What's Really Going On With Damon Dash And Jay-Z?

Posted by Jenniffer Sheldon on Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella label sued ex-business partner Damon Dash on June 20, accusing Dash of trying to auction off Jay-Z's debut album, "Reasonable Doubt," as an NFT "to the highest bidder," as TMZ wrote. Although the auction was called off, Roc-A-Fella's lawsuit claims Dash is "frantically scouting for another venue to make the sale." Dash quickly fired back, telling TMZ that as a one-third label owner, he was actually trying to sell his share. "Under the terms of the deal ... the buyer would buy my share of Roc-A-Fella Records and Jay-Z will have exclusive administration rights," Dash told the outlet.

Dash then elaborated to Page Six on June 21 that the lawsuit was "a whole lie," adding, "They just said that I tried to sell an NFT of 'Reasonable Doubt' and ...  it's not true. ... I'm not running around to different places ... I've been working with one platform and that's SuperFarm. And the thing is I own a third of Roc-A-Fella Records and I can sell my third if I feel like it."

Then, Dash took a personal turn. "Jay himself tried to buy my third and it was a cr***head deal," Dash said, referencing what he told TMZ was "too low" a number offered to him in March. "It's a case of corporate versus independent and how they try to bully me," Dash continued, saying Jay-Z has "'only one man to eat' syndrome." 

This may be one of Jay-Z's "99 Problems."

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