Damon Dash Talks Jay-Z’s “Betrayal”

Published on July 22nd, 2010
Written by Rameez S Quadri (Ramz)

Someone isn’t happy still…Damon Dash, the short rap mogul who’s name has kind of disappeared since his split with Jay-Z in 2005, says that Jigga himself was the reason when he “betrayed” the partnership.

Recalling the time when Jay offered rights to the trademark name Roc-A-Fella in exchange for his Reasonable Doubt masters, Dame expresses his shock in Jay’s request.

Speaking to Village Voice, he said: “We all earned those masters. This turn of events remains bewildering. The people that I was helping, once they realised their dreams, they did what a criminal would do. They stabbed you in the back.

“Think about the frustration of building a brand for years that should be taking care of your family, and then the person that was the closest to you saying, ‘Nah, you can’t have no parts of it,’ and flushing it.”

“I thought it was fucked up,” says Leslie “Freeway” Pridgeon, a Philadelphia rapper who released his debut album on Roc-a-Fella in 2003. “I missed the whole family structure that we had: Dame, Jay, Biggs. It was more than just music, like we’re riding regardless.”

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