEO of Aspiro, which is the company Hova acquired when he purchased TIDAL, has been forced out. Swedish new site Breakit first reported on the exit yesterday (April 16), including the firing of 25 employees.
However, TIDAL says there were only a “handful” of departures due to “streamlining” and “redundancies.”
TIDAL issued the following statement:
TIDAL’s new interum [sic] CEO is Peter Tonstad – a former CEO of parent company Aspiro Group. He has a better understanding of the industry and a clear vision for how the company is looking to change the status quo. He’s streamlining resources to ensure talent is maximized to enhance the customer experience. We’ve eliminated a handful of positions and refocused our company-wide talent to address departments that need support and cut redundancies. TIDAL’s offices globally will remain and grow: we are already hirinig for several new positions now. We’re excited about our future and what’s in-store for fans who want the best listening experience.
Jay Z has been doing his best to tout TIDAL as a destination for exclusives, including reaching out to subscribers personally and dropping his video for “Glory” on the service.
However, there have been plenty of detractors; the latest high profile artist in that club including Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie.
Share this:
Jay-Z – Glory (Official Music Video)
Jay Z premieres the visual for his heartfelt ‘Glory’ dedication to his daughter Blue Ivy. Cameos from Nas, Alicia Keys, and friends.
Share this:
Jay Z Removes Reasonable Doubt From Spotify
Only a week removed from formally introducing his new loss-less music streaming service, TiDAL, JAY Z is already making power moves to convey consumers over from competition. It’s no secret that the legendary Brooklyn rapper puts his debut album Reasonable Doubt as his most prestigious work of his career, but the former street hustler turned mogul has created another set of new rules we can expect many to follow.
Effective immediately, Reasonable Doubt has officially been removed from Spotify streaming service in the states, but the rest of his albums remain in their library – for the time being. The project has now moved exclusive to TiDAL, which marks for the first of many aggressive moves we can expect to combat streaming competitors and iTunes. Over the weekend, subscribers were granted exclusive premieres for Rihanna’s new single “American Oxygen” and Beyoncé’s surprise release of “Die With You.”
Granted the service is already gaining buzz from the previously mentioned three artists, we can many more to follow suit in the inevitable unfortunate demise of one of our favorite modern era apps.
exclusiveworldpremiere.wordpress.com 