Dame Dash is pushing back on the $550,000 sale of his life rights. On Friday, October 23, his attorney filed an objection in bankruptcy court, just two days after the sale was announced.
Life rights give the buyer permission to tell someone’s life story in movies, TV shows, documentaries or books. In this case, the money from the sale goes to the people and companies Dash owes, not to Dash.
The winning bidder was Everlasting Films, LLC. The company opened the process with a $37,000 bid and ended up paying $550,000 for exclusive worldwide rights to his life story. The deal also includes 100 hours of video, photographs, memorabilia and an unreleased documentary or film project that was already in development. If Everlasting Films does not close the deal on time, a man named Doug Peters, who bid $500,000, gets the rights instead.
Dash’s attorney, Mark S. Roher, laid out three problems with the sale.
First, he argued that anything Dash acquired after he filed for bankruptcy in September 2025 should not be included.
Second, he wants a guarantee that Dash is not required to communicate with, help or participate in any way with Everlasting Films. Without that protection, Roher argued, Dash would not be able to get a fresh start and could be subjected to “potentially a lifetime of involuntary servitude to the purchaser.”
Third, he wants to protect Dash’s memories, experiences and thought processes that were never recorded, written down or shared before the bankruptcy. In other words, the buyer would own the story as it already exists, but not whatever is still in Dash’s head.
A hearing on the sale is set for next week, and Roher said Dash reserves the right to raise more objections then.
The sale traces back to August, when Traci K. Stevenson, the trustee overseeing Dash’s bankruptcy, asked the court to auction off his life rights. A bankruptcy trustee is the person appointed to sell off a debtor’s assets and pay back creditors. Stevenson said Dash did not list his life rights as an asset when he filed, despite their clear value given his public profile and his history with Roc-A-Fella Records and Jay-Z.
When Dash filed for bankruptcy in September 2025, he reported $25 million in debts and only $4,350 in personal assets.
