


“I don’t need no middlemen to talk to my n-s / I understand if you don’t understand I figure my n-a / That’s where we differ / I take what’s mine you accept what they give you / I get you/ I don’t take no checks / I take my respect / Pharrell even told me “Go with the best bet” / Jimmy Iovine offered the safety net / Google came around with a crazy check / I feel like YouTube is the culp-a-rit /. He then situated his independent movement in the context of the killings of Freddie Gray, Mike Brown, and Trayvon Martin, insinuating a divide between his multi-billion dollar competitors and the issues people really care about.

During the freestyle, Hov mentioned how, in his efforts to bring TIDAL to fruition, he passed up offers from both Pharrell and Jimmy Iovine.
