Jay Z has stuck up for his music streaming service Tidal in a lengthy Twitter defence.
The 99 Problems rapper launched his high-audio-quality, artist-valuing service last month, but despite briefly being in the top 20 of the iTunes App Store charts, the 20-dollars-a-month (£13) app has now dropped to number 872 in the US, according to the Daily Mirror.
Wife Beyonce and music industry pals Rihanna, Usher, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Kanye West, Madonna and Nicki Minaj had been among those at Tidal’s launch and Jay Z tweeted that fans should not give up on it yet, saying it would pay artists more for their music than rival services.
The music star continued his defence by accusing unnamed “big companies” of spending millions on a smear campaign and said Tidal was meant to benefit artists and fans.
The rapper also said Tidal was a global company, and revealed that his cousin had gone to Nigeria to look for talent.
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