Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ Is Now On Apple And Amazon, Revealing A Lucrative Tidal-Sprint Bluff

Fast Lane: Jay-Z’s 4:44, now certified platinum, is also available on Apple and Amazon in addition to his Tidal service. (Photo credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

In his younger days, one of Jay-Z’s favorite pastimes was playing cards–more specifically, a poker variant called Guts–as hip-hop legend Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite recalled after spending some time with the rapper in the early 2000s.

“There’s a connection between that and business,” Fab told me in an interview for my Jay...