Yes, you read the headline right! But we are not the one to judge. Virtually every hip-hop fan wanted to hear the most talked about album in recent times. And when Snoop finds that the only snag to having access to the album was a Tidal subscription, he turned to bootlegging a copy. Below is his admission in the YouTube video.
“Top of the morning,” Snoop says in the video. “I want to shoot a shout out to JAY-Z just dropped another muthafuckin’ hot album, 4:44…4:44. But you know what? I don’t got Tidal, so a n__ had to bootleg it to me. I’m on iTunes and sh__ cuz, I don’t understand that—y’all gotta explain that to me. I went to iTunes looking for his album and I couldn’t find it. But my homie sent it to me, you understand me. But um, shout out to JAY-Z, my n__. He did it again. See, I ain’t no hater, I love the game for what it’s worth—the young n__s and the old n__s. Practice that. Practice showing love. Practice supporting other muthafuckas other than yourself. Yeah, do that.”
Snoop might not have copped Hovi’s project, but at least he was honest about it—he also offered a dope shout out. It’s something.
Meanwhile, 4:44 Tidal exclusivity is ending Friday (7 July) as the album will then be available for downloads on iTunes and Apple Music – Good news for Snoop and other Apple enthusiasts.
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