The blogger praised Jay as a businessman, but disagreed with the way Hov would have bought black consumers before selling the companies to white people. Every time Jay-Z makes a business move, the rap mogul’s intentions are called into question. It happened when he announced he was going to buy Tidal, it happened when he announced his partnership with the NFL, and new conversations took place now, when it was shared that Jay and Jack Dorsey had a monumental deal for Square, Inc. to acquire the majority stake in Tidal – a handshake that would have made Jay-Z richer by nearly $ 300 million. However, Akademiks has a choice with Jay-Z, as the blogger calls him because he would have played both sides of the field. After praising Jay as a “great businessman”, Akademiks had some criticism of tycoon Roc Nation. “Jay-Z bought a company, he said it’s for black creators. He said people shouldn’t support Apple and Spotify because they’re owned by whites and he wanted to have something for culture, for artists, by artists, and he wanted to keep it in Black’s ownership and he wanted to do it. He did a lot of B-Side concerts and didn’t talk about Black’s excellence, Black Power, you should support him because he owned a Black business even though I found out later, when they went to Sweden at Tidal’s headquarters, almost none of the employees or people in Tidal’s top management were black. “ Akademiks mentioned that Jay has entered into a Tidal deal with Sprint, where it appears to have moved away from hundreds of millions, and now the rest of his shares now belong to Square. “The black-owned tidal is now owned by Jack Dorsey, the white man.” He accused Jay-Z of being a “bait and switch” businessman, adding, “That’s the only thing I don’t like about the way he does things.” “He doesn’t do it for black people, he does it for his own selfish means,” Akademiks said. Scroll down to see more of Akademiks analyzing Jay-Z’s movements and let us know if you agree or disagree with his agreement.
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