“Him and the licensee who licensed Roc-A-Wear went behind my back and obtained the license to the company that was licensing PRO-Keds and stopped making the State Property PRO-Keds,” Beans said on Philadelphia radio station Power 99. “It was all geared towards Roc-A-Wear.”

Dame said he did not want to address any specifics regarding Sigel, but did say he did not want any beef.

“I love Jay, I love Beans — what’s the reason for beef?” Dash responded. “That’s stupid. What’s the reason for beef? People die, people don’t feel good — I want people to laugh. What’s up, y’all?”

Dame was shocked to hear Beanie on the radio.

“I was surprised. I was hurt for him, more or less, because I know that ain’t him,” Dash said. “But I don’t want to speak on that. Whatever [Beanie's] going through where he’s got to do that … I could understand where he may look at things and feel that way. I can see that. He’s probably got a lot of people around him and nobody to really tell him what’s going on. It was a different environment for Roc-A-Fella back then. I feel bad for those cats. I love those cats. I hate that they struggle. I hate it. I hate to see anybody struggle. I don’t embrace that. I’m not one of those dudes that get happy when I hear something bad about somebody I had a bond with. I really loved those dudes. You see Ski down there, I knew Ski for 20 years. That’s my man. Sometimes people have different agendas for why they don’t wanna be my friend. But at the end of the day, I’m always there for them.”

Dame Dash just laughs off stories about how he is supposedly in dire straits financially. He gets so much of a kick out of it that he doesn’t rush to defend himself against the rumors. These days, Dame is back where he started, making music independently along with brokering art and producing television.

Dash has a complex in lower Manhattan, DD172, where he has two music studios and an art gallery, and also publishes a magazine and maintains CreativeControl.tv. Mos Def has dubbed the building the “24-7 karate school,” because of all of the artists that come through and work together. Mos, the Black Keys, Jay Electronica, Jim Jones, the RZA, Raekwon the Chef and producer Ski (Reasonable Doubt) to name a few.

Dash says everyone is welcome, just as long as no one brings negativity.

“I’m not teaching violence. No beef! None of that. I don’t have beef with nobody.”

On November 27, Dash releases the first album off of his Blak Roc label — the next LP from the Black Keys, under the name Blakroc. The album features Jim Jones, the RZA, Raekwon the Chef, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Billy Danze and Pharoahe Monch.

Link:Dame Dash: “I love Jay, I love Beans – What’s The Reason For Beef?”

Wow his attitude seems completely opposite from Beans and Dame Dash, whatever happened to that cocky dick head Dame Dash?

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Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear co-founder Damon Dash has been slapped with divorce papers by wife Rachel Roy, the Daily News has learned. The stunning fashion designer piled onto Dash’s already sizable stack of lawsuits when she filed for divorce from her husband of four years this month in Manhattan Supreme Court. The breakup is the latest legal mess for the has-been hip-hop titan, whose empire - which he once pegged at “about $50 million” in a New York magazine profile - has crumbled under massive debt, bad business deals and one suit after another. Full Story: NY Daily News

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“If you come down and listen to [Jones’] album [Pray IV Reign], and I’m not sure if I’m too close to the music or the project, but sh*t sounds like a classic. I’m a make a bold statement and put it in the same league as Reasonable Doubt and The Chronic.”– Dame Dash, NY Mag

In the same league as Reasonable Doubt and The Chronic? Yeah this is something I’m gonna have to see. I Dame may have lost touch with todays music…..

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