Dame Dash Says Diddy Was Killing Jay-Z Before His Ideas & Says Every Idea At Roc-A-Fella Was His.

[@OmarScruggs]

Me being from Philly that State Prop/Roc was the best era of Philly rap. Cassidy also even though he wasnt Roc. Eve was also poppin. Then we brought Neo Soul to the game from Philly with Jill Scott Musiq Soulchild, Bilal etc. Philly dont get the credit we deserve musically

[@lorenhoward8178]

It goes back even before that with Gamble & Huff and the Philly sound.

[@elevatedsupernova]

@@lorenhoward8178Yup! Gamble and Huff even had a store on Broad St until it got tore down for the condo’s. Philly has been killing it for awhile.

[@grinchoi1]

Philly didn’t bring Neo Soul to the game. D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, and Badu were already doing it.

[@aglo8371]

Ya I agree, also Reed dollaz did alot for yall too. Being from NY we definietly had to appreciate what he helped do as far as reputation

[@sketchboykadafi2402]

Facts!!! Y’all really don’t , & I’m from Illinois and even been knowing that 💯💯💯

[@MusicJunkiePlus]

1997 was definitely the year of Bad Boy. Biggie’s ‘Life After Death’, Puff’s ‘No Way Out’ and Ma$e’s ‘Harlem World’. You could go nowhere without hearing Bad Boy that year

[@dremoore5329]

Lil Kim the lox Faith evans 112 it was no competition

[@MariosTabajen]

​@@dremoore5329The LOX always with the heat when not in great terms on and off. If they were in the ROC 1st b4 BadBoyRec they would be indestructible.

[@alexthomas748]

Facts

[@83kiarra]

​@@dremoore5329total and Carl Thomas too

[@TheRealSugeKnight]

Bad Boy Killaz 💯

[@juan-o]

This may be the best dame interview

[@johnnyretro84]

great insight on this one

[@OBITOMAJIN]

📠📠📠🤝🏾🔥

[@dbaldwin]

“Kitchen table, that's where I honed my skills Jaz made me believe this shit was real Labels turned me down, couldn't foresee Clark sought me out, Dame believed”

[@kaddymusic3138]

Mama loves me! Classic. 💯🎼

[@kray2723]

Damn right

[@Ontiming2023]

Damon ain’t go to school for none of the shit he was doing in buisness people be hating on him

[@semyaza555]

@@Ontiming2023 How people treats Dame is tragic. He’s basically Rap’s Barry Gordy but people talk crazy about him because he had a falling out with their favorite rapper. This is why I encourage anyone that’s worth anything to worry about your family and yourself. Don’t love or give back to “the culture” or “the community” or whatever they call it because it will never love you back, and they will abandon you when you fall. Ask Michael Jackson when they smeared him, and Kanye when he started talking about real stuff.

[@ntsikandlebe1192]

CLASSIC 😊

[@jeywando]

Homeboy = Jay-Z 😂

[@darrylmcmillan5539]

😂😂😂😂I know J hates when he hears dat… Dat “Homie” hits way harder then “Lame” 😂😂😂😂

[@Tomfrom_woods]

Of course

[@Ravenprince-q1g]

It would break Aaliyah’s heart to see what Dame has become.

[@TheBestOne382]

@@Ravenprince-q1gaww shutup

[@KOVIDGOON]

​@@Ravenprince-q1gwhat😳🙄

[@melvinhhcp3615]

MFs be hating Dame, but none of y'all would even know who jay was if Dame didn't get involved in his rap career. FACTZ!!!

[@AWolfInWolfsClothing]

In fairness we wouldn’t know either of them if it wasn’t for each other

[@JCR1992]

We wouldn’t know Dame or give a fuck about this interview if it wasn’t for Jay-Z

[@demetriusruss9718]

We don’t give a shyt and a fuk bruh… he literally has nothing else to talk about

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​@@AWolfInWolfsClothingFair point, but jay was the one with the aspiring rap career that couldn't get on since '88. Dame was good in the streetz.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​@@JCR1992AGAIN, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW JAY IF IT WASN'T FOR DAME! THE MAJORS WAS NOT FCKN WITH JAY. PERIOD.

[@AkuraDavidson]

This is one thing I %100 believe him on. I do think most if not all the ideas were his. It seems like he was more into the company than Jay was. And thats no knock on Jay because he was the main source of income and he pretty much carried the Roc on his back. But when it came to the business side of things, you can tell that was mostly Dame.

[@AdieS90]

What was Biggs doing in the background

[@minfamous5841]

Yup jay z net worth of 2 billion clearly shows that

[@AjCubia]

The problem is without Jay being the face of everything his business sense seems to falter

[@aglo8371]

​@AdieS90 Biggs was pretty much the money man n 1/3 partner...im sure he didnt curtain small stuff but mainly it was his investment that helped them rise. This is also why eventually jay wanted Biggs outta the deal. Dame is right tho cause then jay n Biggs got all buddy buddy again after which is kinda weird

[@AkuraDavidson]

@@AdieS90 Dame said that Biggs put up the money to launch RocAFella so he became a 3rd owner by default. But he wasn't really involved in the day to day operations.

[@kaybee473]

Talk yo shit Dame!

[@andreb.9302]

Dame I been waiting to hear 👂 some new real talk. 👍

[@kc-zf1jp]

yeah, he talks a lot of 🐂💩💩💩

[@mumiaali4821]

Don't let that fool teeth fly out!

[@StanUpGuy]

Y’all love when people talk down on people you don’t like

[@Ravenprince-q1g]

It would break Aaliyah’s heart to see what Dame has become.

[@jamessalter676]

He trying to "pause" put the banana in the tailpipe 😂

[@devincollins9726]

😂😂😂😂

[@skrillztheentourage]

Perverted TF outta that phrase 😂

[@SoulSeeker20]

Telling Dame to let the bitterness go when people pay him to talk about Jay and his life, etc.

[@301larussomusic]

Man it’s been 21 years since them guys broke apart

[@aglo8371]

He don't really speak on Beyonce n ya...yeah they gon ask n u gonnwatch..right?? Exactly

[@Montale-Germaine79]

It's also self-healing therapy to talk about it.

[@caesarb5153]

Dame forever competing with jay and in his own mind he won , every idea was his , jay was in love with aliyah but she wanted dame damn for someone who did everything better then jay and all that he sure aint got it like jay

[@itwasalladream21]

He needs serious help he already said he's in therapy. He's really suffering and hurting internally. I pray he really gets the healing he needs.

[@cameronhill9746]

A "pause" button is pause within itself 😂🤦🏽🤣

[@willpower3317]

Pause

[@benjamintribe4652]

"Pause"!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😆💯

[@joojoobaw]

Dame can’t even say somebody “came from” some place else without pausing 😂 That button definitely needed for him

[@samuelfernandezbjj]

Forgot to mention Pac, who was in real films and had number one albums. Also laid the blueprint for all the rappers in business etc. He also made short films for his videos.

[@emilio2647]

@samuelfernandezbjj actually rappers from NWA like Ice Cube, Eazy-E and Dr. Dre were on the scene way before Pac came around and those guys paved the blueprint for hip hop years before Pac and Biggie came around.

[@ArchangelsBeats]

DMX was in films too

[@Ray-gd3zo]

LL cool j

[@jameswatts3466]

Puffy got all of his ideas from other people

[@JayBelafonte]

Most people do, Dame just said he got his from Elvis. That’s not a diss to Puff at all, that’s just smart business

[@thablackkat9905]

Name someone who didn't

[@aglo8371]

Sounds like.....jay-z to me. At this point him n puff r one n the same only difference is puff a Lil darker n jay got fake dreads n can actually rap

[@JayBelafonte]

@@thablackkat9905 that’s what I’m saying. They hate Puff so much now they talk crazy like he didn’t make these nobody’s into stars. You think Mase was really gonna be a top rapper without Bad Boy behind him?

[@thablackkat9905]

@JayBelafonte right?

[@ColdJelly19]

The more Dame talks, it seems clear that he wanted to be the most FAMOUS out of everyone.

[@itwasalladream21]

Bingo I don't get how people can't see that.

[@slipcounter]

Jay Z said it on the song Lost One.. I didn't even want to be famous these dudes is brainless to unnecessarily go through these changes and I don't even know why it came to this I guess it's that famous ish the worst drug known to man and stronger than heroin when you can look in the mirror like there I am but still not see what you become I know I'm guilty of it too but not like him you lost one...He was talking about Dame..

[@ColdJelly19]

@@slipcounter he damn sure did!!!!!

[@ColdJelly19]

@@itwasalladream21 right its almost like he feels like he’s suppose to have a “bigger fanbase” than Jay. Even when Biggs talked about having things first or saying things that Jay put in a song after they laughed about it. They never come off like Dame and want cameras around

[@Moecash12]

OR he listen to people like you that try to diminish what he has done so they can jock Jay-Z. So he letting you know ya man was just a rapper.

[@Mr.Arthuralways]

This mf says he was spoofing on sunshine but after that that was his persona in the videos dancing around just like diddy mfs be lying lmaoooo

[@uptonogood3306]

💯

[@kookutta]

LOL..FACTS

[@marcinman5830]

Is he dame diddy or dame dumby😂😂😂😂

[@whatwhat9004]

In retrospect, trying to make a clothing line named State Property and wanting black men and boys to wear that is sad and tacky. He even admitted the name State Property came from the fact Beans and everybody else were in and out of jail all the time.

[@ryen49]

hood dudes who make it in business tend to have backwards mindsets so not surprised lol

[@qbconnect2883]

Yeah you would've thought the klan made that name. That was the most ignant mess a black man could've ever came up with 🤡

[@yrnx9334]

Sad to say it’s a lot of niggas who think going to prison was a badge of honor

[@33GLOCK]

😂😂😂😂😂 crazy

[@Goku_Kiyosaki]

True 💯

[@iEastsideJones]

No lie. I already knew I knew how to rap but when it was time to learn the business, Dame Dash the first person I studied. I’ll always respect him for that.

[@aglo8371]

Maaaan ain't nobody hearing u Otis

[@JamesWilliams-ey3kz]

Send us your music information lol we wanna hear it

[@grapelund]

Hope you leave out the belittling of your employees when they don’t do something you don’t like, having them walking around on egg shells because they shook you might bark on em for nothing.

[@iEastsideJones]

@ honestly that shit has happened but it only happens when I’m trying to bring in somebody with no experience and they FEEL like they should get more money because they’re mindset is still on hourly but it should be set to Quarterly project completions… so I reposition them to get the money they want & they can’t keep up with the workload. They gotta go at that point, they cost time & money (ultra double negative) Try to hire people with experience in entertainment. All of the people with experience I work with give me no issues. They play their role flawlessly.

[@buddyyers]

@@iEastsideJones Leave out the narcissism and unbridled arrogance as well. Leave out the delusions of grandeur as well.

[@MrHayes-vh6wl]

Doubt there will ever be a man with more pride and with a bigger ego than dame dash 😂😂

[@Jsd_1]

You haven’t met the director of the company I work. That MF is unconscionable with his ego

[@gavinsilver9302]

Everything that happened at roc a fella was Dame idea except for the R Kelly albums got it

[@AWolfInWolfsClothing]

🎯💯

[@_The_King_1]

...and you can look at the credits to verify it 👀

[@uptonogood3306]

​@@AWolfInWolfsClothingSo it was Dame's idea to go the Badboy route with Vol.1?

[@FrankLoso-c7l]

🤣 facts!

[@karlthetroof]

Okay great. Can Dame still execute those ideas for financial gain? He wasn't able to make another Hov. But Hov helped Rihanna and Kanye become billionaires.

[@vinnysaccount]

I’m a B-sides kinda guy too!

[@louiedangelo3843]

Back side🥴🤔

[@Trakaholiq]

B-sides is where the real music is always at! 💯💪🏾

[@c.falcon5045]

💯💯

[@milesvance2559]

Facts 💯💯💯

[@HottaFyah94]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Hahaumad24]

Nobody in State Property had the work ethic like Prince and freak ass Elvis

[@thablackkat9905]

Not one.

[@TheExclusiveOne720]

Cuz Philly be having a bunch of straight HOOD, GRIMY, RUG-GED, RAGGEDY ass street MF-ers

[@austinaustin140]

@@thablackkat9905 Chris did...

[@thablackkat9905]

@austinaustin140 it's not about just rapping, though. That's the problem. Ppl think that all you have to do is just rap. As a major label artist, you have to follow an itinerary with a lot of things to do for the day. Even Young Chris wasn't doing all of that work.

[@alexthomas748]

Facts

[@programme9363]

"Homeboy did his job. He rapped." Don't dismiss Jay's contribution as if he wasn't an incredible rapper. Get outta here with that.

[@ChristinNachelle123]

He an okay rapper and this is from someone who grew up during that timeframe. I wouldn't put him in my top 5 fr

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​@@ChristinNachelle123Agreed

[@machinelearning85]

@@ChristinNachelle123he’s top 5 .

[@MariosTabajen]

Hes a bitter and always wiil be

[@Moecash12]

You trying to create some narrative. Jay was the rapper and he did his job. Ya starting to realize Jay not this mystical businessman ya thought he was.

[@Trederaye]

Sunshine was a weird video in retrospect lol

[@jamesw7072]

I remember that goofy video. Jay a d riding f...... like Nas said and was trying to bite the bad boy image to pop.

[@seanlamar29]

Song and video was trash af

[@melvinhhcp3615]

@@jamesw7072 He did bite Bad Boy's sound on Vol. 1. That's exactly why it failed.

[@guikatinskas]

facts, i wouldnt put that bs on my resume honestly lol

[@JayBelafonte]

The whole song was weird

[@kingpsyer8145]

Salute Dame... What other way can you fight back against a corporate-driven narrative with an unlimited budget? He has to continue to speak up for himself.

[@g-holy]

🎯🎯

[@onetwo-dr8hl]

*Missed “pause” opportunities* 02:05 02:18 02:47 06:45

[@6ixfoa320]

😂😂😂😂

[@keondretraylor3311]

Lmfaooo

[@g-holy]

UNDERRATED.

[@ChristinNachelle123]

Childish fr… I love it😂😂

[@gerardovega4641]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@GamingwitdaKing]

Grown men feeling they have to say pause all the time is dumbest shit ever

[@DG9Either]

You’re just not from where he is from 😂

[@tvega3000]

@@DG9Eitherthe land of corny snitches?!

[@AnnoyedGlobe-sf9yo]

​@@tvega3000pause

[@jacktwnboss601]

It’s lingo, create you some

[@user-um9cp7bh1i]

So corny

[@CroydonGuy]

So sad to see D Dash like this.

[@teegreen3909]

What’s wrong with? You want him to take his L quietly?NO!

[@moisesfigueroa6390]

​​@@teegreen3909what! He hasn't expressed it enough yet?? It's been 20 years.. with the same story.. yet somehow " Homeboy" is a mogul businessman worth 3 billion.. while the guy with "supposedly " all the great ideas is broke. In debt. N has turned into a chatty patty. That's not Sad to you?? I look at the results n I don't fall for what ppl say, I pay attention to results. As u should. Nigga still ain't made another hov lol n bounce back smdh

[@TheMouthSoap]

Dame is not on drugs or in prison. He’s doing well for what he’s been through. Not everyone is meant for the same destiny and for good reason. Success is subjective.

[@CroydonGuy]

@TheMouthSoap huh? Dash has never been a chatty patty until he did not get enough money for rocafella and it is sad to see.

[@jameswatts3466]

Elvis Presley stole everything from us black people stop it

[@movideos390]

Y’all wasn’t making no $ with it. Someone had to.

[@jameswatts3466]

@movideos390 You sound like a clown 🤡

[@jameswatts3466]

@movideos390 Our ancestor's built America and invented everything including the toilet and still are inventing thing's

[@drestathagangsta8880]

​@@movideos390 That's only because the record labels were stealing from them.

[@willellis502]

Its context to it but ya’ll just want the victim narrative.

[@americanhustlermagazine]

Art said "I dont know if im tripping or not but is that a pause button?" 😂😂

[@peteclemenza1096]

Pause

[@razrsliq7623]

lmao. whats pause mean? Americans have the funniest slangs ❤

[@troy2832]

😂😂

[@RichardHolland-jx6mc]

The last time Jay mentioned Dame’s name was at the SWHOF award ceremony. He acknowledged the role Dame played in his career. Pure class.

[@victorlofton4381]

@richardholland-jx6mc Facts and you see how everyone forgot about that right. Even Dame. And didn’t he say he was going to stop talking about Jay like 10 years ago? He’s sure making a living out of it now

[@chivo_gaming]

Dame is gonna leave his Jay-Z stories in a Trust Fund for his kids to split...😤

[@Seanemak1]

We can all agree these men helped each other. Jay was a partner in Roc, not just an artist. Wish people would stop asking Dame about Jay in every interview. Makes him seem irrelevant without Jay-Z coming up in the convo. They are both extraordinary hustlers that captured lightning in a bottle together.

[@Toez.X.10]

But no 1 ever gets ask Carter about Dash

[@Seanemak1]

@Toez.X.10 yeah because Jay don't play the social media games. Remember when there was a mystique about celebs? Social media got talented celebs on the B.S. with random influencers. SMH

[@o.gparamount3099]

​@@Seanemak1cuz jay dont fucc wit Social☢️media,

[@johnmafia1]

"Heard mfs say they made Hov, made Hov say make another Hov"

[@aglo8371]

Hov can't even make another hov....mightafact...he would never do it because he prefers to keep people under him

[@princekhalil201]

Rachel Roy, Kanye West, Kevin Hart….They all came from Dames labor

[@StringerBell92]

Lmao I guarantee Hov wouldn't be Hov without Dame Dash

[@ThePauprinceaz09]

I look back & say ok He did .. he found you & Kanye Dame believed like he did in all affiliates He believed in Kanye west Expansion of rock was Dame Brought in dipset State property Movie I see it as dame backin everything in music Musically he was trying to build the label .. Instead of leaving the label jigga crushed the label & left nothing for anyone to eat .. Remember everybody was eating , but they wasn't as structured as jigga was It's a NY thang😂😂

[@slipcounter]

These dudes were playing their day's wrong so we parted ways like Ben and JLo should have been did it but I was in daze though..

[@LEJ7492]

Jay had to get Dame out of the picture so he could be The Boss. Dame was the businessman and Jay was the Rapper. Jay out grew that role and resented being seen as the guy who seen as just a rapper and NOT a business mind. And Dame was cocky and so was Jay, just more quiet about it. Jay wanted to be seen as the man and there was no room for Dame in the room with him bc as long as Dame was there Jay couldn't be numero uno. Period. They clearly had different business models and didnt evolve the same way. Surface ppl only see "the bag" NOT the routes diff ppl take to get to it. Both are to be resepcted but to compare the two based on different perspectives on success isnt probably the best way to receive the lessons both men have to share.

[@blouie2677]

There were 3 co owners…dame started mis handling money & starting shit with everyone. Jayz biggest deals had nothing to do with Dame…black album, black album movie, s.carter shoes. Dude trying to take all the credit & it’s corny…why he can’t do shit without Jay lol

[@ritamix33]

Very well said!

[@ritamix33]

@@blouie2677 What he said went WAY OVER YOUR HEAD. Smh.

[@blouie2677]

@ lol he clearly said every idea & vertical business came from him. First of all he wasn’t even the street dude so besides marketing what could he tell Jayz about hustling or how to make streets is watching. He was literally on camera arguing with execs bc they left him OUT of business decisions…can’t knock dames business mind for the movies & clothes but dude exaggerating like a mfr

[@djdoncruse1952]

Art are you believing this ? Smmmmhhhhhh

[@nadecha5326]

It’s crazy that the dude that only rapped went to massive heights but the guy that kept Rocafella afloat and had great ideas fell to the abyss.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Sometimes it's better to be in front of the camera.

[@90sReign]

@@melvinhhcp3615Lol It had nothing to do with who was in front of the cameras, it was behind them, where shady stuff went down.

[@drerush9065]

Exactly!!I don't believe that ever idea came from Dame.See he thought Jay was cool with just playing the rapper role but Jay was co owner!

[@Eyesofpeso]

That’s how they wanted it

[@DOLLAMAC190]

He was the one disrespecting people he had to do business with, spending large amounts of money that wasn't his and acting like he was better than everyone else. Jay knew Dame was a hothead who would eventually burn bridges. So he distanced himself. Dame has himself, not just Jay to blame.

[@stryfetc1471]

That jogging suit is fire.💯

[@anthonyjackson7927]

This guy is an ultimate narcissist and condescending af!! His self awareness is minimum at best. I can only listen to him in small doses. He makes it so easy to root against him. He compliments himself more than anybody I’ve ever met in my entire life. It’s exhausting!

[@NoMasterz518]

You’re entitled to your own opinions but mind your business when it comes to other people’s confidence and self esteem because what they eat don’t make you 💩 😎💯

[@anthonyjackson7927]

@@NoMasterz518 Huh? Can u say oxymoron?! Passive aggressive at that. They’re called opinions and (obviously you’re not aware but) they’re meant to be expressed and shared on a social media platform. That is exactly why it’s called the “comment” section. Can you see how that works? So no, I will not keep my opinion to myself. Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves and try to sound a little smarter than we really are. That’s when💩 gets out of whack my guy. Next time, maybe stop trying to sound so wise and indifferent quoting ur favorite rap slogan and simply make sense! Keep it simple homie. You sound confused. 🤔 🫡

[@greatrobbierock2319]

Why don’t you like to see him take his credit?

[@anthonyjackson7927]

@@greatrobbierock2319 that’s all he ever does is give his self credit and he never ever gives anyone other than himself and ounce of credit. He takes all the credit while simultaneously dishing all the blame. Every single time. Not an ounce of humility. Not to mention, he continuously speaks to others in a humiliating and demeaning fashion. I truly believe that you can say anything to anybody…. It’s all in the way you say it!

[@xcreenplay7264]

4:41 I had to pause this vid to rewatch that sunshine video lol dame look goofy as hell he wasn't lying

[@Nobodysfavorite96]

😂😂😂

[@NewJackCity1988]

Pause button 😂😂😂 genius

[@Star-hg1kt]

@00:19 still hasn't fig it out. Taking Jay-Z for a worker was exactly the problem.

[@RuKayzi]

He was a worker he only rapped until mf leor came

[@KOVIDGOON]

​@@RuKayzithat part. Jay in every phase of his life was the weakest link. DeHaven n Shawn ,Jaz O and JayZ, Big/Puff and Jay Z, Dame and JayZ, now ita Lyor and Jay/Shawn. He's literally always under someone he can't stand on his own

[@madddoggnogood1491]

Are you kidding me ​@@KOVIDGOON

[@o.gparamount3099]

​@KOVIDGOON 😂u sound like some bias jay'hater, everyone starts out under someone, but when it was jay's time he capitalized on his moment

[@o.gparamount3099]

​@@KOVIDGOON and sayin a multi BILLIONAIRE cant stand on his own lets me know ur a bitter hater lol

[@CeydaErkal-z1i]

That pause button 😂 that's great Dame

[@EmpressLatoya]

Now he made a pause button😂😂Dame is too much 😅

[@Gory-fp4wb]

This is everything, can’t wait for more like this.

[@uninvitedmaine2345]

He just said rocafella was in trouble until streets is watching movie/soundtrack....Jay wanted to retire cause he wasn't a factor in the industry until he brought in them philly dudes and Beyonce!!!! I been saying this for decades

[@melvinhhcp3615]

He's speaking facts. Reasonable Doubt flopped although it was a success on an independent level.

[@AngeBiampandou]

Beyoncé wasn't signed to Rocafella idiot. Y'all don't know ish about anything. She was signed to Columbia/Sony. He was welll established multi platinum, grammy winner and mogul by the time they got together. They were both successful seperately already

[@uninvitedmaine2345]

@melvinhhcp3615 yes I was 16 I remember 1996 was about 2pac jayz was a mid tier artist hot 97 actually was saying he talked about money too much

[@selfmade8884]

So who did most of the rapping on “streets is watching”? Y’all dudes saying Jay was irrelevant but then say “streets is watching” saved them. JayZ is basically the whole streets is watching album.

[@Theapprapshow]

No , In my lifetime wasn’t a success in da streets so that’s why Streets is watchin came about, he said dis already

[@mindbully]

Dame didn’t even have anything to do with Fade to Black. No EP credits. Nothing. Dude really enjoys taking credit for everything, because he knows Jay won’t take time to reply to this shit.

[@samsmacker9746]

That’s because if you look at Dame and his track record he’s speaking nothing but FACTS!! Dame was the was the muscle behind The Roc. He was the one pushing the music out to radio stations and getting the IDEAS to start ROCAWEAR. You may not have liked how DAME went about things but he was the one handling the business. Name one venture from the time the Rocafella started to the time now were you heard Jay come up with an IDEA that was a money maker. A lot of artist will tell you Jay k ew how to piggy back off someone else’s idea and make it his own. I’m not saying it’s not smart but you also have to take into consideration just how smart DAME is he understood the business he just wasn’t playing by the rules of not burning bridges he’s all about building his own roads to his own bridge and while everyone else is charging tolls and keeping the money he’s wanting to help other build off him. He’s taking about not just building roads and bridges hes wanting to control the whole system

[@mindbully]

@ Dame is expertly mendacious. Always has been. Takes 0 accountability and is the architect of his own misfortune. Best of luck to that man.

[@o.gparamount3099]

​@@samsmacker9746😂😂but hes not speaking "fAcTs" actin like he had anything to do wit Black Album goofy smh🤦🏿‍♂️

[@joeru9208]

I actually loved the sunshine song😂😂😂

[@mallymall7038]

Dope record but horrible video.

[@Myhandle718]

It’s a great song. People are followers and just say stuff

[@tony4534]

Sunshine is a banger.

[@uptonogood3306]

Loved it back in the day, hate it now 😅

[@ackvig]

5:50 "Any other vertical that came from [pause] Rocafella, was compleeeetly my idea."

[@MCIzzy994]

Didn’t even use the pause button lol

[@gashytewala]

You know that bright thing in the sky? The sun..... That was Dame's idea...😂

[@Moecash12]

Who's idea was it then?

[@richrichsports]

" A CEO's mind that marketing plan was me" - Jay-Z

[@melvinhhcp3615]

He lied

[@anygivingfriday6394]

​@@melvinhhcp3615😂😂

[@KyleHolsey-eb7ed]

Jay Z was the Rapper Dame was the CEO AND marketer

[@Toez.X.10]

​@@KyleHolsey-eb7edthis was chilling with with the dude that broke up public enemy

[@ColoradoBuffs1fan-m2i]

If i was Jay Z ..i would finally do a full length Rockafella interview answer all questions..so Damn wouldn't make another dollar off my name

[@Cwattsnyc]

Dame Dash had a great business mind. I really wish he didn’t fall off smh

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Lyor got him blackballed.

[@jqualls7901]

Dame didn't fall off..... Jay-Z sold out (Sold his soul) and has been sabotaging Dame money making opportunities since then‼️🤷🏿‍♂️🤯🎯💯💯

[@kokodizzle2964]

More like if he was likeable. People have to like you in order to do business with you.

[@SantiXiAmaru]

He didn't fall off. He has his own business endeavors that are very lucrative, you're just the type to associate clout with being successful.

[@Cwattsnyc]

@@SantiXiAmaru nobody said anything about clout. I’m aware that my broke isn’t his broke, you just out here making assumptions.

[@AngelMoore-kb5xt]

I believe Dame was the business side of things and I believe all ideas were his. I'm sure Jay did his part too.

[@YoungFunnyCapo]

watch dame get all his flowers when he's no longer here. all the industry heavyweights and his rap peers gonna salute this man. mark my words. something i find interesting is, cam'ron NEVER speaks ill about dame. always gives him props always all the time all day always - coming from an accomplished rapper and successful businessman who has adapted to this new era of "new media"...that says a lot

[@anthonylopez6040]

His silence after asking him is that a pause button is hilarious 🤣

[@kysersosey5540]

He is literally stuck in the past…. What success has he had since rocafella days?

[@Newarkdiplomats]

Art dropped the ball by not asking Dame where the Pause button could be purchased…He asks about all the drama but didnt ask about a business product of Dame’s…

[@tony4534]

Naw Dame dropped the ball by not plugging it. Art already paid Dame, he does have to do his job for him.

[@Newarkdiplomats]

@ Id put the blame on both…The interviewer controls the direction of the interview.

[@tony4534]

@@Newarkdiplomats Naw Dame dropped the ball by not plugging it. Art already paid Dame, he does have to do his job for him.

[@sirQB]

He dropped Dame a life line- but Dame aint the hustler he think he is. He was too worried about being a chatty

[@Newarkdiplomats]

@ lmao

[@producerskorner]

Dame the real Blueprint 💯

[@Ravenprince-q1g]

It would break Aaliyah’s heart to see what Dame has become.

[@intangiblegoodmoney]

So Dame had all the ideas yet Jay’s biggest business moves are without Dame. Mind you Irv said Dame had nothing to do with the music. Dame trynna rewrite history lol…Jay was in the streets listen to the raps, how tf was any of that Dame’s idea lol?! 🤔

[@melvinhhcp3615]

No Dame. No international platform. No corporate or big business moves.

[@Tevin-w3c]

@@melvinhhcp3615You need a job predicting people’s future in hindsight. You know it all.

[@Star-hg1kt]

Man it's pathetic 😒 but here we're LOL

[@Star-hg1kt]

​@@melvinhhcp3615Brightest Dama fanboy LOL

[@samsemantic6764]

Dame speaking facts: you can hear it in his speech and voice. This is a great business man!!!

[@GrapeTeaNews]

Paper Soldiers Is A CLASSIC 💯

[@SoulSeeker20]

Pause button.... come on, man.

[@Duvalle-g5q]

Damn black dudes really don't like each other smh.

[@blackinton2526]

@@Duvalle-g5q Yea they're not gay, PAUSE.

[@cuddyross5432]

Pause button it’s crazy work! 😂😂😂

[@noone9219]

Yo we might as well call y’all State Property 😂😂😂

[@RapFatos]

Elvis was never the number one actor in any field. This is the problem people like Dame have: they spread half truths, which they themselves believe and occasionally be mad with people that got better sense, and actually take time to study things out. Very delusional, only ignorant mfs going to go with a dude like that, he talks like he knows the whole vision, but he only THINKS HE KNOW. That's why he needs a thinker like Jay in order to succeed. He is the muscle, the one who is going to get things done, not the one who plans things, even though, he believes he is the brains....

[@kennyb.729]

I still have the "Streets is Watching" movie on VHS... from 1997 till this Day!!!

[@jeezy8360]

Why does Dame look like he's always feeling cold 🥶 Can someone give him a blanket 😅😅😅

[@Theapprapshow]

He’s diabetic

[@polokegomampane2848]

Pause!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@denbunk7815]

On the block hustling mentality 🤷‍♂️

[@crystalallen7899]

nobody ever can make me hate dam dash💯

[@wolf7el356]

Dame is absolutely a GENIUS.

[@Royalkk2]

Dame is cool he didn’t sell out for money he looked out for his people and this is why he will always have my respect ❤❤ jay and dame were a team and jay snaked dame and took it for his own rocafella records. Jay used a lot of his producers artists and dame as well to get to the top and left them behind. That’s why til this day Kanye has not been the same. 💯❤️ god bless you mr dash. And long live Aaliyah. God bless.

[@sthmadness]

If u think about it Dame was making sure his artist didn’t get fcked over and he got blackballed for it

[@CLOWNBOT00]

Art of Dialogue: "Which of your teeth had the idea to go solo and not look back at the rest of the Crown Royal Crew?"

[@TionneJames]

🤣🤣

[@INCMarkus]

Always got love for Dame

[@running2themoney]

Dame Doing Numbers regardless of whatever

[@precioustamber.]

Dame is my mentor in my head.

[@tony4534]

You must want to end up 10 million in debt.

[@KP43-08]

97 was definitely , bad boys year but yes, say he was more talented than JAY-Z. Probably more popular than Jay Z at the time because of their success, but Jay was definitely more talented! He was still on his way as a artist one thing about it, he does have an ear for music that can be considered a talent. I’m not gonna take that from him.

[@MrAlexander-y7g]

😂😂😂😂 I was not expecting that Pause button at the end, Dame is a straight fool.....

[@emilio_gobulls]

You know damn well he made the guy ask him about the button so he can promote it. 😂

[@mattrousseau1889]

Every dame interview, hes basically saying hes the man , hes incredible, hes outstanding and the world is turning because of dame .

[@JASHTONR]

"Nigga', I invented air! I added "Hop" to "Hip"! Socks? Niggas was barefoot before me! And niggas wasn't really having orgasms until I put them on!"

[@itsnvsv]

I think everyone should feel this way about themselves especially when doing/done something incredible.

[@ededdneddy988]

@@itsnvsv nope, always stay humble and open to learning. Jay is where he is because he hangs out with people more successful than him and takes lessons from them, he hung out with billionaires long before he became a billionaire. Dame on the other hand has always had the attitude of nobody can teach me anything because I know everything

[@xxkhalilxx0]

Like it or not dame has a whole era he created in the culture movies music clothing . Without being a rapper !!!

[@kay_jay_beats]

bring out the pause button!⏸️ 😭🤣

[@belindamiller8796]

Loved this! Always inspiring to watch your videos.

[@deshannonjames981]

About Puffy killing Jay-Z, I wonder how many people remember that Puffy AND Ja Rule were killing Jay-z so much that he backed out of a tour with them and said he cancelled because "I just want to fall back and work on a album." But as soon as that tour started he announced his own smaller tour with Talib Kweli and a bunch of backpack rappers opening up. Ja Rule was quoted in the Source saying "Damn homie, why the backpack niggas and not me?" 😂 I peeped game. Them dudes was so hot compared to him in that moment that he would have had to open up and of course he couldn't do that lol So he lied and made his own smaller tour that he can open up. And this was while Blueprint which out which people claim is his best album. They was killin him.

[@tchallal6684]

Dude shut up you don’t know what the hell you are talking about. That tour didn’t happen because murder inc was hanging with nas when him and nas was beefing. Irv and ja was supposed to be cool with jay and they tried to sign nas.

[@Star-hg1kt]

source for Jay-Z quote ? and which tours ur talking about

[@JosephWilliams-bs5cv]

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. So many hip hop fans have this stupid mentality that being #1 for a short period and falling off is better than sustained success.

[@JAEA7W]

Jay-z went on tour with DMX and didn't have to open up even though DMX was the higher selling artist at the time so what makes you assume that would be the case?

[@ABMAB_]

He crossed Dame out then went back to hire everybody from Dame staff & took the credit… that shit crazy 😂😂

[@aglo8371]

The epitome of a snake. My question is how he grow them locs soo damn fast

[@Jumpman90]

@@aglo8371he’s rich

[@_The_King_1]

​@@aglo8371looking like Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog 🤦🏾

[@k.tmoney9915]

Sometimes you gotta cut the fat to have a prime cut

[@Jumpman90]

@ so, your calling dame fat?😂😂😂😂😂

[@KP43-08]

He’s not saying diddy was more talented than jay he was a better bussiness man at the time jay-z was fresh still learning the industry.

[@victorlofton4381]

I remember the Sunshine video. It was a BAD look 🤣🤣. We was clowning them in NY with that 💩 . Trying to be like Puff. And he admitted that they were copying Puff. Now he’s trying to make it like he was doing it as a joke. Dame is hilarious 😂

[@design1of470]

Chatty Patty over here.

[@aglo8371]

How?? He's talking about his on business in reality.

[@thablackkat9905]

Dame is incorrect about Puff trying to hire members of State Property to write for him circa 1997. They weren't even signed or had a deal, nor a name in that year.

[@time558]

He's drunk...

[@WLowry]

Jay-Z doesn't even acknowledge the Sunshine video 😂

[@Ravenprince-q1g]

Doesn’t any rapper acknowledge any video from over 25 years ago?

[@bmoney6939]

For the careers he's responsible for he should be more celebrated then he is n thank u for all u do n do sir.mr. dame dash.

[@jayreed6054]

He definitely right even tho volume 1 was a good album it wasn’t well received when it came out. especially after reasonable doubt. The puff influence had rappers trying to duplicate it and wasn’t working. From that wack video and song sunshine the city is mine and I know what girls like. Jay was trying to follow that trend and it didn’t work. The streets is watching movie gave him that street appeal again and save him. And stayed there for volume 2.

[@chicagof9893]

Here is how we end this argument!!! If dame was this great and had all these ideas, put all these people on etc. why we all blame Jay? Why cam didn’t keep working with him? Kanye? Just blaze? State property? Jay don’t control everyone- or just anyone else in the industry? I’m not saying in on either side but that’s a good question because when you have talent, ideas, or the relationships you can still be successful

[@minfamous5841]

This part. I’d understand if Jay was back then who he is now, but he wasn’t yet.

[@schdaxotick7398]

Simple blackballing at the highest level

[@user-dv3kq3rm4h]

Because that's not how the industry works, this is such a simplistic naïve way of looking at it. That's like saying, why don't Multi-national conglomerates just give to poor people? The real world doesn't work like that. The music industry is the cliquiest place there is. It's called being blackballed.

[@chicagof9893]

@ I disagree you call it simplistic, but when you have talent and certain relationships you can’t be blackballed in my opinion, unless again you alienate yourself to the point where no one wants to touch you. Again it’s all opinion BUT I just feel he doesn’t take accountability for his actions and just finger points- even his claim over discovering Kevin hart and says he won’t help him- discover is a strong word, just cause you gave him a break doesn’t mean you discovered

[@JAEA7W]

​How does that have any relevance to the topic?

[@dollazandsense]

To be honest dame is right and only a hater would disagree. He started the clothes music liquor movies with rocafella. The rapper jayz is what keep jay rich but his businesses all fail when he step out to be a businessman. Live nation keep him rich n him selling his name but him as a businessman n record owner he fails a lot n nobody talks about his failures.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Truth

[@KingsleyNigeria]

From the New York Post 2008: Eastern Savings Bank has filed suit against entrepreneur Damon Dash, charging the Roc-a-Fella Records co-founder hasn't made a payment on his $78,504.20-a-month mortgage since January. "YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME," reads the foreclosure action against Dash and wife Rachel Roy. The $7.3 million mortgage was actually taken on two TriBeCa properties the couple owns, at 25 N. Moore St. and at 79 Laight St. A rep for Dash did not return a call and e-mail for comment. The clothing big has been besieged by debtors in the past year, despite having an estimated $50 million fortune. The Post reported last year that he owed the city $2 million in back taxes, and the mortgage suit says he has $100,000 in federal tax liens against his properties.

[@JAEA7W]

His business all fail? What are you referring to?

[@GDC-v8p]

Wtf is you talking about! 👎🏿

[@TheMouthSoap]

Jay sells before his businesses so call fails. That’s what you do. Build up a brand’s value and sell it for more than it was originally worth. Like the game monopoly.

[@WorldTravelandExcursions]

Dame has officially become a "Chatty Patty". He uses to despise "Chatty Patties" when he was doing well.

[@richardliner8683]

Also, I pray that , Dame Dash be blessed with another opportunity to make a comeback. God bless you, Dame Dash.

[@SD-mg7np]

This interview actually validates alot of dame and makes jay z look really bad lol😊

[@KOVIDGOON]

Jay in every phase of his life was the weakest link. DeHaven n Shawn ,Jaz O and JayZ, Big/Puff and Jay Z, Dame and JayZ, now ita Lyor and Jay/Shawn. He's literally always under someone he can't stand on his own

[@RichardHolland-jx6mc]

He’s literally someone who’s wealthier than all of them combined.

[@wilshady775]

Damn he says pause a lot.😂🤣😂

[@Nitty03RD]

That pause shyt is so annoying. Everything that comes out of his mouth is pause. Dame has to be a closeted homosexual. No straight man has to worry about what he’s saying unless he’s uncertain of his self. Idgaf what anyone thinks what I say. I’m secure with myself. Never said pause a day in my life when I’m having a conversation. Foh with that bullshyt

[@roadking3844]

Dame made a pause button he’s not fkin around 😂

[@13enji]

I love that Dame didn’t want to be wit the gimmicks. I hope he find his way back to the top.

[@301larussomusic]

Let it go it’s over 20 years now. Wtf Dame been doing these last 20 years? Just crying?

[@certifiedsneaker]

Exactly leave the past in the past n prove people wrong if u wanna shine again...his ego will not let all this s$#@ go

[@SantiXiAmaru]

Bruh shut up. He's being interviewed to talk about this shit.

[@Darkskinnded]

The nigga got blackballed it’s obvious…. Grimey politics

[@user-dv3kq3rm4h]

Don't watch it then. He's allowed to talk about how he got screwed over by the industry. What's it to you? Move tf on.

[@aglo8371]

He actually is proving people wrong. The moves he make are not common. Jay don't ever speak; WHT do ya expect niggaz to do?? Somebody gotta speak for the people about funny people. Otherwise yall gon be forever thinking jay this big dog that he's not . This niggah puffy plain n simple. A copycat with alot of power