Dame Dash has broken his silence about the $800,000 debt he owes to filmmaker Josh Webber after losing a lawsuit.
In a new interview with The Art of Dialogue (around the 11-minute mark), Dash spoke at length about the situation, revealing that the companies he was forced to sell aren’t important to him.
“I don’t have too much in my name,” Dash explained. “So the things that are in my name are companies that I don’t know even exist, don’t make money, and are from years ago.”
After adding that losing just $800,000 is considered “a W in anybody that’s a real businessman’s world,” Dash gave his opinion on people wondering about his financial situation after the judgment.
“At the end of the day, people celebrating my bills is an honor,” Dash explained. “To me, any man who talks about another man’s pockets, regardless, is gay. There’s no reason for a man to be worried about another man’s pockets unless he owes him money.”
“A woman, I can understand because she’s wondering how she’s going to get taken care of,” Dash continued. “I’ve always said, another man worrying about another man’s bills and pockets, it’s like worrying about what’s behind that man’s zipper. So I’m not answering any man asking me about my bread, because I don’t consider it the most masculine thing.”
In June, Dash was ordered to give up his businesses and copyrights to satisfy the $823,284 in damages that were awarded to Webber in 2022.
According to U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger, Dash and his umbrella company, Poppington LLC, have to hand over full ownership of Dash Films Inc., Bluroc LLC, and Blakroc LLC. Additionally, he has to give up his stake in companies such as Ocean East Improvements LLC, 1996 Songs LLC, and Lebanon Improvements LLC.
The copyrights to Dash’s films, such as Welcome to Blackroc, Honor Up, We Went to…China, and Too Honorable, must be being turned over, too.
Dash has to, on pain of possible arrest, show up in court on Thursday (July 31) to explain himself to the judge.
While everyone’s been chatting about Dash’s finances because of the judgment, 50 Cent’s been the only person publicly in his corner (in a rare moment of non-trolling).
In May, he posted some motivational words for Dash, writing, “A little setback is just a lesson, you get a little arrogant, you lose blessings, but when you know how to Win you win. So quit fucking around and Win again. Chin Up!”
Dash’s path back to the top may have already started. In June, he released a rock LP, 365, with his group The Black Guns and rapper Freeway. In a video promoting the album on social media, Dash said of it, “I’m really proud of it.”
