Don’t Tell Jay Z, Dame Dash Set To Expose “Brutally Honest” Roc-A-Fella Secrets

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Music mogul Damon “Dame” Dash is preparing to take over the TV world. Reports claim the New York native will launch a series set on telling the story behind Roc-A-Fella Records.

Dash has partnered with “Preachers Of L.A.” executive producer Lemuel Plummer for an upcoming TV series about the Roc’s rise and fall.

“It means a lot that Damon trusts us to tell the story – the true story – of how two global music icons got their start and did nothing less than redefine pop culture,” Plummer said. “That story is so unbelievable and yet so true that we know we have an awesome responsibility as storytellers to get things right.” Envisioned as a series that Dash and Plummer specifically liken to HBO’s Vinyl or The People Vs OJ Simpson, the show will examine the meteoric rise of the company that established Jay-Z as a leading voice in hip-hop, and later launched the career of Kanye West, while looking at the high cost of fame and the pursuit of it. (Deadline)

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Back in May, former Roc producer Just Blaze revealed he previously wanted to fight Dash.

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Earlier this year, Dash talked about how Jay Z‘s Roc brand fell apart after he stepped away from the company in the mid-2000’s.

“Roc-A-Fella doesn’t exist anymore really and it never did since I left, neither does Rocawear. Actually, name something that I created and left that still exists. No, for real. All of those things. I knew once I walked away from Roc-A-Fella that it wasn’t going to exist no more and Rocawear. I was like y’all head that ship for the next three years and then it’s on a Titanic. They just didn’t want me to have it, they didn’t want us to have it. Roc-A-Fella wasn’t doing bad when it had Kanye, Jay, Cam’ron it had all of those things, right?” (“Dr. Boyce Watkins”)

Dame also talked about his disinterest in following Jay’s music business blueprint.

“It wasn’t about being cool. If he would’ve been cool about me doing my own thing, because I was cool with him doing his own thing. I didn’t want to do that no more. Regardless of what he did, I wasn’t in the Jay Z business no more. I had already moved my sh*t to Rocawear and created Rachel Roy. I was done with hip hop and music. They could have that block. I wanted to sell a whole ‘nother drug. I was bored with it. I was done with it.” (“Dr. Boyce Watkins”)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. Let it go already! How is it a true story if it’s only Dame side of the story?  What about not giving him his master’s? You ruined roc a fella…if this shit don’t get views…he gonna blame hov 

  2. Dame talks like Jay became irrelevent after he split.  Jay reached icon status after Dame left. Not saying it’s a direct result, but simply pointing out Jay didn’t need him to survive. Dame, on the other hand, fell way the f off. And Dame fails to point out the Rocawear died because “urban” brands died in general. Nobody in NY was still rocking it. The rest of the country would soon follow. Oversized, bright-colored clothes were a fad. Get yo life, Dame!

    • What he also fails to mention is that Jay Z bought him out of Roc a wear for less then $30 million. Then Jayb sold it for $230 million.  Dame looks foolish! 

  3. people clown dame when all the artists speak how loyal he is.. everyone say J wasnt available during the ROC days but Dame was always accessible. i was a J fan but i see the fakeness now.. it is what it is.. Dame, Biggs those were the foundation J used to catapult his career and ill be honest dude can flow

    • He was around…and all those artist are around…make another hov!! What is Biggs known for doing for the artist? Catapult his career? Where would their lives be without him? Dame knew Cam before he knew hov…state property was still available…m.o.p. and the other old artist he started signing… sometimes you out think yourself….and let’s just talk the main point…if Dame n Biggs gave dude reasonable doubt royalties…would it had turnt out like this? #killyourselfDD

  4. go watch backstage.. youtube Freeway, Beans, young guns, sparks and etc.. Dame made enemies in the industry so they black balled him.. ill take dame as a friend before J any day.. loyalty means everything..

  5. LOL… LOOK WHERE JAY IS & LOOM WHERE THIS BITTER DUDETTE IS… JAY COULD BUY HIM RIGHT NOW!!!

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