Jay-Z And Dame Dash At Odds?
Jay-Z And Dame Dash At Odds?
Wed Aug 7,10:57 AM ET
(8/7/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Jay-Z and Dame Dash may own two-thirds of Roc-A-Fella Records--the very profitable label, with an artist roster that includes State Property, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, DJ Clue, Cam'ron, Freeway, the Diplomats, Rell, and Jay-Z--but reports have surfaced that the two might be at odds. Some have gone as far as to suggest that Jay-Z might even be leaving the label.
Late last year reports surfaced that Jay-Z wasn't so keen on Dash's signing of Cam'ron. One insider's take, which was published in New York's Daily News, claims that recent developments have made matters worse, with the source saying, "Jay-Z wasn't happy that Damon (Dame) signed Cam'ron as an artist. He was doubly unhappy when Damon made him the vice president of the company."
Rumors abounded for months that there was tension between Jay-Z and Cam'ron, but Jay-Z's appearance on the song "Welcome To New York" on Cam'ron's latest album, Come Home With Me, appeared to confound such rumors.
In addition, last month Jay-Z and Dash purchased Armadale Vodka, so the pair now shares an interest in Roc-A-Wear Clothing, Roc-A-Fella Films, the Rock-A-Fella label, and the vodka company.
When contacted by LAUNCH, a Roc-A-Fella Records representative described the reports of the tension between Jay-Z and Dash as "pure bulls--t," and Jay-Z also took the airwaves of New York's WQHT Hot 97 FM on Tuesday evening (August 6) to further dispel the reports.
And in a recent Source magazine article, Dash shared that sometimes the pair don't agree, "We're friends. Friends argue with each other every week. We might not agree about everything. We might get into it, but we don't get into it too heavy. There has never been anything where we've gotten into a major, major beef. Nothing's ever jeopardized our friendship. Friends argue. Businesspeople argue. We ain't got too much to be mad about. We both got money. We had a dram, we talked about it, we made it happen. You just can't be upset."
-- Yves Erwin Salomon, New York
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