TV Article Jay Z dings Spotify, YouTube in blistering freestyle at Tidal show By Christopher Rosen Christopher Rosen Christopher Rosen is the former executive editor at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2018. EW's editorial guidelines Published on May 17, 2015 03:57PM EDT Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Jay Z performed the first of two special B-sides concerts for Tidal fans on Saturday night in New York, and took shots at the streaming service’s competition during a particularly strong freestyle. You know I came in this game independent right?Tidal, my own label, same differenceOh, n—as is skeptical when it’s their own sh-tYou bought nine iPhones and Steve Jobs is richPhil Knight is worth millions, you still bought them kicksSpotify is nine million, they ain’t say sh-tLucy you got some splainin’ to doThe only one they hatin’ on looks the same as youThat’s cool, I know they tryin’ to bamboozle youSpendin’ millions on me to tryin’ to confuse youI had to talk to myself, Hov you should be used to itIt’s politics as usual The freestyle, which can be seen in the video below, also included references to YouTube and the deaths of Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. Tidal has been criticized since its highly publicized launch back in March. Last month, Jay Z responded to the many complaints about the service in a series of tweets he hashtagged #TidalFacts.