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Dame Dash Explains His Dental Grill Mishap During 50 Cent Rant

September 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Dame Dash had a hilarious viral moment recently that came about during his latest rant against 50 Cent. For those unaware, he was ranting on Instagram Live against the G-Unit mogul’s disparaging comments about him on Million Dollaz Worth Of Game with Gillie and Wallo. While Dash spoke about wanting to see if Fif was “the real deal,” his grills and dental implants came out of his mouth, which 50 was obviously very quick to clown. But it turns out that this won’t be a sore spot in their spat: just a funny moment. Furthermore, the Roc-A-Fella affiliate took to social media once again to explain what happened in this viral clip.

“Yo, obviously I feel like I need to address the teeth,” Dame Dash began his message on social media with a laugh. “First of all, s**ts is not dentures. These are my grills, right? And what happened was, I have to go get implants put in, so I have implants. And I got them 20 years ago, and every 20 years, you got to switch them out. So I have to do a surgery – pause – oral and the f***ed up s**t is, once they do it…”

Dame Dash Talks About His Grills & Dental Implants

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At this point in the clip below, the footage starts to cut out presumably due to poor connection on the music executive’s end. Eventually, things got back in order. “I’ma show y’all, look.” Then, Dame Dash removed the top part of his implant-supported dentures to show fans how they normally come off. “So that’s what happened, the fronts. But, you know, I thought it was hilarious. I ain’t try to edit it, I think it’s good for jokes and s**t. But yeah, they’re not dentures, and I think it’s hilarious.”

Meanwhile, Dame Dash still has a lot of other issues to deal with if he wants 50 Cent to stop clowning his financial status. These include a lot of tax and child support debt, something that impacted his Roc auction. We’ll see what else develops in this saga, and whether or not there will be other hilarious moments that both parties can laugh at together. It might be at the expense of the other, but if it’s all in good fun, maybe that can lead them to a peace arrangement.

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Dame Dash Will Reportedly Have Roc-A-Fella Shares Auctioned Off After Sale Attempts

August 1, 2024 by newhiphopnews

It looks like Dame Dash will finally fulfill his years-long mission to sell off his shares in Roc-A-Fella… but not on his own terms. Moreover, TMZ Hip Hop reports that the U.S. Marshall will publicly auction off his 33.3% interest in the company he co-founded with Jay-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke at an August 29 Manhattan event, according to supposed legal documents reportedly obtained by the publication. Apparently, hopefuls will have to email attorney Christopher Brown in order to register to appear at the auction. Brown represents Josh Webber, a film director who won an $800K-plus civil judgement against the music executive two years ago over copyright infringement and defamation.

Along with Muddy Waters Pictures, Webber produced the film Dear Frank and sued Dame Dash for allegedly falsely claiming to folks that he owned the rights to the film even after the project dropped him. According to TMZ, the court documents specify that this auction for the Roc-A-Fella shares is to cover this judgement, and that Hov’s Reasonable Doubt is the Roc’s biggest asset. The minimum bid for Dash’s shares must be at least $1.2 million at the auction. We’ll see who ends up with this historically contentious and now infamous stake.

Dame Dash’s Roc-A-Fella Shares Will Be Up For Auction

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Furthermore, this comes after Dame Dash tried to sell his Roc-A-Fella shares, including Reasonable Doubt, on multiple occasions, none of which had proved successful. However, Lupe Fiasco had an interesting proposal regarding this, as he asked Drake to buy Dame’s shares.

“@champagnepapi will keep it safe for generations to come,” the Chicago MC expressed on social meida. “This is grail and influenced an innumerable amount of rappers to see it peddle such a lack of grace genuinely hurts my feelings a little bit. But also on savages s**t f**k it…either donate it to a museums for safekeeping or seriously let Drake make an offer so he can put in where it needs to be. Or just keep the s**t OG you should be infinitely proud of this. Without it there is no me as I am and I’m sure other MC’s will agree.” We’ll se whether Aubrey Graham will hit up the Big Apple on August 29.

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Dame Dash Might Actually Be Selling His Share Of Jay-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt”

July 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Dame Dash has apparently been trying to get out of Roc-A-Fella for a while now, most recently reaching out to Kendrick Lamar with an offer to sell his one-third share in the company to him. But his most recent Instagram post has some fans scratching their heads, as he included the cover art for Jay-Z’s album Reasonable Doubt and the following caption: “This s**t is for sale 1/3 … only real inquiries only.” Moreover, it’s unclear if Dame wants to sell his partial ownership of the rights to the 1996 album or is talking about his one-third stake in Roc-A-Fella as a whole. Probably both, but history tells us that this could be a complicated process.

Furthermore, as we alluded to before, this is far from the first time that Dame Dash has tried to sell off his role in the Roc and move on. But when he tried to sell his share of Reasonable Doubt, the record company and Jay-Z himself were quick to respond with their best efforts to prevent this from happening. From the looks of it, they resolved the issue and agreed that Dame can eventually sell his shares in Roc-A-Fella, but not anything related to an album, since the actual ownership behind it is much more complicated. The crux of the Roc’s legal team was this: Dame can’t sell something he doesn’t own, and it held up.

Dame Dash Tries To Sell His Part Of The Roc Yet Again

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Elsewhere, this comes amid Dame Dash, multiple other reflections on the Roc-A-Fella days and how he looks back at that era today. “In that moment, Roc-A-Fella was in trouble and if that ‘Big Pimpin” didn’t work, I was gon’ start rapping,” he told the Moguls In The Making podcast. “[I don’t got bars, but] I would have just did it for the company.” “Everything Jay said, he was pretending to be me,” Dame added about the smash hit.

Meanwhile, Dame Dash also recently commented on the horrifying nature of the Diddy situation. “If that were something I see happened to my daughters, Puff… he’s dead,” he remarked to Choppin It Up concerning the Cassie video. “I’d go do the time or I’d try to figure out how not to have to go do the time. I don’t think I could handle watching any many touching or doing any kind of violence to my daughters.”

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Kendrick Lamar Receives Offer From Dame Dash About His Stake In Roc-A-Fella Records

June 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kendrick Lamar has long been a massive fan of both Nas and Jay-Z, and one of his hot takes on the once-upon-a-time rivalry might get him closer to a new business venture. Moreover, Dame Dash recently discovered one of his old tweets from 2010 about Hov’s Reasonable Doubt being better than Esco’s Illmatic, and had an idea for K.Dot. “@kendricklamar my 3rd is for sale if you want to buy it. Any serious offers DM,” he captioned a screenshot of the tweet on Instagram uploaded Thursday (June 6). While Kendrick has yet to publicly respond, it would be interesting if this full-circle moment actually ends up happening.

Of course, Roc-A-Fella Records is not what it was in the early 2000s anymore, but it’s connected to Jay-Z’s wider business empire, so there’s got to be something good out of it. Regardless, we know that Kendrick Lamar is keeping busy these days and has plenty of opportunities to coincide a big announcement with. For example, he will perform at The Forum in Los Angeles for a special Juneteenth show with friends, which folks can’t wait to witness. After all, the Drake beef alone is enough to entice potential concert-goers in the city, not to mention the rest of this legendary catalog.

Dame Dash’s Offer To Kendrick Lamar

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Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar will have to contend with a lot of bad business blood if he considers buying into Roc-A-Fella Records, which Dame Dash owns a third of through his stake in the company as a co-founder. Amid Dame’s other legal issues that almost saw him sell his shares through a court order over an unfulfilled lawsuit settlement, the Roc intervened. Jay-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke, the other two co-founders, blocked Dash from selling his shares due to the board of directors having to sign off on that decision first. The music executive also previously teased selling his shares to Cam’ron and Mase.

“In 2021, I was trying to sell my shares at public auction,” Dame Dash explained regarding the business backstory. “Jay and Biggs sued me, or had Roc-A-Fella Inc. sue me, and say I was trying to sell all the shares. I’m the CEO of Roc-A-Fella. What Jay did was pretend to be the CEO of Roc-A-Fella. He hired his lawyers on Roc-A-Fella Inc.’s behalf and sued me. Jay’s lawyers were being paid by me and the money generated from Roc-A-Fella Inc.”

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Damon Dash Opens Up About Roc-A-Fella Shares Sale Drama

March 11, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Over the weekend, the hip-hop world buzzed with news of a potential shift in ownership at Roc-A-Fella Records as two prominent New York rappers reportedly vied for Damon Dash’s shares in the iconic label. This development comes after Dash was compelled to sell his interests in the company to satisfy legal judgments against him.

The drama unfolded publicly when Dash took to social media to air his grievances, shedding light on the behind-the-scenes turmoil surrounding the attempted sale of his Roc-A-Fella shares. In a candid discussion, Dash called out his former Roc-A-Fella partners Kareem ‘Biggs’ Burke and Jay Z, accusing them of thwarting his efforts to sell his stake in the company three years ago.

According to Dash, he encountered resistance from Biggs and Jay Z when he attempted to unload his stock in 2021. Dash alleges that his former partners misrepresented themselves as the CEOs of Roc-A-Fella Records and manipulated the company bylaws to prevent the sale from proceeding.

The revelation of these internal conflicts sheds new light on the intricate dynamics within Roc-A-Fella Records, a label that played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of hip-hop. As the story continues to unfold, fans and industry insiders alike are left pondering the implications of this latest development on the future direction of one of hip-hop’s most storied institutions.

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Dame Dash explains why he prefers to sell his shares in Roc-A-Fella Inc. to Cam’ron and Mase, and says it would be fun to see Cam’ron and Mase run Roc-A-Fella Inc.

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— The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) March 10, 2024

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Jay-Z Protects Dame Dash From Having To Sell His Roc-A-Fella Shares

February 23, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Despite all that Jay-Z and Dame Dash have allegedly went through in the fallout of Roc-A-Fella, it looks like there’s still enough there for them to defend each other. For those unaware, according to legal documents reportedly obtained by AllHipHop, the latter might have to give up his shares in the Roc to pay off a debt to film producer Josh Webber and Muddy Waters Pictures. They sued the music executive in 2022, and to collect their $832,000 judgement, they want to go after his stake in the record company. But Hov and the label’s third co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke stepped in to prevent these shares from selling out.

Before getting into that, it’s important to bring things back to 2016, when Dame Dash was fired as the director of Webber’s crime thriller flick, Dear Frank. He was allegedly unfit for the directorial role, being verbally abusive to staff and showing up to set high. The 52-year-old thought Webber tried “to take credit for a Black man’s work” and attempted to sell his original directorial vision of the film independently under another title, The List. Webber and Muddy Waters Pictures sued for copyright infringement and defamation, and received a 2022 judgement, but Dash still hasn’t complied with this order at press time.

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Now, Jay-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke objected to this judgement’s collection, and argued that Roc-A-Fella’s bylaws call for the full board to approve of any significant sell-offs like this. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger criticized that this decision finalized at a 2021 board meeting in which Dame Dash was not present and didn’t vote for it. Regardless, the court ordered the Roc to make his stock certification available to the U.S. Marshal’s Service within 180 days.

“The question at the core of the instant dispute is whether the Roc-A-Fella By Laws’ prohibition on transfer and sale of Dash’s one-third ownership interest in shares of RAF without the consent of RAF’s board of directors legally prevents the sale of Dash’s interest in RAF to satisfy the Judgment,” Leherburger questioned. “The answer indisputably is no.” Hov and Burke still has equal opportunity to buy the shares, and Webber’s last attempt to collect the judgement was on Februrary 13. Meanwhile, for more news and the latest updates on Dame Dash and Jay-Z, stick around on HNHH.

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Damon Dash Reveals His Thoughts on Jay-Z/R.Kelly Collaborations: ‘Knowing That He’d Raped My Girl”

July 21, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Damon Dash recently called out his former friend and business partner for collaborating with R. Kelly on the pair’s 2002 joint album The Best of Both Worlds and its 2004 sequel Unfinished Business.

During an appearance on the That’s Fucked Up podcast, the Roc-A-Fella co-founder spoke on Jay’s relationship with Kelly, who in 1994 married then 15-year-old Aaliyah when he was 27 years old.

According to Dame, who started dating Aaliyah a year or so before the R&B singer passed away in 2001, Hov’s decision to collaborate with R. Kelly always bothered him.

56-year-old Kelly was recently sentenced to an additional 20 years in prison on child pornography and enticement charges. 19 of those years can be served concurrently with the 30-year prison sentence Kelly received last year on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.

“I just couldn’t believe he did a project with R. Kelly knowing that he’d raped my girl,” Dash shared. “I was like, ‘Just don’t put my name on that, I don’t want no money from that. If it is, put it to Aaliyah foundation.’”

“Like, they did this shit twice,” Dame added, referring to Jay and Kelly’s sequel project.

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“That was the big deal, like who could get with Aaliyah” -Dame Dash talks about how he and Jay-Z were lightweight competing for Aaliyah, and looking at Hov differently after the album with R.Kelly

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E.W. Brooks Scores Victory Over Damon Dash and Poppington As ‘Mafietta Photo Case’ Is Dismissed

June 17, 2022 by newhiphopnews

United States Federal Judge, the Honorable Jed Rakoff has dismissed the revenge lawsuit filed by Damon Dash’s girlfriend, Raquel Horn and Dash’s company, Poppingtion LLC. Dash and Horn were pursuing copyright infringement against author E.W. Brooks in the Southern District of New York.

After the victory Brooks stated, ““The frivolous attempt of Dash’s company and Ms. Horn’s to hold Ms. Brooks liable for copyright infringement has been summarily rejected” said Christopher Brown of Brown & Rosen LLC. “To sue Ms. Brooks for using her own Mafietta movie imagery as her Mafietta book cover, was rather foolish.”

Dash is also accused of trying to edge Brooks out of her own project by doing what he wants with “Mafietta” without her input. The film is available for viewing on DameDashStudios.com without any credit to Brooks, and she says he didn’t get her permission to put the film on the site. He’s also cut off all communication with her, including blocking her on social media.

“Despite the actions of Damon Dash, I am proud to announce that “Mafietta 2” will be filming in Atlanta, Ga from June 28-July 6, 2022. Claudia Jordan (Cocktails with Queens/Fox Soul, star of the film “Dear Frank”) and Willie Taylor of Day 26 (and the “Chocolate City” movie franchise) will star in “Mafietta 2” and play the lead roles. I will continue to make my dreams come.”

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