Damon Dash Fuels Beef With Jay-Z

By The Urban Daily November 19, 2008 12:00 pm

While The Blueprint 3 won’t hit shelves until early 2009, his former business parter-slash-friend, Damon Dash and mentor, Jaz-O, have some strong words for Jay-Z.

The New York Daily News claims to have a transcript of the former Roc-A-Fella co-CEO during his interview with Complex magazine. In the interview, which is supposed to run online Wednesday, Dash allegedly takes a jab at his former business partner, by suggesting there’s an equally scintillating feud growing between Hova and Kanye West.

The report says Dash cites a 2003 concert in Chicago, where West was to be presented his own Roc-A-Fella chain and medallion:

This nigga [Kanye] was like, ‘Wow. [Jay-Z] ain’t going to give me the chain.’ I had to take off my chain and give it to him… and I was heated. I had the real canary diamonds. That shit cost $40,000! I told Kanye, ‘Yo, you got to give that back when we get off this stage!’”

Reps from Ye’s camp tell the Daily News the story is “ridiculous and totally false.

Equally damaging is Jay’s former mentor during his “Hawaiian Sophie” days in the late 80’s addressing a bar that Jigga threw his way. On the Ludacris single, “I Do It For Hip-Hop,” Hovie pays tribute to classic hip-hop artists while giving Jaz-O a left-handed smack in saying, “Shout out to Grandmaster Flash and to Caz and even Jaz bum ass.

On a viral video released by TFTV, Jaz suggest he plans to respond by saying, “It’s just a matter of time, and not a whole lot of it. Them things gonna get flung out in the street. It’s gonna be everywhere and you know I know how to respond. “All that greatest rapper shit? C’mon, knock it off. I’m Jaz-O. Y’all niggas should know better. Ain’t no dollar amount that’s gonna ever, ever bring you up to even tying my motherfucking shoes.”

Should Jay-Z be worried? You be the judge! Speak on it in the comment section!

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  • 6-23-2009 7:32 pm

    Damon Dash needs to be ashamed of himself, he needs not to worry what J is doing but focus on his young sons, selling weed. He not a good father!

  • 5-25-2009 10:48 pm

    f**k Jay Z

  • 5-25-2009 9:34 pm

    I never understood the Jaz O Jay -z beef? why was Jaz mad? Jay put him on that song: Jigga what…wasnt he actually gonna bring him out of retirement. Maybe I missed something but the nicca Jaz always seemed a little ungrateful to me. We all know Dame was a snake, the type of nicca you put a chicken leg in front of him, eats it and then blames it on you.

  • 5-17-2009 7:10 pm

    I see most of yall is fake friends…there is a such thing called loyalty. These dudes aint said nothing about money. The love is lost. I like Jay music but personally I don’t mess wit dudes who try to copy and take someone else swag and claim for they self…For the record Jaz aint put out no trash tracks!

  • 4-21-2009 8:19 pm

    My dude Jay did what he should of done like he said you never know who your friends are until yall both got money guest he saw Dash for what he really was im ride with hova until the wheels fall of my dude

  • 4-17-2009 1:15 am

    DAMON DASH IS BROKE NOW!!! HE NEEDS TO RETURN THAT SUV HE GOT!! OOPS!!!! I LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, AND WHO THE HELL IS JAZ-O??? OH THE LOSER NIGGA JAZ-O?? GO JUMP OFF A BUILDING!! SLIT YOUR WRIST, THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE

  • 1-27-2009 6:23 pm

    Zzzzzzzzzzzz–my bad, Jay-Z worried about what again?

  • 11-26-2008 3:51 pm
  • 11-26-2008 9:19 am

    I feel that Jay is not thinking about them .He has a new life and he is a business man let him finish doing his business dam…. Hov keep doing what you do!!!!!! An if Jaz come back with some wack s**t like that well that already says alot about his wack ass career..

  • 11-25-2008 10:34 am

    History writes the winners into the superior position (sometimes even morally). Jay should be worried about his karma more than anything.

  • 11-21-2008 1:33 am

    Dame is just desperate for attention…Dame is a straight hustler and hustling is what he does best…he obviously needs to get his out there and bashing his former partner is the quickest way to get that attention…it’s quite obvious, just the fact that Dame needs to reach back to an incident in 2003 speaks volumes…

  • 11-19-2008 10:43 pm

    Be worried? Please… the only reference they make to Jaz-O is when they’re speaking about Jay-Z. I mean if you’re trying to come up, I understand. However, Jaz-O… comebacks only happen when you’ve had a reputable career. Dame… Dame, Dame, Dame… This man needs to let it go… once he realizes that street business needs to transition into professional business at some point, then maybe we can discuss his future career options.

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