Dame Dash has expressed his opinions regarding the recent remarks made by Irv Gotti concerning his role at Roc-A-Fella Records.
In a recent interview on The CEO Show, the business mogul discussed Gotti’s claim that JAY-Z was the driving force behind their label’s success during its peak.
“Irv is my brother, so sometimes I worry about his mental health,” Dame said. “What I see him doing is celebrating, taking his artists’ masters and selling them and saying, ‘Y’know, this is how I make my money,’ and that’s the furthest thing that I would ever do with any one of my artists.”
He added, “My thing is to keep a creative as economically empowered as possible ’cause you know what you get when you get a rich creative? You get a Kanye, you get a JAY-Z. So my artists generally end up being billionaires.”
Last month, Gotti stated that Dame had only a minimal impact on Roc-A-Fella’s achievements during its prime years.
The Murder Inc. founder made an appearance on Drink Champs and participated in another highly candid interview. During this interview, he offered his perspective on the dissolution of the once-dominant record label owned by Hov and Dame.
“Jay didn’t need nobody,” Irv said. “[Dame] started Roc-A-Fella with Jay and Biggs [Kareem Burke], so he should get credited. [But] I’m saying the making of the records — I don’t know what you want me to say. Jay didn’t need nobody.”
He continued, “Jay was picking the beats, Jay was rapping over the beats, Jay was making things — it was all Hov! Dame was along for the ride. It was a great ride.”
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