When he dropped his latest album The Life of Pablo earlier this year, Kanye West claimed that Tidal would be the only place fans could
get it, and now he’s in trouble for allegedly flip-flopping.
Music fan Justin Baker-Rhett filed a proposed $84 million class-action
lawsuit in US District Court on Monday (April 18) stating that West and Tidal
charged users $9.99 per month to get Pablo before making it available for free
on Apple Music and Spotify.
The suit states, "Mr. West's promise of exclusivity also had a grave impact
on consumer privacy," given that subscribers’ credit card information and
musical preferences were accessed by Tidal. "We fully support the right of
artists to express themselves freely and creatively, however creative freedom is
not a license to mislead the public. We believe that we will be able to prove to
a jury that Mr. West and Tidal tricked millions of people into subscribing to
their services and that they will ultimately be held accountable for what they
did."
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