While testifying at the "Big Pimpin'" trial -- where he and producer Timbaland are accused of using an uncleared music sample by Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi -- Jay Z had to admit he'd completely forgotten about the existence of Tidal.
Jay Z's lawyer asked him to list what he does as a professional, to which the person who until that moment was presumably the one human to have strong feelings about Tidal responded:
"I make music, I'm a rapper, I?ve got a clothing line, I run a label, a media label called Roc Nation, with a sports agency, music publishing and management. Restaurants and nightclubs ... I think that about covers it."Then, Jay Z's lawyer asked,
"I?m not so sure. You have a music streaming service [Tidal], don?t you?"Jay Z had to backtrack and said,
"Yeah, yeah. Forgot about that."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jay-z-tidal-forgot_5620f093e4b06462a13b9828