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Snoop Dogg Admits He Downloaded a ‘Bootleg’ of Jay-Z’s New Album ‘4:44’ 

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Snoop Dogg performs at the 2017 BET Experience in Los Angeles, California.

Making a confession. Snoop Dogg has revealed that he listened to a pirated copy Jay-Z’s critically acclaimed new album, 4:44, because he didn’t have a subscription to streaming music service Tidal. 

“I want to shoot a shout – out to Jay-Z. Just dropped another motherf–king hot album, 4:44, But you know what? I don’t got Tidal, so (a friend) had to bootleg it to me. I’m on iTunes and s–t because I don’t understand that — y’all gotta explain that to me,” Snoop, 45, said in an Instagram video posted Saturday, July 1.

Snoop Dogg and Jay Z
Snoop Dogg and Jay Z during the NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Jersey Nets in 2002.

“I went to iTunes looking for his album and I couldn’t find it. But my homie sent it to me, you understand me?”

The rapper, 45, continued, “Shout-out to Jay-Z – he did it again. I ain’t no hater; I love the game for what it’s worth.”

@jayz ??????????444

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Snoops comments come after Jay-Z, 47, who is a part owner of the music steaming service Tidal, made headlines after he addressed rumors about cheating on wife Beyonce on his new LP. 

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On the album, which was released on Friday, June 30, the Roc Nation mogul raps, ‘You did what with who?’ / What good is a ménage à trois when you have a soulmate? / ‘You risked that for Blue?”

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It’s speculated that the cheating rumors may have led to the infamous fight between him and his sister-in-law, Solange, in the elevator of the Standard Hotel in 2014.

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“You egged Solange on, knowing all along all you had to say you was wrong / You almost went Eric Benet, let the baddest girl in the world get away,” Jay-Z wrote in a song titled “Kill JAY-Z.”

The Record Industry Association of America certified 4:44 as platinum on Wednesday, July 5. 

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