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Dame Dash never had a problem with letting the world know how he feels. The New York native made a name for himself in hip-hop during the early 1990s as the fiery manager for groups like The Future Sound and Original Flavor. Dash eventually became a serial entrepreneur, working with Jay-Z and serving as co-CEO…

Damon Dash has dismissed Kim Kardashian‘s concerns over Kanye West‘s mental health. After Kardashian — who has children North, seven, Saint, four, Chicago, two, and 14-month-old Psalm, with Kanye — released a statement on Instagram admitting that her “brilliant but complicated” husband, 43, is currently struggling with his bipolar disorder, West’s friend Dash hit back.…

Dame Dash’s family therapy session quickly degenerated into chaos when he and two children began yelling at each other while volleying insults back and forth. This clip is from the latest episode of “Growing Up Hip Hop,” where Dash relentlessly argued with his two kids, son Damon “Boogie” Dash and daughter Ava Dash. The therapist…

Entrepreneur Dame Dash has filed a lawsuit against We TV, alleging that the cable channel breached a verbal agreement with him that his son wouldn’t be allowed to consume alcoholic beverages on the Atlanta edition of “Growing Up Hip Hop.” In court documents obtained by TMZ, Dash claims that We TV deliberately violated that agreement…

The second installment of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly airs tonight, Thursday, Jan. 2, and the five-part sequel is expected to examine the lives of the R&B singer’s accusers since they spoke out against him a year ago. Among other featured guests is Dame Dash, who was dating Aaliyah when she was tragically killed in a…

Dame Dash is fighting back against accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman. The former record label executive responded to a $50 million lawsuit that claimed he forced himself on a woman without her consent. Dash allegedly hired Monique Bunn to shoot photos in April 2019. Bunn stayed with Dash and his family at their…

Dame Dash is facing another lawsuit. The outspoken entrepreneur and former music executive is being sued for sexual assault, according to The Blast. According to the lawsuit, Dash hired Monique Bunn to shoot photos in April 2019. Bunn stayed with Dash and his family at their Los Angeles home. On April 19, 2019, Dash allegedly…

Dame Dash is still feeling some kind of way about former business partner Jay-Z after 15 years, saying the rap mogul “robbed” him which led to the end of their celebrated partnership with Roc-A-Fella records. As most know, Jay-Z has gone on to accumulate astounding wealth and was designated by Forbes magazine as hip-hop’s first…

Back in the late 1990s, Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Jay-Z was completely infatuated with rising superstar singer Aaliyah, Dame Dash revealed in a recent interview. The source of Jay’s and Dash’s estranged business relationship has always been a mystery to older pop culture observers. Perhaps this could have been one of the flashpoints that led to…

Dame Dash’s child support troubles could be solved by a former colleague. According to TMZ, Lee Daniels will likely be forced to cover Dash’s child support bill. The mothers of Dash’s children, Rachel Roy and Cindy Morales, have taken the former record label executive to court for his failure to pay child support. Dash was…

Media mogul Dame Dash unloaded his feelings outside a New York courthouse after his arrest for being nearly a half-million dollars in arrears on child support. Damon Anthony Dash, 48, went on a long tirade with the media where he posted on his Instagram page about the negative narrative that recently suggested he is broke.…

The subplots coming out of the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary are becoming just as intriguing as the source material. The latest plot twist comes in the form of Dame Dash continuing his campaign to completely distance himself from R. Kelly and his past collaborative relationship with former Roc-A-Fella Records business partner Jay-Z. In a recent sit-down with Nick…

Following the release of the recent Lifetime docu-series “Surviging R. Kelly,” over the past few days, pop culture has been deluged with a multiplicity of testimonies of the alleged chronic sexual improprieties of superstar singer R. Kelly. But few people know how the late beloved singer Aaliyah, who was portrayed in the film, felt about…

The 2018 RIDE conference was packed full of opportunities for social engagement with live podcasts being broadcast and social media messaging happening in real time via a LIVE tweet wall and an interactive photo booth. But it was an impromptu pop-up photo shoot with Atlanta’s infamous @mrwattson that ended up scoring big with hip-hop mogul…

Never one to back down from a fight, Dame Dash has always stood as an unapologetic figure in hip-hop, ready to battle in the name of that which he believes. So it came as no surprise when the topic of the Black community was broached — a topic that he has historically been outspoken about…

One of the big three filmmakers/producers from the Oscar-winning film Precious finally responded publicly to comedienne-actress Mo’Nique’s ceaseless campaign to convince fans that she’s been “black-balled.” Director Lee Daniels, 58, who got his breakthrough on the momentous 2009 film that earned Mo’Nique, 50, an Academy Award for Best Actress, bluntly said she “needs to shut…

Dame Dash recently confronted Lee Daniels for not repaying him $2 million. Dash confronted Daniels at a Diana Ross concert that took place at Hollywood Bowl earlier this month. A video released by Dash shows the confrontation where Dash asked Daniels about the $2 million. Daniels admitted to being wrong. Dash was once considered a…

The music business that consumers interact with today was built by crusaders who were unapologetic in their quest for creative control. Street lessons were the itinerary for navigating through the shallow waters of the music game. Early pioneers such as J Prince and Master P provided the blueprint for the do-it-yourself mentality in music. This…

When Beyoncé dropped her critically acclaimed Lemonade album in April, fans across the globe collectively dropped their jaws when Bey accused her husband, Jay Z, of having cheated on her with a woman that she referred to as “Becky with the good hair.” Immediately afterward, her BeyHive fans went on a wild hunt to find…

Many people forget that former Roc-A-Fella CEO Dame Dash and increasingly bizarre actress turned Fox News correspondent Stacey Dash are first cousins. Since her recent outlandish comments that people of color have no right to be upset at being excluded from Oscar nominations because whites are excluded from BET and other black focused entities, many in the…