Question Of The Day: Can Damon Dash Make a Comeback?

Posted on March 17th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Damon Dash, Jay-Z, News, Question of The Day, Rachel Roy

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We all know that Damon Dash has been going “through it” for the past few years. After losing damn near everything, the real question is will he be able to make it through all of this turmoil and get back on top?

Former rap mogul and emperor of bling Damon Dash may soon have a new moniker: turnaround king. The question on the minds of hip hop cognoscenti, the glitterati and reporters alike is whether Dash, who co-founded the twin cash cows of rap music and fashion, Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear, will earn the dubious distinction of actually living a “hard knock life” after having earned a fortune for producing a smash record of the same name.

The mogul, once one of the ten richest and most powerful men in hip-hop, is now reportedly broke. He lost his home, and a Manhattan judge even ordered the city to seize his SUV because he couldn’t afford his monthly car note.

However, some observers vouch for his ability to stage a comeback. “At the end of the day, he’s an entrepreneur,” says Lola Ogunnaike, a journalist who wrote for Vibe and Rolling Stone magazines and who was the top culture reporter for The New York Times. “He’s not necessarily a music man; he’s a businessman, and wherever there’s a check to be made, he’s going to look into it.”

Read the entire article at The Atlanta Post

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  • Bossip sucks

    Doing what?

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  • I’m Just Me…Keeping It Real Since: 1983. 29 Days. DAXN, Y’ALL SOME FICKLE AZZ PEOPLE!!

    HELL NAH!!!

    THE WHOLE GAME HAS CHANGED AND THIS MAN IS TOO EGOTISTICAL TO EVER BE ON TOP.

  • UrHeinessDaQueen

    Good for him & wonder what his comeback move will be?

    I like his hoodie & his hat in this pic.

  • NUVO

    I DONT THINK NO ONE IS THINKING OF DAME.. WHO KNEW HE WAS RE-LATED TO STACEY DASH… TALK ABOUT SMALL WORLD

  • Yuh dun Know…..

    Doing what??

    He’s too old to do much of anything else. He should just concentrate on being a good father and maybe finding another venue for making money.

    He needs to NOT do anything pertaining to music.

  • DreTruth

    I think of you dame – shawn didn’t make it by himself – you and biggs help the camel to maintain in the desert – so I say do you and get that geeky swag together.

  • PraDaMaMa

    EXACTLY…..DOn WHAT???

  • Nique (Bossip…Bullsh!!t without Shame)

    With his attitude-I dont think so.

    Karma is a m*utha-I guess it caught up

  • NATI GIRL

    What is he about 50?

  • juliemango

    “…wherever there is a check to he’s gonna look into it”. People wanna make $$$$ ahd they wanna work>demands there!!!

  • I’m Just Me…Keeping It Real Since: 1983. 29 Days. DAXN, Y’ALL SOME FICKLE AZZ PEOPLE!!

    @ Nique that is what it is.

    He needs to change that attitude if he is going to make it anywhere.

    UUUGGGGHHH I cannot stand him! He didn’t do anything personally to me but it so feels like he did!

  • tiffany

    what goes around comes around. Dame is a D-I-C-K! he picked on a lots of people. you do dirt you get dirt. point blank. even if he comes back his ego is so huge it will crash him right back down. there is a difference b/n ego and confidence. This guy has sickining ego. He needs to go to University of humbleness!!

  • Mystic Jewelz

    I doubt it. Now he needs to focus on his children.

  • 6 Figgaz

    “…wherever there’s a check to be made, he’s going to look into it.”

    Uh, yeah. Just like I or any other logical person would do. Good luck brah.

  • Miami chick

    If he doesn’t get black-balled by Jay Z and his Jewish colleagues, he has a chance.

    I’m digging Dame’s new artist Currensy, his rhymes have a 90′s feel-good vibe, and I think a lot of people miss that about hip-hop. Let’s not forget no one would even know who Jay Z is, if it wasn’t for Dame.

  • Nique (Bossip…Bullsh!!t without Shame)

    @IJM

    I hear u. What did it for me was the show on BET-forgot the name

  • foxxy cleopatra foster

    Dame is doin his own thing now. He’ll be fine.

  • RazeKane

    Damon gotta understand one of the reasons jay stayed on top and continues to rake is more moguls wanted to work with jay. Its WHO WANTS YOU, not who do you want. So, I don’t see damon achieving success again because he burnt to many bridges behind him.

  • CAT EYES

    thats funny–him and his cousin Stacey trying to make comebacks at the same time….

    However,I think Damon could make it—I remember listening to his story at the Learning Annex and he actually used his welfare check payments to make himself millions the first time,so at least i know he has the head for business,just lose a little of that ego and he’ll be fine.

  • HBG WordDiva

    Anyone can make a comeback…I’m all for it! He just needs the right ppl in his corner and lose the ‘tude!

  • SoSmoove

    The comeback has started with Curren$y and the other artist that are on deck reading to explode…go to youtube and checkout Curren$y he is the truth

  • deedee

    I am sorry but if anyone knows hip hop they know dame was everything behind rocafella he signed almost all the artists on the label and took a chance on a lot of people gay z did him dirty and he ran into hard times I will listen to his new artists nipsey hussle and currensy dame is a smart enterpeneur and will continue to do well shake these dumb a@@ haters dame bring that good music we want to hear

  • chocalatetunda01

    he just got a attitude problem like a bytch. fix it and then you may be on to something. In the words of puffy “Bytchazzness is a epidemic”

  • that damn sh#$ disturber

    possibly…but not with that outfit!!!

  • Real Talk

    Hell naw. Karma got his a$$. I remem this dude had a show on MTV where he was sposed to be signing a new rapper back when the ROC was still kinda sorta poppin.During the whole show all dude did was plug sh%t holding up cds and them lame KEDS shoes he trying to bring back.In the end the dude that won got nada jacksh%t.The only bigger a$$hole than Dame Dash was,is Diddy

  • flawda

    He burnt too many bridges, yelling at other execs and belittling his own artist. Not to mention he was stealing money from Rocawear and Rocafella to live all flamboyantly (according to Beanie Sigel and Jay-z verse on Lost One’s). Truth of the matter is alot of people never wanted to deal with Dame but Jay-z was his trump card so they had to deal with him.

  • seriously?

    all I know is that blackroc album was hot.

  • Ms. Brilly

    I think it’s possible. He certainly has the business sense for it. With a few key connections he can be back on top again (or at least doing a whole lot better than he is currently). Damon Dash appears to be a true hustler and true hustlers always find a way, lol. But seriously, I don’t think people should count him out. With a little capital, he can probably do some big things.

  • Wreckless Driver

    He needs to move away from the Rap game altogether and put in energy in a new venture. The Money in Hip Hop is drying up. That well has been tapped by so many for so long and with record sales on the downward due to downloading,him trying to replicate what he did in the past is a major mistake. that is what always buries guys like Dame. they think that what they did in the past,that got them on top can do it again. IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY!Hip Hop is being destroyed from the inside as well as out,due to the fact that EVERYBODY thinks that they can do it. There are so many people,Black,White,Latino,Asian,Indian you name it,who all think that they can rap. It is the one musical art form that digresses every year. There are so many mediocre Rappers in the game right now that are blocking the way for the truly gifted,that it is destroying the game. Between Youtube wannabes and reality show winners,every year we get a fresh crop of GARBAGE! People are starting to get sick of Hip Hop because of it. Go down any street in this country and see how many people think that they can rap. Now go down that same street and find an honest to good MUSICIAN! Guys like Dame,Suge,Diddy,Baby and so many others helped to DESTROY hIP hOP. iNSTEAD OF ELEVATING ITS CREATIVITY,THEY MADE IT ALL ABOUT them! Hip Hop was never meant to last as long as it did,but somehow,it survived, But sadly i can see that its on its last legs and i only hope that the truly talented people who are in it ,can rise to the top and elevate it before its too late.

  • S.W.A.T’s Soldier

    I don’t know the dude to want him to stay down so I hope so. It’s always more tragic to have lived that life and lost rather than to not live it at all. Umm…..he has tried so many ventures that have failed. It seems dude has burnt more than a few bridges. And on the music side NY cats ain’t exactly burning up the charts and it doesn’t seem like anyone is in the bullpen. He might need to relocate and build a new foundation. Good luck nicca!

  • what is that?

    wasn’t it true that damon dash had beef with his partner, jay z, before jay z hit it real big? i think that dd got greedy and envious of jay z and lost it to that dollar…it looks like he been miss around with the pipe…he does not look good at all..what out, it will get ya…damon dash will be ok…keep focus on the Lord and his will and he will guide you back to the top… we need to see more brothas with ownership of businesses in our community…good luck…

  • LISTENUP

    NO BECAUSE HE SACRIFICED AALIYAH FOR FAME AND FORTUNE. ITS PAY BACK TIME. REMEMBER AALIYAH.

  • Candid Canuck

    * cue in Eben Gregory canned laughter*

    H E L L NO!

  • Science

    I hope he oes and I hope he is succesful,

    The moniker of these united states is if ya fall down ya get up and brush yourself off and get right back at him. All he has to do is spend a little more time distancing himself from Jay and Roc stand alone, and its possible

    All the best to you bruh , fa real. and to all of his haters, make the money he made and do th eish tha he did before ya hate on him,

    any takers, yeah i thought so . Peace

  • leah

    NO BECAUSE HE SACRIFICED AALIYAH FOR FAME AND FORTUNE. ITS PAY BACK TIME. REMEMBER AALIYAH.

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