Jay-Z Releases All of His Albums on Spotify. Jay-Z will celebrate his 50th birthday with a return to the music streaming platform. The rapper's music catalog has been off Spotify for the past two years. Spotify celebrated Jay-Z's return with a message at 12:00 A.M. on Dec. 4. Happy birthday, Hov Welcome back to Spotify , Spotify, via Twitter. Jay-Z owns Tidal, one of Spotify's competitors, and there has been no official message on the reason for his return. It is not yet known how long Jay-Z's albums will be available to stream on Spotify