Damon Dash Ready to Squash Long-Term Beef with Jay-Z Following Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Speech

Damon Dash is ready to squash the 20-year-long beef with Jay-Z after the rapper offered an “olive branch” during his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

On Saturday Jay-Z put their difference aside and thanked Dash during his speech, he said, “Shout out to Dame,” adding “ I know we don’t see eye to eye, but I can never erase your accomplishments. And I appreciate you and I thank you for that.” He also thanked Kareem “Biggs” Burke and said, “I appreciate you guys. Thank you for our journey. Thank you. Thank you for your contribution to this journey.”

According to PageSix, Dash was surprised to hear that his estranged friend mentioned him in his speech. He said “It was beautiful, I’m glad he said it for the culture. We need to squash everything. So hopefully if that was an extended [olive branch], I’ll spin one back.”

“I have no beef with [him] if [he has] no beef with me,” he added. “Let’s get the lawyers out of it then. Let’s talk like men, but I definitely appreciate it.”

The two are known for turning the music industry upside down in 1995 before Jay-Z was even signed to a major label, but their friendship dissolved into a nasty feud as Jay-Z’s career exploded and the label was sold off.

Recently, Dash attempted to promote Rock-A-Fella’s debut release, Jay-Z “Reasonable Doubt,” as an NFT, which resulted in a pair of lawsuits between the two. During the beef, Dash labeled Hova a “liar” and a “bully.”

“I would never want you to think that we have to go to the court to resolve anything,” he added. “We can talk it out and the culture needs to see two strong black men working out a problem. Even if they worked together, they can go their separate ways, they can still be cool.”

He said he’s always considered the rapper a brother. “We should not be divided. We have accomplished too much to be beefing … There ain’t no way I’m never gonna [not] consider [him] my brother — it’s just that we don’t see eye to eye.”

In addition to squashing the beef Dash responded Jay-Z with gratitude, he said “That means I’m in the Hall of Fame,” he said. “Whether we cool or not, him getting in the Hall of Fame is major. So congratulations to us, congratulations to him and thank you [to him] for keep working so hard to where he got to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Anything he can do to make me great, so thank you for even continuing to strive. He keeps my name alive.”