Watch out Jay-Z (and Tidal), Apple's about to release its own music streaming service. Apple Music is set to rival Spotify, Pandora and Tidal in the music streaming industry.
Drake showered Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference with his presence to talk about Apple Music. Apple actually paid Drake millions of dollars to speak up and pitch for the tech giant's new product.
The rapper shared his insights on the importance of both music artists and listeners to have one space to satisfy their musical needs. "Focus on your body of work. Instead of having to post your stuff on these different and sometimes confusing places, it's all in one place: Connect," said Drake.
He tried his best to hype up the new product saying, "This is something that simplifies everything for the modern musician like myself, and the modern consumer like you."
Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the San Francisco conference, "We're announcing Apple Music. The next chapter in music and I know you are going to love it. It will change the way that you experience music forever."
Jimmy Iovine, Beats co-founder, introduced Apple Music at the WWDC. "2015, music industry is a fragmented mess. Do you want to stream music? You can go over here. If you wanna stream video, you can check some of these places out. If you wanna follow some artists, there's more confusions with that."
He then continued, "So I reached out to Tim Cook and Eddy Cure and said: 'Guys, can we build a bigger and better ecosystem with the elegance and simplicity that only Apple can do?'"
Jimmy also added, "All the ways you love music, all in one place, and that place is in almost a billion hands all around the world already: one single app on your iPhone."
Apple Music was developed by the same team behind Beats Music. Apple acquired the company through its $3 billion purchase of Beats Electronics, a tech company, last year.
Apple Music will be accessible beginning June 30 for only $9.99 per month in100 countries.
Watch some clips from the conference below.
