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Dame Dash Is Seemingly Looking To Sell His Interest In Jay-Z’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Album (Yet Again)

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Jay-Z isn’t a businessman, he’s a business man. Sadly, his former professional partner Dame Dash appears to still have a vested interest in the “Public Service Announcement” rapper’s musical dealings.

Over on Instagram, Dame seemingly announced his plans to sell his interest in Jay-Z’s debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt. With the wave of artists selling off the rights to their catalogs, this shouldn’t be a big deal. However, in this instance, it is major considering the pair were once tied up in a legal battle over it.

“This shit is for sale 1/3,” he wrote. “Only real inquiries only.”

Users on the platform immediately flooded Dame’s comment section with mixed reactions to the post.

“As much as I like Dame and a lot of what he stands for, I can understand why Jay cut ties,” wrote one user.

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“‘This sh*t is diabolical. Crazy how y’all were once looked up to in hip-hop to ‘this sh*t,’” penned another addressing Dame’s reference to the revered album.

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“Not ‘this sh*t.’ Smh. Sounding bitter my boy,” chimed another.

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“I love u Dame but this corny, respectfully,” added another.

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“Hate it had to come to this. Wish you and Jay could talk it out like grown men. Smh I’m just a disappointed fan at this point,” remarked one user.

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“It was all good just a week ago,” penned another referencing Jay-Z lyrics.

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One user even offered a suggestion on who Dame should sell his interest to. “Sell it to Ye. Keep it in the family,” wrote the user.

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In 2022, Dame Dash and Jay-Z reportedly reached a settlement that barred Dame, Jay, and Kareem “Biggs” Burke from selling the project. Could things have changed?

Lupe Fiasco Urges Drake To Buy Dame Dash’s Share Of JAY-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt”

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Lupe Fiasco wants Drake to step up and buy Dame Dash’s one-third share of JAY-Z’s iconic album, Reasonable Doubt. The veteran music executive announced that the share is for sale and asked for inquiries on Instagram on Saturday. In the comments section of the post, Fiasco popped up to suggest that the Toronto rapper step up to protect the legendary project.

“@champagnepapi will keep it safe for generations to come,” Lupe wrote. “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 sh*t f*ck 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.”

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Drake & JAY-Z Perform Together In NYC

NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: (Exclusive Coverage) Jay-Z and Drake perform at Yankee. Stadium on September 13, 2010 in New York, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Dame Dash was previously reportedly ordered to sell his one-third share of Roc-a-Fella Records to cover a judgment regarding a lawsuit he lost to film producer Josh Webber. In his latest Instagram post, Dame shared the cover work for the 1996 album and added in the caption: “This s**t is for sale 1/3 … only real inquiries only.” Check out the post on Instagram below.

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Before Fiasco suggested Drake take one-third of Reasonable Doubt, Dame reached out to Kendrick Lamar with an offer of his own. In the past, Cam’ron and Mase have also considered taking Dame up on the purchase. Be on the lookout for further updates on Lupe Fiasco, Drake, and Dame Dash on HotNewHipHop.

Read More: Dame Dash Was Confident Jay-Z And Nas Beef Would Never Get Violent

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

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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.

Read More: Dame Dash Was Confident Jay-Z And Nas Beef Would Never Get Violent

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

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.”

Read More: Dame Dash Claims Diddy & Biggie Bit Off Him & Jay-Z’s Dynamic

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‘Reasonable Doubt’ Season 2 Releases First Look Images With August Premiere Set at Hulu

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‘Reasonable Doubt’ Season 2 Releases First Look Images With August Premiere Set at Hulu

Hulu’s hit series Reasonable Doubt is heading back to the streamer. The series dropped first-look images for Season 2 with an August return to Hulu from producers Onyx Collective.

The second season will include returning cast members Emayatzy Corinealdi as Jax Stewart, McKinley Freeman as Lewis Stewart, Tim Jo as Daniel, Angela Grovey as Krystal, Thaddeus J. Mixson as Spenser, and Aderinsola Olabode as Naima. Veteran actor Morris Chestnut will add to the cast as Corey Cash.

Here’s the official synopsis for the new season:

After trying to heal from her wounds from last season’s arduous trial and deadly affair, Jax Stewart is attempting to get her life back on track. That is until one of her closest friends reveals that she has killed her husband. Her friend is claiming self-defense, but an uncompromising prosecutor thinks otherwise. Needing all the help she can get, Jax brings in an ambitious defense attorney to lead the case, but things get tense very quickly. Can Jax defend her friend, save her marriage and protect her energy while being catapulted into the biggest case of her career? Or will she lose it all?

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Busta Rhymes & Coi Leray Sample Jay-Z In Trailer For New Collab

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While album sales might suggest that Coi Leray doesn’t have staying power in the music industry, it’s clear that she’s won over some major legends in the game. It wasn’t too long ago that Busta Rhymes hopped on the remix of “Players” and later, invited her on stage to perform the record together. Evidently, the two share a strong creative chemistry that they seem to be building off of, especially now that they’ve announced that they have a new collaboration on the way.

On Monday, Busta Rhymes and Coi Leray unveiled a preview for the music video for their upcoing single titled, “Luxury Life,” directed by Benny Boom. Pulling inspiration from both Jay-Z and Quentin Tarantino, Coi and Busta are clearly aiming to bring a cinematic experience to fans this Friday. The video finds Busta and Coi recreating the iconic diner scene from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Meanwhile, the song itself samples Jay-Z and Foxy Brown’s ”Ain’t No…” which originally takes from The Whole Darn Family’s “Seven Minutes of Funk.”

Read More: 2 Chainz, Offset, Coi Leray, And More Join DJ Khaled To Open Beyonce’s First “RENAISSANCE” LA Show

Busta Rhymes & Coi Leray Got Heat Dropping On Friday

In the caption, Busta Rhymes hyped up their collaboration. “YEEEESSSSSS THE HEAT ONLY GROWS MORE INTENSE NOW!!!!” Busta wrote. “NEW MOVIE!! NEW BANGER!! MORE ENERGY!!! BRAND NEW [dragon emoji] FT. @COILERAY #LUXURYLIFE DROPPIN’ 9.8.23 PROD. BY @THEREALSWIZZZ & THE [dragon emoji] DIRECTED BY @BENNYBOOM!” Along with the release of “BEACH BALL” with BIA earlier this summer, it’s clear that Busta Rhymes appreciates the number of women emerging onto the scene these days. For all we know, it could be the sign that he has a new project on the way. 

This could be a turning point in Coi Leray’s career, especially after the amount of backlash and criticism she faced following the release of Coi earlier this year. The snippet shows the two artists going back-and-forth, seemingly detailing how they’d go about committing a robbery together. It looks like we’ll se ehow this record pans out on September 8th. Check out the snippet above and sound off with your thoughts in the comments below. 

Read More: Coi Leray Drops Her New EP “Blue Moon”

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Jay-Z Settles “Reasonable Doubt” Lawsuit With Photographer

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Jay-Z’s found himself in some major lawsuits in recent times. Last year, he and Barcardi became involved in a highly contentious legal battle. Later on, he made headlines due to his high-profile legal battle with Parlux. However, he’s also had to deal with a courtroom spat with Jonathan Mannion, the legendary photographer behind some of Jay’s most iconic album artworks.

Hov sued Mannion for using his image, name and likeness without permission. The rapper claimed that Mannion and his company Jonathan Mannion Photography LLC sold prints of Jay for thousands of dollars on his website. However, Jay’s attorneys approached him in an attempt to stop the sales, Mannion demanded millions of dollars.

Jay-Z at Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs’ birthday party, New York, November 4, 1998. (Photo by Steve Eichner/Getty Images)

According to All Hip Hop, the two reached an agreement ahead of the March trial date. In court documents, the two parties said are working “diligently” to finalize the agreement. Now, they’ll have until Feb. 17th to submit it to court. 

“Parties have engaged in settlement discussions and agreed in principle on the terms of the settlement, which includes a stipulated dismissal of this action, subject to execution of a long-form settlement agreement,” the document reads.

NEW YORK, NY – CIRCA 1998: American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, and media proprietor Jay-Z, poses for a portrait during a Def Jam Island Records party circa 1998 in New York, New York. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images)

In the initial complaint, Jay said that Mannion acted as if he could sell photos of Jay-Z freely. “It is ironic that a photographer would treat the image of a formerly-unknown Black teenager, now wildly successful, as a piece of property to be squeezed for every dollar it can produce. It stops today,” the court doc read. However, Mannion later responded with on a more positive note.

At this point, there aren’t any specifics surrounding the settlements. However, we’ll keep you posted on anymore updates surrounding the case.

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Dame Dash And Jay-Z Settle Their ‘Reasonable Doubt’ NFT Dispute

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There is once again peace between the members of the Roc-A-Fella Records dynasty, as Dame Dash and Jay-Z finally settle their dispute over Dash’s plans for an NFT supposedly based on Jay’s debut album, Reasonable Doubt. According to TMZ, both parties have elected to settle out of court, with Dame agreeing that only Roc-A-Fella has the rights to sell any future NFTs based on Reasonable Doubt, which means none of the individual shareholders — Dame, Jay, and Kareem “Biggs” Burke — can sell the album. Dame can, however, sell his stake in the company at any time.

The dispute kicked off a year ago this week when Dame offered a Reasonable Doubt NFT via online auction, prompting Jay (via Roc-A-Fella) to sue to stop the sale. Dame later clarified that his plan was to sell his third of Roc-A-Fella after Jay tried to buy it a few months before for a lower price than Dame wanted. In Dame’s words, “Under the terms of the deal with a potential buyer, the buyer would buy my share of Roc a Fella Records, and Jay-Z will have exclusive administration rights.”

After a judge blocked the sale, more details were revealed. SuperFarm, Dame’s partner in the NFT bid, had announced the auction would be for his “ownership of the copyright to Jay-Z’s first album Reasonable Doubt.” This is likely what led to the initial dispute because it could be read that SuperFarm was trying to sell Reasonable Doubt rather than Dame’s stake in Roc-A-Fella Records. Now that they’ve hashed out the exact terms of ownership of the album, Dame might be able to find a buyer for the actual stake.

ICYMI: Dame Dash Dismisses Rumors of ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Settlement Talks with JAY-Z

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Rumors circulated online that JAY-Z and Dame Dash were aiming for a settlement in their NFT lawsuit over Reasonable Doubt. Dame is clearing it up and saying those reports are false.

In the middle of last year, Dame Dash was sued by Roc-a-Fella Records to stop the sale of a Reasonable Doubt NFT. In June 2021, a New York federal judge sided with Roc-A-Fella Records label owner Jay-Z after convincing them that his first album, Reasonable Doubt, should not be sold as an NFT by Dame Dash. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are valuable digital assets that cannot be replicated or traded. The complaint stated the date to auction off the album as an NFT had been set for June 23-25, but SuperFarm, Dash’s partnering company, called it off after the Roc-A-Fella label sent them a warning letter expressing their concerns about Dash’s pursuit of a sale. Even though Dash’s defense says he only attempted to sell his Roc-A-Fella stake, not the rights to Reasonable Doubt, the court still issued a temporary restraining order. 

“He sued me for something he said that I did that I didn’t, and then I just had to sue him because he was redirecting funds for Reasonable Doubt,” Dame said to Shannon Sharpe in an interview earlier this month. “I didn’t realize it. I would never sue somebody I used to hustle with—I’m not into suing anybody. I was disappointed. I think it’s embarrassing.”

On Wednesday, Complex reported the two were in the midst of settlement talks that would play out until April 1. Dash hit Instagram, sharing a post by REVOLT, and shutting down the rumored settlement:

please don’t believe this hype we are no where near a settlement.. they accused me of doing something i did not do and now they have to prove it…and i can sell my share anytime I want #askthejudge and #jayz and @biggsburke if you wanna settle this holla at me…we use to hustle together…court is corny…let’s talk like men for the culture… I dare y’all to respond #doitfortheculture

– Dame Dash

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