Dame Dash: The Man That DISCOVERED & Built Jay-z & Kanye West!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Dame Dash is the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella records and the producer who discovered Jay-Z and Kanye West. A legend of hip hop and rap who changed not only the dominant sound within the genre, he totally upended the way it operated as a business. In this conversation, he tells his story. Always knowing that he could never work for anyone else, nor could he sell out his business to ‘corporates’, his has been the life of a true ‘independent’, going from one start up venture to the next with only one thing seemingly connecting his wildly diverse businesses: it was what he wanted to do. In a raw and frank conversation Damon reveals the lessons he’s learnt from his triumphs and successes, his regrets, his proudest achievements, and the philosophy he’s developed and honed from them all. Follow Dame: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3DVTBQF Twitter - https://bit.ly/3FFMSf8 Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.2	Kanye's whole thing is I don't give a fuck.
0:36.0	Art is something that you really fight for if you love it, even if your message is
0:40.8	misunderstood.
0:41.8	Like White Lives Matter.
0:43.0	He's an artist that likes war.
0:45.0	One of the founders of Rockefeller Rockaway.
0:50.0	He discovered Jay-Z, Kanye,
0:52.0	Kanye West, and so many others.
0:54.0	One of the biggest pioneers in hip-hop.
0:56.0	I took Jay-Z and shot him to every single label,
1:00.0	and they all said no.
1:02.0	I had to do it myself I really want to understand why
1:05.7	Rockefeller won I did partnerships with my audience I'm giving all the rights to my
1:10.7	records my art and then you're gonna give me 10% of my art. That just
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