Power play.
****'s about to get real.
I love how everyone here's assuming that Jay Z was being unreasonable, or an a*****e, or whatever.
Maybe Apple was playing hardball (as they're known to do) and they could not reach a (presumably) fair agreement.
Business is business, folks, and we don't really know why this is happening.
His music is available for those that want to hear it (for the record, I don't, I'm a metalhead).
Whoopteedo if it's not on Apple music.
The biggest Android fan ever:
-Releases Magna Carta album on Galaxy app, for free to listeners, but for a big backend fee from Samsung,
-Withdraws from Apple Music
He is part of #theresistance !
people don't really care what the underlying reason is for withdrawing, Jay-Z is trash. No business decision, smart or rash, towards and/or directly from him, can change that (Imo)
I'm embarrassed to have bought several of his albums during my hip-hop obsession phase years ago, in hindsight.
Amen to that, never liked streaming musicI listen to Jay-Z at least once a week. Doesn't affect me as I own the music. This is the problem with renting music or really, leasing. Once you stop paying or Apple feels like it or the Artist has a conflict of interest, the listener suffers.
IT's still far better to buy the music you love.