April 6th, 2009
VIDEO: Dame Dash Finds Out Jay-Z Is Leavin & Flips Out On Def Jam Staff
Some unreleased footage from back in the days.
Dame And Jim Jones Discuss Beef With Jay-Z
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April 5th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Damon Was a Great Man!!! Jay Kanye and a few others Fucked him BAD!!
April 5th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
damn he told em he better den all dem hahaaaaaa wut a dick
April 5th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
PS FUCK 1st!!
April 5th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
awww fuck this nigga he still salty all these dudes is jay left high and dry and they still made there is no more dame dips nothing jay still makin money moves bigger and better still making good music and they got left for dead he should make jimmy dirty lookin ass sell records since he new one only sold 30,000 thousands joints ha
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April 5th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
dame that nigga tho
April 5th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
He ain’t yours anymore either, LMFAO. You got Jimmy, make another HOV!
April 5th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I AGREE NUMBER 6 NIGGAS SAYIN THEY MADE HOV SO OK THEN MAKE ANOTHER HOV NIGGAS WASNT PLAYIN THEY DAY ROLE SO WE PARTED UP LIKE BEN AND J-LO
April 5th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
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April 5th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
daaaamn that “choke no joke” song that ran in the end and beggining SUCKED ASS!
Dame is a great man, he made shit happen when it wasnt possible!
April 5th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
looks like dame was doin his job… but oh well!!! whats up with all these “old unreleased” video’s poppin up NOW?
April 5th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
thats what Dame gets….. he tried to pull power moves behind Jay back when he was on vacation… Jay said fuck it I’m gonna get him b4 he get me… and thats why he left…. and thats why everybody left with him….Dame went with the harlem niggas and they aint even together no more…… he so smart how the hell u lose more then 50 million dollars and how do u put everything u have in JIM JONES? ARE U SERIOUS and HOW DO U CALL JIM JONES LAST ALBUM A CLASSIC AND DISRESPECT REASONABLE DOUBT, ILLMATIC AND READY TO DIE when u mentioned that trash in the same sentence as those classics………..Nas said it best Dame Dummy lol
April 5th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
April 5th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Even in back in 03 he started to look like a bum! lol
April 5th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
when I see dame talk shit like that, that’s when I miss the original rocafella in it’s fullest form. that dude beez an inspiration to alot of mothafuckas. pick your style, Dame’s or Diddy’s. they was gettin it in. The Dame that people hated was The Dame that people looked up to, to be like. in grizzly form hate it or love it.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:05 am
But yo, to be honest, from a corporate stand, would you really wanna deal with Dame Dash. From what I’ve seen on this video, Backstage and a few other clips, Dame is not the most professional, level headed dude to deal with. I wouldnt want this ni99a in my meeting either. fuck out of here. He shouldve just asked “Why are you taking money out of my pocket?”
April 6th, 2009 at 12:29 am
thats why when jay left nobody worked with dame because how he act, he didnt know how to act professional its a difference in keeping it real and acting stupid and dame asks stupid jay would of neva did all them big moves if he was still wit dame thats why he kicked that nigga to the side now look at him… who`s the real buisness man?!?!? JAY-Z
April 6th, 2009 at 12:31 am
I agree with everyone but c’mon a secrect meeting about jay-z black album lol……u would go crazy too if you were in Damon Dash shoes lol. He’s right its his artist, they should of told him about the meeting. Its a spit on the face lol, there has to be more to this footage cause those board members obliviously didn’t care wat Damon was saying
Def jam be taking all these artist from different record labels for an example…..112 left bad boy for def jam and wack ass Loon left bad boy for def jam.. Jay-z just wanted to expand his horizon. If it wasn’t for Damon there wouldn’t be a Jay-z or wack ass Jim jones
April 6th, 2009 at 1:42 am
sh!ts depressin…
April 6th, 2009 at 1:44 am
p.s. where’d they say jay was leavin in the video? I thought the issue was a marketing meeting Def Jam didn’t notify the Roc folks about… not to say that isn’t writing on the wall but its not Dame finding out Jay is now a direct artist of Def Jam or I missed that part!!!
April 6th, 2009 at 2:48 am
LMAOOOO!!!
Make another Hov..Dame….
Oh wait you tired and failed.
Releasing old footage shall do nothing for you Dame. It won’t help Jenny, either. Jus stop beccause the both of you are embarrassing yourselfs. You two are on Jay’s dick more than Beyonce these days. Hop the hell off. You thought you had Jay, and decided to make deals behind this nigga’s back while he was away and that nigga got you first. As Jay said “I Will Not Lose” and he didn’t. Sorry Dame.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:34 am
Alll you niggas dumb as fuck! And i mean that in a good way lol. Dame was on his job, all them workers for Def Jam looked shook, And any deals dame made always made Jay-Z money. So how you snake your man to make more. Same sucker shit people (Black) do to each other. The real nigga move would have been for Jay to take himself and start his own label and left the Roc where and how it was… Just my thoughts people, just saying what i feel at the time… lol
April 6th, 2009 at 4:50 am
jay would get his sumday, maybe in sum other way but its surely gonna come.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:12 am
“Yall Aint Better than me!” Quotes Mister Dash.
Well It turns out they were better than you because Jay Was working for them after yall two went yall seperate ways.
“I heard motherfuckers saying they made Hov
Made Hov say, “Ok so, make another Hov”
Niggaz wasn’t playing they day role”
April 6th, 2009 at 8:26 am
thoughts
jay is a real fuckin snake y couldnt he shoulda been str8 up with dame. yea dude had it commin to him but that was still grimy.
im startin to think the only reason people really like jay is cuz the niggas super rich
it seems like niggas been on his dick ever since nas dropped ether as crazy as that sounds
on second thought the song dissin that coined the term “ethered” made his ass more famous than the guy who made it lmao
April 6th, 2009 at 10:30 am
…and he continues…with the term “My artist”…as if he owns Jay-Z…lol. The nerve of this clown. That was his demise. How you are going to treat Jay-Z…the person who’s part owner of Roc-a-fella…as “your artist”…he’s not “your artist” get that out from your thick skull. I hate when he says that…”Jay-Z my biggest artist”..he’s not your artist!!! lol damn.
Second, you wanted to make bold moves by making decisions that require all parties (Jay-Z, Biggs, and yourself) to come to common agreement. Something as big as making Camron or Beanie sigel vice president of a label that Jay-Z is part owner. Again, you’re getting too big for your britches. You’re not the sole owner of Rocafella, nor you’re own the biggest share, hence you should not be making these decisions.
Third, from the looks of all this, it always seemed that you wanted to be bigger than Jay-Z him self. I heard a rumor that you argued as to who gets the presidential suite when he goes on tour…that’s just pathetic. Is you head that big (literally)..that you’re going to argue as to who deserves the biggest hotel room?? That shows you the nerve of this moron. Jay-Z probably had enough…with your dumb ass. He probably said what is wrong with this guy…I don’t work for him…I’m Jay-Z – if not for me..the driving force on this label there would be no Rocafella.
I believe Dame Dash is probably a very good person, but he deserves what he gets. He’s not homeless nor in the street begging for money. God giveth and he also taketh away, ask Michael Vick he knows.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:31 am
“We don’t fuck with e-mails”
OMG
April 6th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Dame still the same Dame that everyone liked back in the day. Now that Jay-z aint with him anymore, everybody hates him. We on the outside lookin in and Jay can’t be completely innocent in all this.
April 6th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Most of you guys are so ignorant to the business world that its pathetic. Lets be clear… It took a great lyricist such as Jay for Rocafella to blow, but it damn sure took a beast of a business man in Dame Dash for Jay to get where he is today. Jay Z did not do this shit by himself. Artist dont make it alone. Thats why they have MANAGERS and other working behind the scene to build their career. All the people who were in the Def Jam offices planning Jay Z marketing… what do you think they referred to him as – THEIR ARTIST! So whats wrong with Dame saying it. Noone wanted to fuck with Rocafella in the beginning so it took Dame Dash’s asshole ways and skills to say fuck yall, we will do it our damnselves.. He put himself on the line for Jay to be successful because Jay was the brand.. Now that Jay is a huge Mega Star, all yall think that Dame was just sitting back riding on his coat tail. Maybe Dame should have said “fuck you nigga, make yourself!” Bet we would have NEVER heard of Sean Carter aka Jay Z.
April 6th, 2009 at 11:26 am
The shit majors like Def Jam do like the meeting, logos on jackets (like on Backstage), causes niggas to get hostile. If Dame wasn’t doing that shit they probably woulda offered Jay that deal around ‘99. Def Jam basically tried to ‘big boy’ some shit.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
“I’m a business man not a business man, lemme handle MY business damn/[DAME] Early sublimonal @ dame
April 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I understand what cityboyradio says….but also understand that….Dame got treated this way for a reason….like he wasn’t only jay jay jay..he wanted to be as big as Jay-Z….is like there can never be 2 michael jordan’s in the same team, it’ll never work out….Dame failed at playing Socttie pippen.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
and in addition to that…he’s really unprofessional…like really. Like he barks at people…I wouldn’t want anyone barking at me..like that. First of all this is not Harlem or the streets…so calm down. I see why he gets along with Jimmy..they both are 2 hot heads. Just because you scream and cus and bark at people doesn’t mean they are going to obey you. relax with all that. Funny he sonned Kevin Lyles but he never or at least I’ve never seen try to son Lyor Cohen..hehe.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Thats why nobody fucks with him now and his shit is gettin forclosed on….news flash to Dame Dash, Def Jam is bigger than u…..
April 6th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Sure Dame played a role in Jay’s early career, but Jay was the product in which he had to sell. Look at Dame now, who’s the product Jenny, Juelz and them how’s that working out for him? It was Jay’s talent that drew people into the whole Roc-a-fella thing. People weren’t buying the cd’s, clothing, putting up the roc sign for Dame. JAY WAS THE PRODUCT THAT SOLD ALL THAT ISH! If Dame was THAT important why can’t he do the same with Jenny and Juelz? He’s the ultimate businessman according to some of y’all, then why can’t he do the same for others (considerably less talented).
April 6th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
So Jim Jones is suppose to replace Jay “I guess men lie ,women lie but numbers don’t”
April 6th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Why all the personl reaction to this video….one would think that you guys have a personal connection to this…LOL!
April 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
classless! jay should have been a grown ass man and told dame his self classless
April 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Does any of the stans reacting to this video share Jay-z’s DNA! You stans say the same thing all the time “Ok so, make another Hov”…and some stans (#24) has to bring up “Ether” in an attempt to bring up the obvious person…NAS! Jay is a good artist…but some people acts as if he floats on WATER! Some of you stans act as if you were personally apart of Rocafella/Def Jam when this all went down!
April 6th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
LMAO at dude in the glasses drinking water furiously!!!!!!!!………….shook one……….Dame an asshole though………karma is a bitch
April 6th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
LOL at some of y’all sayin that Jay gonna get his down the road. All these years later he is married to beyonce, still making good music, and he is approaching billionaire status. Meanwhile Dame is bankrupt and divorced, and his shit is getting foreclosed on. Face it, anyone who goes against Jay loses and their life gets fucked up some how, and Jay walks away without a scratch.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
@ 37, did Dame have “class” when he tried to make Cam VP behind Jay’s back when he was on vacation?
April 6th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
if i had a career like jayz, i would have damn on my staff, but just not ceo status. he can be a manager of alot of other niggas just not the big dogs status dudes. i have no problem wit him barkin at them niggas in the meeting. they were havin a backdoor meetin about his PARTNER, not his artist he wrong about that but he was hurt so his true colors started showing he felt it slippin so he showed how he always felt. they all needed each other thats why he dont own jay, and jay dont own him they partners. i’m sure dame woulda been jay boss if he jay woulda allowed it at the beginning but jay had a vision too not like other rappers that would say sure u could be the boss i just wanna rap.
now dame arguing tactics do come in handy but they wear thin and dont last 4ever and will send u downward as quickly as it sent u upward. after all them years ppl had to get tired of that kinda additude. he came in the door respectful and calm asking calmly while them niggas was lookin stupid so i can understand why he started spazzing. his barking woulda had more of a positive and leadership effect if he didnt look like he slept in the park last night
and he told us in BACKSTAGE defjam been tryin to cut dame and his barkin out the loop for a while but jay never bit. yall shouldnt get sensitive about this sayin somebody a snake, this is business and everytime yall say that it shows yall dont understand business. dem niggas aint friends, they were partners and by dame callin jay his artist shows that it was about business. so naturually the bigger business defjam was just playin chess and tryin to profit like any other business would
April 6th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
KARMA does not have a time limit! Who is to say when (meaning time) someone will REAP WHAT YOU SEW! You best believe what you do in the dark will come to light! So it does not matter who you are when you do wrong by someone you will get it back…its just a matter of time!
April 6th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
All artist have a boss, including Jay-z! Live Nation and Def Jam is Jay’s Boss…just like every other artist! Why do people believe these guys are bosses! Jay still owes Def Jam an album and Def Jam still owns stock in Rocafella Record! Just like Live Nation owns major stock in Roc Nation!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
#43 Co-sign…that is why all of Rocafella Records artists are Rocafella/Def Jam…Jada, Kanye ect. Does Rocafella Records have any other artists…Memph Bleek LOL! Lebron James has more claim to Rocafella Record than Bleek does…I guess Bleek does not have enough money to be seen with Jay-z so Bleek got kicked to the curve for Lebron LOL!
April 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
@#34 – “If Dame was THAT important why can’t he do the same with Jenny and Juelz? He’s the ultimate businessman according to some of y’all, then why can’t he do the same for others (considerably less talented).”
I understand your point but thats just like saying, if the Chicago Bulls are so good at building a basketball team then why cant they find another Michael Jordan. Or if P.Diddy is such a good businessman, why cant he find another Biggie.. Its because Jay Z, MJ, and Biggie type of talent rarely come along. But that takes nothing away from the work that people like Dame and P.Diddy put in to build the careers of these artist. Jay Z can be the greatest rapper in the world, but it means nothing unless he has someone making power moves on his behalf. Other than that, he is just a great rapper. But I tell u this, its a hell of alot easier for Def Jam or whoever else to work with his career than it was when Dame was working with him. When he started with Dame, he was NOBODY!!! Def Jam came along after he was HUGE and his shit had already blown up. I mean, how much did Def Jam have to do. Lets be real. Bet Jay wouldnt have snaked none of those white Execs..hhmmm.
April 6th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Man this is a cutthroat business. Jay-Z stupid ass fucked dame over, then got his dumb ass fired by Def Jam. everybody that was with him will fall apart eventually just like beanie bitch ass. I used to have a lot of respect for him til he pulled that move, but do the math Motherfuckers!
April 6th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
hahahaha at people that don’t know how to defferentiate business and personal..hehe.
Dame Dash and Jay-Z were never boys. It has always been business. Since 1991 when they first met each other. All business. Well guess what sometimes business is cut throat. After Vol2…Jay-Z has been offered by Lyor Cohen to cut Dame and Biggs out..since 1998,,can you believe that…since 1998..it took jay-z 5 years to actually execute that…all on a ultimatum…
so Jay-z put friends over business…when in fact he could of gotten rid of Dame years ago.
April 6th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
it is what it is ya’ll, it’s a lil sumtin called survival of the fittest: def jam gave him a better deal so jay took it and stipped dame of his ceo status… think about it: how much different would it be if jay-z still had dame??? answer: no rihanna, no kanye(he would’ve stayed being a producer), no nutin. it’s buisiness… sucks, buh thas how it is.
April 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
@49-
Everything you just stated was wrong. #1 Rihanna existed at Def Jam way before Jay Z. Jay just got the credit because he was given the position at the time. Could have been you, me, or anyone else taking the position at Def Jam and Rihanna was still gonna be there. #2 Jay Z didnt even want to sign Kanye West. That has been stated by Dame, Kanye, and others on many accounts. Dame gave him a shot, Dame gave him a deal, and they all left Dame out to dry. All of you keep saying Jay Z was offered a deal he couldnt refuse. Only our people (African Americans) say shit like that. Money and Power is something that black men can never refuse. Even if it means cutting out your family and friends. Damn shame!!
April 6th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
@ the Poster who said ” what does this have to do with Jay leaving”?
What u have just Watched is the Beginning of the End for DAME! If u Know anything about the how the corporate world Works, When u start being EXCLUDED from Meetings That involve u having a vested interest in u are being removed from the process and in short time will be receiving ur walking papers or in their case Legal Documents!
Business is Business and it Might be a SNAKE Move on HOV’s part, but thats the way of the World!
April 6th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
@ 49… but its no real money and they’ll repo that whenever they feel through the courts (criminal or civil) and its limited power as long as you do what they say and you can only control who they want you to… so is it even really power!?
Cityboyradio… i’m fckin wit ya!
and g-dub who said that? jus tryin to see if you were addressin me and this previous post of mine…
2cents Says:
April 6th, 2009 at 1:44 am
p.s. where’d they say jay was leavin in the video? I thought the issue was a marketing meeting Def Jam didn’t notify the Roc folks about… not to say that isn’t writing on the wall but its not Dame finding out Jay is now a direct artist of Def Jam or I missed that part!!!
April 7th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Fuck dame dash….he’s gay anyway…crying like a pussy.
April 7th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
JAY ALREADY GOT HIS……….Did anyone forget the the dipset beef. when they all started trashing him…….Jay caught a bunch of jabs. from camron, jones, weezy, juelz, and everyone else who was following these clowns. but Hov took it in the chin. And was able to keep calm while all this guys went at him… The real reason new york lost its appeal was when new york cats the dipset went at jay in a disrespecful way…… every one else in the country turned ny off……… But during this time, the rick ross hustln remix put them in they place then came dig a hole..was a good spanking……2007 jay recouped in 08 dipset fell off.. in 09 where are they know oh yeah talking about the past the rocafella records, while jay is readying his BP3….
April 7th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
“WE DON’T FUCK WITH E-MAILS”!!!!!!! LAUGHING MY FUCKING ASS OFF….LMFAO!!!!!!!
April 7th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
EVERY PERSON ON HERE WHO HAS NEVER STEPPED INTO A ROCAFELLER OFFICE IS………..ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN!!!!
April 7th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
@moments like this a quote comes to mind that says if short but u stand on ur wallet n ur 6ft tall” well if u fall off that stack when u try to get back up who will extend their hand. Usually those who been u were kind when u building that stack 2. So what’s the lesson be careful how u treat ppl b/c although making money is important how u treat ppl when u have money important. what goes around comes around. karma is a bi****
April 8th, 2009 at 9:10 am
no comment…
April 9th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Let this be a lesson to all…check your e-mails.