What Went Wrong? A Timeline of Kanye West and JAY-Z's Drama

June 21, 2017: Suspicious Timing

News broke that Kim and Kanye hired a surrogate to carry their third child just a week after Beyoncé and JAY-Z welcomed their twin babies. Naturally, fans weren't too pleased with the timing of the news given the fact that the twins were still in the hospital being treated for jaundice and the internet was still reeling over their birth.

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June 30, 2017: JAY-Z Fires Back

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In addition to dropping some major revelations on his 13th studio album, 4:44, JAY finally clapped back at Kanye in not one but three tracks. On the album's first track, "Kill Jay Z," JAY calls Kanye "insane," saying, "I know people backstab you, I feel bad too / But this 'f*ck everybody' attitude ain't natural / But you ain't the same, this ain't KumbaYe / But you got hurt because you did cool by 'Ye / You gave him 20 million without blinkin' / He gave you 20 minutes on stage, f*ck was he thinkin'? / 'F*ck wrong with everybody?' is what you sayin' / But if everybody's crazy, you're the one that's insane." He also referenced Kanye in "Caught Their Eyes" and "Bam."

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July 2, 2017: Kanye Exits the Tidal Family

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Kanye left the company, which JAY acquired and relaunched in 2015, over a money dispute and Tidal threatened to sue him. Kanye believes the music streaming service owes him "more than $3 million" in fees and his lawyers sent Tidal a letter declaring the contract was terminated after a failed negotiation between both parties. TMZ also reported that Tidal sent Kanye a letter stating that he is still under an exclusive contract with the streaming service and will be sued if he takes his music elsewhere. According to the report, Tidal is arguing that Kanye failed to produce the contracted music videos, so therefore he is not eligible to a payout.

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