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Former Roc A Fella Records executive, Dame Dash, is letting the chopper sing again. He recently sat down for another interview, and as usual, one of the topics that surfaced was his relationship with his former business partner, Jay-Z.
Dame Dash Sounds Off on Jay-Z
During a recent interview with Art of Dialogue, Dash talked about how he had to give Jay-Z the “lifestyle” that he was too “shy” to initially engage in. And also spoke about his willingness to give Jay the aforementioned “lifestyle,” which ultimately was just a marketing tool.
“It’s all marketing. SO what we were selling was a lifestyle. People were buying into a lifestyle,” he said. So your man [Jay-Z] wasn’t running around with girls like I was. People didn’t want to buy into that, so I had to give him the lifestyle. N***a couldn’t dance, but I could dance, I had to give him the lifestyle. N****s is shy, I’m not, I had to give him the lifestyle.’
Dash is currently amid a legal dispute. And despite collecting an embarrassment of riches in the 2000s, he is claiming that he is broke. That has led to many people questioning his money management skills. In February, former Roc A Fella artist Cam’ron said that Dame’s obsession with living a lavish lifestyle is what ultimately led to his demise.
“After opportunity, it’s about keeping on hustling,” Cam said while referencing Dash. “I would love to do the things Dame did. Fly private for five years straight, buy two mansions in London, you got a mansion in London just for your ni**as and then a personal mansion in London for something else or renting them or whatever. You just got a mansion in London. We’re not even from London. We’re just going to f**king London hanging out.”
He also added, “Bro, if you live like that, you’ve got to keep hustling. You can’t go buy all that sh*t you bought, and I’m being nice. I’m not even naming half of it. You can’t buy all that sh*t and spend all that money and then be like
