How Lil Wayne And Jay-Z Went From Enemies To Allies

Publish date: 2024-06-03

By the time 2015 rolled around, the beef between Jay-Z and Lil Wayne included a bevy of disses, a back-and-forth about finances, and a kidnapping threat. So what was next? A chest-bumping face-to-face argument at a celebrity event? Or perhaps a wrestling match on the Grammys red carpet. None of those things happened, though, and the rappers began working together on Jay's then-newly released streaming service, Tidal.

Per Rolling Stone, Wayne became a co-owner of the platform with people like Jack White, Kanye West, and others. Some might remember a bunch of famous artists getting together for the 2015 launch event, where Alicia Keys quoted German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and got ridiculed by the press for it. Plus, besides being a co-owner, Wayne dropped a song exclusively for Tidal subscribers called "Glory." 

So did the partnership mean that Jay and Wayne's days of bickering were done? One could say it sure looked that way, and even more, the men started showing signs that they were actually becoming friends.

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