Fan sue Kanye West & TIDAL Over ‘The Life Of Pablo’ album

When Kanye West announced his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo, he stated that it would only be available on TIDAL. After the original released on February 14th, he re-released it on April 1st on the other major streaming platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify.

One disgruntled TIDAL subscriber, Justin Baker-Rhett, has sued West for taking Pablo to the other streaming platforms. Baker-Rhett filed a lawsuit at the in U.S. District Court in San Francisco claiming that West West “fraudulently promised fans” that the album would exclusively remain on TIDAL.


According to Bloomberg:

“Millions of people flocked to Tidal in February because of West’s new album and the rapper’s promise of exclusivity, giving the struggling site a boost and also a trove of user information, the lawsuit states. Baker-Rhett is asking a judge to order Tidal to delete information collected on users who signed up for West’s album.

“Mr. West’s promise of exclusivity also had a grave impact on consumer privacy,” the lawsuit states, noting that users’ credit card information, music preferences and other personal information have been collected.

“The lawsuit contends the value of new subscribers and their personal information could be as much as $84 million for 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,” Baker-Rhett’s attorney Jay Edelson wrote in a statement. “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.”