Pop Music: Alicia Keys Rocks the Vote With Tidal

Oct. 21; tidal.com.

Streaming companies give the music community plenty to gripe about — namely, undercutting payouts to artists. Since launching in 2015, Tidal has positioned itself as a platform by and for musicians. Of course, performer-proprietors like Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Kanye West were the least vulnerable to the throes of the streaming economy. Even so, there’s ample evidence of Tidal’s ability to bring artists together for good.

Every year, the company stages a massive, all-star charity concert in Brooklyn, donating 100 percent of proceeds to causes, including natural disaster relief and criminal justice reform. This year’s event, on Monday at the Barclays Center, will benefit Rock the Vote, a nonprofit dedicated to energizing young voters. The genre-spanning lineup includes stars of R&B (Alicia Keys), hip-hop (G-Eazy, French Montana, Doja Cat), reggaeton (Farruko) and folk-pop (Dermot Kennedy). OLIVIA HORN