Dame Dash has put a new spin on his long-running issues with JAY-Z, claiming in a new interview that he’s willing to speak the truth about the rap mogul in ways others aren’t.
In an interview clip uploaded by the Ugly Money Podcast on Monday (June 10), the 53-year-old reflected on his past with the “Encore” hitmaker while using a colorful metaphor to discuss their infamous fallout.
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“A lot of people that have been maybe mistreated by him are scared to speak up on what he did; I’m just not,” he began.
Dash then used a drug-dealing comparison to explain his opinion that Hov treated him unfairly in business.
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“If I hit a n-gga with a pack — I hit him with some work — and he runs off on me … until I get my money back, I don’t care if it’s 20 years later, I’m never going to have too many complimentary things to say about that situation. Yeah, we was cool, but he ran off with 10 birds [kilos of cocaine], so what do you expect?
“And a lot of people that say those things, they’ve never been in a position of being a person that cuts checks, works this hard and have had people at that level take them to court.”
Dame’s disputes with his Roc-A-Fella Records co-founders are nowhere near resolved, as disagreements over ownership of the legendary label continue to persist.
During an interview on The GAUDS Show last year, he talked about regaining control of the Hip Hop empire he helped build with JAY-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke.
“I’m taking back Roc-A-Fella; I don’t need no paperwork,” he said. “Roc-A-Fella never dies. It’s not dead; I just fuckin’ took a vacation. I’m the CEO of Roc-A-Fella Inc. and JAY-Z knows it, and so does Biggs. Not Roc-A-Fella LLC — we sold that; Roc-A-Fella Inc. — I’m still the CEO.”
In 2022, he was sued by his former business partners over an alleged NFT auction of Jigga’s 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt. Just months later, they reached a settlement that took away his legal right to sell his portion of the record as any token.
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“They took me to court saying I tried to sell all their interests, knowing I didn’t,” he explained. “I was only trying to sell mine, but they did that to fuck my sale up […] We don’t go to court. You call me, and then you wanna lie on me? That was last year. I’m bothered about it.”
