Dame Dash is one step closer to ending his $800,000 legal battle.
According to court documents reviewed by Complex, the Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder and his company, Poppington LLC, have “partially” complied with the court-ordered asset seizure stemming from a years-old copyright infringement/defamation lawsuit. The original complaint was filed by Josh Webber, a filmmaker who worked with Dash on the Dear Frank motion picture. Webber claimed Dash exited the project over production disputes and attempted to sell the film under a different title. The plaintiff accused the hip-hop mogul of falsely portraying himself as the director and owner of Dear Frank.
Webber and Muddy Waters Pictures were eventually awarded more than $800,000 in damages. After he failed to pay up, Dash was ordered to turn over full ownership of his businesses and various movie titles to satisfy the debt.
On Wednesday, Webber’s attorney informed the court that Dash and Poppington started to comply with the order, but had yet to provide “the necessary copyrights/films to be given to the US Marshal.” Webber’s legal team said Dash’s attorney, Natraj Bhushan, reassured them the outstanding ownership certificates would be turned over no later than next Thursday.
“Attorney Bhushan has indicated that links or digital copies of the films/copyrights will be provided by the close of business on August 7, 2025 for the films (1) Honor Up and (2) Too Honorable, and will provide copies of requests to the United States Copyright Office for depository copies of the remaining copyrights identified in the Assignment of Interest at Exhibit A, before August 7, 2025.”
In light of the defendants’ partial compliance, Webber’s lawyers asked the court to cancel the Order to Show Cause hearing scheduled for July 31. They expect to confirm the full delivery of assets on August 8.
Dash addressed his Webber legal dispute in a recent interview with The Art of Dialogue. He spun the judgment as a victory and questioned why there was so much concern about his finances.
“At the end of the day, people celebrating my bills is an honor,” he said. “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,” he 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.”
