Square Buys Tidal from Jay Z for $297 Million | The Joe Budden Podcast 

Mal’s reasoning is baffling. Dude is 40 yet still views the world as a 15 year old.

This show is sponsored by cashapp, Cashapp is owned by square. I don't expect a honest opinion

Mal critiquing ppl online for doing exactly what he does when he doesn’t agree with something is f boi shhh

Y’all be so scared to say anything about Jay z 😂😂😂

Akademiks is the only person in media who isn’t scared to say it... Jay-Z has consistently done the ‘black-owned bait and switch’ and his power means it consistently goes unchallenged.

Jay been told you he was a business , man . Don’t let the dreads fool you .

“First Daft Punk breaks up and everyday I wake up” underrated joke from Rory.

This nigga Jay Z built tidal up just so he can flip it for more than it’s worth and still a own a portion of his company...a real Hustler(genius) 💯

Didn't joe kill charlemagne for doing the same thing with his podcast network

So Mal doesn't know how big ADIDAS is, it's also telling that he doesn't understand what Kanye owning Yeezy means.

Mal is biased. Nobody will call Jay-Z out on it but he did preach that black empowerment stuff then sold it to a white guy

Jay z talked that black ish. Anytime he wants us to come flockin he plays the black card. Really he spends most of his time talking down to us and hanging around white guys.

"If somebody woulda told em that Hov would sell Tidal, not in this lifetime wasnt in my right mind,thats another difference between me and them, i smarten up open the market up"

Kanye isn’t on the Board of Adidas because he’s way too reckless with his utterances.

Why does Mal act like he’s done anything except be on Joe’s podcast and be Biggs Burke’s brother?

How tf does Mal work for Rock Nation but not know jack shit about Jay Z.

These guys are afraid of losing their pod cast! Jay is full of it

Adidas: *biggest shoe company in the world* Mal: "Kanye saved Adidas! Nobody was wearing Adidas." Joe, Rory, and Parks: 😕😕😕

Joe u better keep that same “Ownership” energy , I ain’t even watch yet but I’m just saying

The 10 year Gap partnership with Yeezy is still on. The CEO came out last week and said they’re still working together.

You know they can’t say anything bad about the BOSS Jay z but if it was another artist they’ll be ripping them apart 😂😂

Rory saying ‘cryptic currency’ for the last few weeks kills me 🤣

This is about Crypto. Square just got into the game. They will probably use the NFT with the major artists on Tidal

I will never understand how we believe that rich people are for the people even after they consistently do stuff to show otherwise. Not saying Jay Z hasn't done some good stuff but let's not forget that he will always be business first.....that's the problem. But maybe I'm the asshole for commenting on this shit in the first place.

Shout out to the first time listeners, the last time listeners and the G's that couldn't pick a jam to start the dutch with so they decided to see what the click's talking bout.

MAL is completely wrong from the jump. The people that are mad at Jay for selling tidal, saying it's for us are completely justified. Jay-Z has always marketed "building the culture" and "black ownership" so much that he got most black artists on the ship that was markets to be us "for the culture and artists" But then he sells the ships he stocked to the "white man" wouldn't any other time we would call this a culture vulture.

This hurts to say...but our level of conversation is rudimentary compared to other cultures. We are emotional people and it holds YOU back.

I just can’t wait to hear the spin about how this was done to help Black people in America.

Joe had a very different energy for charlamange...

I have Tidal and I don't like this. I got Tidal because it was black owned and black invested. I like Jack, seems like a cool cat, but I don't like this, not his space. And Mal wild for dismissing commentary as "trolls"

Love these clips because most of the time my listening time gets cut short due to kids house or anything I be needing these lol

Rory said he knows Hov talked to all of them before selling. Did Hov talk to Dame before selling his portion of Roc-a-fella? Didn't he just leave Dame? Lol.

Love the podcast but they are too compromised to give an honest opinion about Jay

Joe hate this deal u can see it when he talking to mall at the beginning joe would sell them for 70. Million right now and the crib if Spotify offered it to him 😂😂😂😂

Mal shoulda added “in America” when he was talking about Kanye saving adidas. Adidas is HUGE worldwide, As someone who isn’t from America I can guarantee you that.

Joe shitted on charlamagne for giving 50% of the black effect network to iHeart but now they’re praising Hov for doing the exact same thing. I really hate how biased and phony these guys get when it’s certain topics. I’ll rather they just not talk about it then not keep the same energy

I can name a few reasons why a company wouldn’t want Kanye on their board of directors 😂

Im just mad i didnt invest when i should. Ima call a spade a spade. (no pun intended) Jay aint for the culture no more, now he just selling shit. Hes a hustler for real. Im sick of giving my dollars to these rappers.

Jay had to buy back 33% from sprint before selling 66% to Jack for $297m. So how much did he pay to repurchase the shares from sprint. These guys never have their facts ready just blind praise although I think Jay still profited off the deal.

The same people that are yelling about Hov selling Tidal to the “white man” are avid Apple Music and Spotify users......

I want to see someone on this podcast who disagrees with their takes on Jay-Z's business dealings.

Jay Z in business for himself not for black people and lets not forget

I wish I had enough time to listen to all the full episodes like before but I'm grateful you guys make these clips so I can still catch parts of it

And Joe was trying to sell one show to Spotify for $200M.

Smh y'all being safe af. Call this shit for what it is.

“I don’t even look at $300 million in this at all” most important line by Rory

It's really simple. Ye isn't on the board because he can't be controlled.

It's a good deal for Jay, but what about having the ownerships for the black people?..

Mal is clowning others for advocating for ownership as entrepreneurs while being an employee working for an entrepreneur.... I spoke prematurely when Joe initially supported the non-sheep but he later folded like everyone else who can't see anything wrong with Jay...

I wouldn't be shocked if Jack Dorsey and Jayz together buy an NFL team

I can't be the only gamer who thought Square Enix when reading the title.

My applauds to HOV!! Keep making those business moves!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

AS A BLACK MAN WHO HAS A UPCOMING BUSINESS MYSELF I DONT BELIEVE BLACK INDIVIDUALS SHOULD SELL THEIR COMPANY TO ......WELL U KNOW THEMMMM🤣🤣🤣 U DONT SEE APPLE ....TELSA...SONY BEING FOR SALE

This seems to be where the beef started or a least the beginning of the breaking point.

I knew they was gon dance around this shit😂😂😂

Are y’all really surprised that Jay-Z sold Tidal?

I'm subscribed to Tidal(have been for a grip now) and i'm on Tidal as an artist. This needed to happen, I can't get no royalties out of HOV so, thank you for selling.

Thought Mal was doing a Vlad interview

People make waaay to many comments about what a person should do with money they ain’t EVER touched...watch the move. Learn what to do. And apply it to add value to yourself...sheesh...too many teachers that ain’t never left the bleachers 🙄

Damn tidal worth half a patty Mahomes deal 😂😂😂 that’s insane.

Master P is really the only black owned guy🤷🏾‍♂️IFYKWIM

Ultraboost is what kept adidas relevant and attracted Kanye to bring his talents to adidas. Kayne is the reason why adidas is relevant in the hip hop community .

"It's parks" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Nobody gets hated on more than a wealthy black man. Economic power is freedom.

Jay using us as equity.. he start a company we support “black own” he then sell it but he don’t support everybody shit lik we do his . Never seen him in yeezys lol

Y’all thought they wasn’t gone slurp the Malcolm X of our generation? 🤣

Everyone on the podcast: “Hovengerrrrs!!!!!” Comments: “oh my gosh wow I can’t believe they are so biased”

And we bykkkeee! Heyy JBP Fam!!! Have a great week! ♥️🙏🏾

He sold half a controlling shares .. these things happen in business all the time . He still on all the boards still get a share of profits and someone else does all the hard work ..:

Everybody saying that Jay made a good move. Jack made a good move he now owns the One of the biggest Social media Apps, Money apps and now Music apps.

At 11:05 Joe starts starring into space! Virgos do this when they don't want to say what should be said! I do it all the time!😂😂 Either way, I would love to hear what Joe really feels!

“Every body knows jay ain’t shit... he always goes for the bag- Dame dash. He Brooklyn businessman. Y’all keep giving him passes. This is why I “roc” wid 50 cent. Jay a cool punk 4 real.

Jay bought back the shares he sold to sprint before he sold Tidal to Jack Dorsey. So JB is off on his assessment.

Mal, Adidas HAS BEEN RELEVANT & STILL IS RELEVANT around the world! It's looked at as a luxury brand in some countries for crying out loud. He's really got to stfu

Your not trolling if its true MAL

so y'all just gonna skip Jay's oakie doke especially when Joe is always preaching "black ownership"? Got it...

Jay z is one of the greatest business black man ever, but he only does moves that suite him, i mean good on him but people should stop making it out like he is the black jesus, the man only cares about himself.

Agreed with Joe. There’s dislike amongst every aspect of life you can think of and I feel it motivates more people than making them second guess their decisions. The balance is important

Jay-Z is about Jay-Z uplift not black upliftment as a whole But it's not surprising seeing people stan for him with the "since he made we all made it"/"why you hating on a black man doing well" excuses People fail to skim over how he did his OWN people with the Brooklyn Nets deal only to find out he he barely got a free parking spot with the amount of ownership stake he had

It’s a good deal for jay z but it’s bad for the artists that become shares holders

All these artists selling up their assets and shit. Lawsuits coming hard on alllllll these celebs this yr watch.

They don’t don’t sell there franchises to us. Period

Man bump those on the sideline haters … they never even downloaded it or used it so they can hang glide off a cliff...kudos to all the artist owners who got $8.9 million each from this!!!

Rent aint debt but cool if people use their good history to improve their fico.

Joe is a walking contradiction. Hopefully he can stop talking about spotify. I'm tired hearing his issues with them

Kanye being on the Board means he'd have to work well with others. He's a creator, not a businessman like Jay.

Jay is just trying to one-up Kanye with getting on the board lmao

Man! Reading these comments are hilarious 🤣.... as history shows entertainment is a wide net. You can say anything for shock value but actions speak volumes. The fact that we should believe a celebrity would lead us to a valley of truth is actually even more hilarious. I don’t want poor or poverty leadership. But I damn sure don’t want fame to rule a poverty struck community. It’s to easy to pimp! Y’all thinking is way off. If a man been about the bag, why we ever gonna think he gives a shit about the consumer outside the money YOU generate for him. Stop idolizing these idiots. I see jay as a hostile takeover businessman- foh with this venture capital shit. His hostile relationship is YOU just like the rest of them. Ya he sounds good on wax and sells you an idea manages to fix it like it’s culture based then sells you to the house. It’s casino. It ain’t just race baiting, it’s mob ties Sam rostien type shit. He think he running shit but he runs the look. But I would lie if I think I’d do anything different. Every race on the planet do it. The difference is blacks don’t have institutional opinions- meaning more able to buy with his complexion. People merge every day. The reason it’s so hard to take from us is.... u ready? 1.We look cool doing it while being hated for looking cool doing it. And 2. He (jigga man) needs to look cooler being the guy who can push the button making it appear like his perception is the influence over the culture. In other words he still selling crack. It’s a wholesale bust down. He hangs with puff for god sake. 😂 this why I love 50 cent no mogul shit and he goes at all these weirdos necks. ((((Still)))) with that said when’s the next jay album coming out 😆 😆 😂

2 billi is coming real soon. Hov is a giant!

I see so many negative comments. Be honest how many of you niggas had tidal like forreal... 👀

Yo Mal saying Kanye is the only reason ADIDAS is relevant is ridiculous man, do some research 😂😂

From the way I've seen Hov talk about it, it seems like he looks at TIDAL as something he tried to do and nobody rolled with him so yeah why not make 300million nobody uses the shit anyway. I mean I use TIDAL but I can share a TIDAL link n not one person will click it. Can't even get my own friends to switch to it. I just hope he doesnt get shutdown cause I cant fuck with spotify idk what I'd do.

Did Kanye give his artist's their masters back? LOL Put some energy towards that.

Rory dropping dimes

Ninja's with no money, no business always got shit to say. That is the Internet my friends.

A lot of jealousy and envy in these comments.

HOVENGERSSSSSSSS

Mal needs to learn what Troll means before he throws blanket statements around.

When searching for board members I'm not looking for someone who makes a trend hot. Board members have to govern the growth, management and revenue with a set of short, mid and long term goals. Kanye hasn't shown he is capable of that skill set.

Not going to celebrate a rich guy getting richer. Big deal.