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*Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash has been ordered to pay $330,000 to a former business partner who accused him of reneging on a 2006 loan. Tom Nastos, who ran an apparel company which distributed the Rocawear clothing line the star launched with his former pal Jay Z, claims he fronted Dash $240,000 seven years ago on [...]
*We have watched Jay-Z’s meteoric climb to the top of Hip Hop. But in the beginning of his epic rise, we saw his clique and business partners change. Damon Dash was his right hand man when they were building the Roc-A-Fella empire, but they sold the business and apparently parted ways. Many have speculated and [...]
*Aaliyah fans will have to wait for the biopic a little longer. The family still has to approve the production of the film, but in the meantime, the controversial 16-track album is still a go. “The Aaliyah Biopic is currently on hold until the Haughton family agrees to go forward with it. Before the controversy [...]
*Jay-Z and his partners were slapped with a $7 million lawsuit by a clothing designer who claims he’s owed unpaid royalties for designing their logo for Rocawear. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Clothing designer Dwayne Walker claims in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court, New York, yesterday: ”The logo has become universally recognized as [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die” [...]
*Kareem “Biggs” Burke, a co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records along with Jay-Z and Damon Dash, pleaded guilty in Manhattan to a charge of conspiracy to distribute, as well as a charge of possession with intent to distribute, over 100kg of marijuana, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Burke took part in a nationwide marijuana distribution ring, stretching [...]
*The city of New York has issued a restraining order against Dame Dash’s art gallery DD172, for allegedly selling liquor without a license, according to the Village Voice. DD172 opened in the Tribeca area of New York in the Fall 2009. The four-story building housed an art gallery; a photography and recording studio, and rehearsal [...]
*You thought you had it bad. Damon Dash is in some deep debt. On the “Sway in the Morning” show on Shade 45, the rapper revealed that his troubles with the IRS exceeded the original $2million it was thought that he owed. “I owe way more than $2 million in taxes. That must’ve just been [...]
*The mother of Damon Dash’s son is calling him a “dead-beat dad” in an interview with gossip site RadarOnline.com. Linda Williams – who has a 19-year-old son (also named Damon Dash) – is battling her famous ex to fork over court ordered payments of $425 per week to help support their son. Williams claims that [...]
*Singer/actress Aaliyah, who was killed in a plane crash in 2001, will be honored at The Dash Gallery in Tribeca, NYC, thanks to former lover, Damon Dash. He is asking artists to submit their works by Nov. 1 to be included in the momentous collection. “We are looking for art work that captures Aaliyah’s essence [...]
*Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon is getting ready to roll up his sleeves and show off one of his other talents in his upcoming project, “C.R.E.A.M.” a film named after the 1990s hit with the same title – Cash Rules Everything Around Me. He’ll be co-directing with Damon Dash. “I’m working on a movie called ‘C.R.E.A.M.’ [...]
*A duplex owned by one-time rap mogul Damon Dash has gone into foreclosure, according to Gawker.com. A few years ago, Dash reportedly stopped paying a $78,504.20-per-month mortgage on a $7.3 million loan for a loft at 72 Laight Street and a 5,200-square-foot duplex in The Atalanta at 25 N. Moore Street, one of the neighborhood’s [...]
*With the transition of Jay-Z, starting his own label, Roc Nation, Damon Dash has decided, on what appears to a whim, to resurrect Roc-A-Fella Records with a the release of Curren$y’s newest creation, ‘Pilot Talk.’ He told MTV News the decision was all in the moment of a good opportunity. “I think we just having [...]
*Damon Dash enters the art world this month with the official opening of his new Dash Gallery, located in the Tribeca section of Manhattan. Nestled inside of Dash’s DD172 building, the space is slated to open to the public on Feb. 19. Opening night will feature works by Bobby Castaneda, Jeremy Wagner, Hector Ruiz and [...]
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