Dame Dash Almost Started Rapping Due To Roc-A-Fella ‘Trouble’
Dame Sprint almost went from CEO to rapper on his person label once again in the early 2000s, as Roc-A-Fella was apparently on shaky floor prior to the achievement of “Big Pimpin.”
Appearing on the Moguls in the Generating podcast in an episode published on Monday (May properly 27), Dame described the well-known JAY-Z and UGK music that was made as a solitary in 2000 (when the album that has it arrived out at the tail finish of the prior year).
In addition to declaring that the music was in reality about his individual way of life and not Hov’s, the earlier Roc-A-Fella exec reported that at the time the song was remaining made, the label was in complications and he practically skilled to get on the mic himself.
“In that minute, Roc-A-Fella was in difficulty and if that ‘Big Pimpin” did not operate, I was gon’ get began rapping. [I don’t got bars, but] I would have just did it for the firm.”
The comprehensive discussion begins about the 1:11:26 mark underneath.
In that precise interview, Dame Dash also reflected on the well-known early-aughts beef amongst JAY-Z and Nas, expressing that he had “no fear” of any one particular receiving hurt even with the bitter rivalry regarding the two rappers.
“There was no concern of us getting harm when it came to Nas. I’m telling you suitable now, there was no dread of any violence when it arrived to that,” he insisted. “There was no concern when it arrived to us of any fight that we had when it arrived to violence. We were under no circumstances worried about that.”
He further: “Now, ‘Pac and Biggie, n-ggas bought killed. But n-ggas get killed in Hip Hop now. They be battling and then they conclusion up lifeless. It’s a minimal a lot more severe now.”
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Dame Sprint earlier claimed that Nas gained the feud quickly right after the release of “Supa Ugly” backfired on JAY-Z.
“Jay’s response was horrible,” he stated on the That is F***ed Up Podcast earlier 12 months. “The detail is, we experienced 1st hit him with the joint at Summer Jam that was kinda tough, the ‘Takeover.’ But when [Nas] came with the ‘Ether,’ I was kinda hype mainly because he stated my name. I was like, ‘I guess I’m in a rap file.’
“But the response, I was not there for the reaction. I experienced landed, Irv Gotti fucked that one particular up. Every time Irv Gotti got in my business enterprise, he fucked shit up … He threw that ‘Ether’ on him. He had him apologizing. The rap that he did was wack — when I listened to it, I was pissed.”
