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Jay-Z is 50 and his music is back on Spotify

Zach Brendza
Zach Brendza
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Jay-Z makes an announcement of the launch of Dream Chasers record label in a joint venture with Roc Nation at the Roc Nation headquarters in New York on July 23, 2019.

Jay-Z’s milestone birthday comes with some good news for his fans.

Today on the 50th birthday of Hov, the rapper’s music has returned to Spotify after being going for years.

According to Pitchfork, most of Jay-Z’s music was removed in April 2017 from the streaming service.

As far as a rationale, a Spotify rep told Pitchfork then “some of Jay-Z’s catalog has been removed at the request of the artist.”

Jay-Z owns Tidal, another music streaming service. His albums are and have been available on Tidal and Apple Music, while only returning to Spotify today on his birthday.

Zach Brendza is a Tribune-Review digital producer. You can contact Zach at 724-850-1288, zbrendza@triblive.com or via Twitter .

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