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<b>Jay Z accused of &#8216;stiffing&#8217; artists</b><br />
<b><span style="color:#351c75;"><span style="font-size:large;"><i> A Queens drummer is taking on Jay Z, charging in a $3.5 million-plus class-action suit that the rap mogul’s new music-streaming service is stiffing him and other artists on royalties.</i></span></span> </b><br />
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John Emanuele, of the band American Dollar, gripes in the Manhattan federal suit that “when defendant Shawn [‘Jay Z’] Carter purchased the Tidal Music Services in 2015, it claimed it would be the first streaming service to pay the artists.”<br />
“Different owner, same game,” the suit snipes.</p>
<p>The Flushing man’s suit claims Tidal — whose partners include Beyoncé, Rihanna and Kanye West, — created its 25 million-song library by “dumping” the music from independent labels without paying royalties.<br />
Tidal refuted Emanuele’s claims, saying the company “is up to date on all royalties for the rights to the music .”</p>
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