Daily Mail: Criticize Tidal at your own peril. Founding father Jay Z launched into a blistering counter attack of those who dare to speak against his new streaming service. The 45-year-old was performing at a private show at Terminal 5 in New York for Tidal subscribers when he unleashed a verbal tirade. He claimed he was being depicted as the “bad guy” because he’s going against the grain, before turning on Google and YouTube for underpaying artists, claiming they “pay you a tenth of what you supposed to get.”