{"id":758315,"date":"2019-12-04T19:18:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/jay-z-celebrates-50th-birthday-returns-to-spotify\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T19:18:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:18:18","slug":"jay-z-celebrates-50th-birthday-returns-to-spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/jay-z-celebrates-50th-birthday-returns-to-spotify\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z celebrates 50th birthday; returns to Spotify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"513\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image-61-696x513.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"image-61\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay Z <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jay-Z\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a050th birthday, and Hov is handing out the presents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To mark his big day, the hip-hop megastar\u2019s catalog returns to Spotify, ending a\u00a0years-long stalemate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In April 2017, Jay pulled most of his discography from the service without explaining why. <\/p>\n<p>One theory cast out at the time was that the streaming service\u2019s freemium tier paid less than subscriber-only services\u2014which may have been what spurred him to establish\u00a0his own music streaming service with Tidal two years earlier.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jay-Z-Copyright-Jeff-Kravitz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1669526\"  \/><figcaption>Jay-Z \/ Copyright:: Jeff Kravitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS:  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Or, maybe, it was his way to seduce fans to sign up to Tidal ahead of the release of\u00a0<em>4:44<\/em>. Or a\u00a0combination of both.READ MOREJay-Z\u2019s Roc Nation Gets Iconix Brand Group Lawsuit Dismissed<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u00a0<em>4:44<\/em>\u00a0is available to stream on Spotify. As is\u00a0<em>Watch the Throne, The Black Album, American Gangster<\/em>\u00a0and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spotify shared news of the breakthrough with a social media post, though Mr Carter\u2019s team has yet to make an announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"\/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Z It\u2019s\u00a0Jay-Z\u2019s\u00a050th birthday, and Hov is handing out the presents.\u00a0 To mark his big day, the hip-hop megastar\u2019s catalog returns to Spotify, ending a\u00a0years-long stalemate.\u00a0 In April 2017, Jay pulled most of his discography from the service without explaining why. 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