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March 27, 2003 -- The 11-year-old son of rap impresario Damon Dash was busted after bringing what he said was his father's pot to school and showing it to his teacher, his mom told The Post yesterday.

"He told on his father. He didn't like what was happening," said Linda Williams. "I know he shouldn't have brought the pot to school."

Dash and Williams are embroiled in a bitter custody battle over the youngster.

The boy now lives with his father, who has a home in Manhattan and previously lived in Alpine, N.J.



His mom, who lives in Freeport, L.I., is seeking custody.

The bizarre show-and-tell took place on March 10, Williams said, when the sixth-grader told his teacher at an Alpine school he was unhappy his father was smoking pot - then displayed it.

On March 14, four days after the teacher turned him in, Dash removed his son from the school.

The boy, whose name is being withheld, is facing a drug-possession charge after the teacher called cops. He is scheduled to appear in Criminal Court in Hackensack, according to his mother.

Dash was arrested yesterday on a warrant for "absconding with a subject child" after Williams claimed he had told her he was taking the boy to live in California. He was freed after appearing in Manhattan Family Court. A trial date was set for April 3.

Dash, whose Roc-A-Fella empire is worth $300 million, could not be reached for comment
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'Fresh Prince's' Tatyana Ali
Fresh princess
By Serena Kappes
PEOPLE
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Posted: 12:34 PM EST (1734 GMT)



Tatyana Ali says a recent reunion with her former castmates at the wedding of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Karyn Parsons "was like time had just not passed at all"; (inset) Ali in 1990.



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(PEOPLE) -- Taking an extended hiatus from the entertainment business isn't usually a career-enhancing move. But for Tatyana Ali, who grew up before America's eyes as Ashley Banks on the hit sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," the decision to focus on college has gotten her some extra attention.

"I was away for so long and not in any of the casting rooms that when I go in there, they're like, 'Oh my God -- you're an adult!' " she explains.

Ali, now 24, wasn't sure whether she wanted to return to acting full time when she entered Harvard University in the fall of 1998, just two years after "Fresh Prince" ended its six-year run. But in her junior year, while producing a fashion show with some classmates, she had an epiphany.

"I realized that I knew so much about putting on shows, and I was like, You know what? It'd be stupid not to continue on the path that I'm going for. Why be scared? I can do this. I can be an entertainer and have skills behind the scenes too."

After graduating from Harvard in June with a degree in government, Ali began pursuing acting with renewed vigor. She has two upcoming films: the slapstick "College Sex Comedy" and the independent "dramedy" "Nora's Hair Salon," in which she costars with Bobby Brown. Of the latter film, Ali says, "It's the biggest part I've ever played in a movie. I have a lot more responsibility than I've ever had before."

But she feels prepared for the challenge. As a child, "I was a ham," the native of North Bellmore, New York, says with a laugh. "I always wanted to entertain people and sing and dance." At age 5 she auditioned for and signed on with manager Aggie Gold, who soon booked the young actress in commercials for products such as Children's Tylenol. Ali then made regular appearances on PBS's "Sesame Street."