Dame Dash At His Prime

I figured I would do a post showing Dame at his prime since I already did a post showing him at his current all time low. The dude was definitly a hustler and a dominant business man. Hopefully he'll get himself back to the top.

Dame Dash Is Bankrupt

Its ironic (and sad) to hear that Dame Dash is Broke when he was bragging less than a decade ago about never having to wear the same thing twice and training man servants. However as I said before the reason why Dame failed is because he dilluted his brand (Roc-a-Fella) to the point that it had no meaning. Jay-Z then out smarted him and absorbed what brand strength that was left in that name into himself. Another more thorough explanation of the mentality that led him to dilute and wear himself down can be found in this article from the website The Rawness

The Hustle Mentality

Dame Dash is possibly the most pure example of The Hustle Mentality I can think of. The man has had multiple ventures in the Clothing, Lifestyle, Liqour, and Entertainment industry, yet he has never taken the time to focus on one business by itself. as he himself says

"[Dame Dash] tells Billboard.com, "My mistake was watching everyone else's careers and not watching mine."

Dame Dash Interview Part 1


Dame Dash Interview Part 2


Dame Dash Interview Part 3


Dame Dash's Financial Issues Link

That Hustle Mentality was a major aspect of the whole Roc-A-Fella brand and was promoted by all its artist in their music. Roc-A-Fellas biggest artist Jay-Z even had a hit single named "I'm A Hustler"(Give It To Me). But let me say this; even though I mentioned Jay-Z is a Hustler I do not believe Jay-Z can become broke like Dame Dash (Jay-Z has enough money that he could change his stratgey from acquisition to savings before he went broke). Jay-Z does suffer from the same "Hustler" disease that Damn does though. The proof can be seen in this graph of some of Jay-Z many business ventures that have never really added to his own longterm business viablilty.



At least Dame is not alone at having to file for Bankruptcy due to mismanaged funds.

Celebrity Bankruptcy Stories You Can Learn From Link

Jay-Z Business Tips

Best Life Interview

Ok Ok I admit it I'm a Jay-Z fan..... Though I do believe he lost the battle to Nas. Nas diss song against Jay-z named "Ether" was so effective the word Ether gained the additional slang definition of being a way to describe destroying something. A perfect example of this would be someone saying something like "I Ethered that girls pussy last night" which means that you performed extremely well in bed with a female. Or that you shot a woman in her clitoris.......



However, I digress. Here is a collection of some real good media I found online the emphasizes Jay-Z business sense. Though I am going to go ahead and commit blasphemy and and be the first person to tell the truth about Jay-Z's Business skills . Jay-Z business ability is overrated. Its more his image than his reality. The man is a celebrity who made most of his money early on from entertainment (though allegedly the drug game did play a major role as well). And while he is rich and deserves every dollar he has its was not earned by running/creating any particular business. Dame Dash, Jay-Z's former partner arguably was the mind behind the company that brought Jay-Z his first millions (who was the president of RocaFella and who was the vice President).

All of the above media proves he can talk the talk (like all rappers) of a business man. However, he never learned from Dame Dash's mistakes. He continues to diversifies his business ventures to the point that he dilutes the overall brand of "Jay-Z". Mark my words if he were too ever lose his celebrity prowess (which is unlikely the man is arguably the Frank Sinatra of rap) his businesses would quickly fall off as well. Just like Dame Dash fell apart financially once he was separated from the power of Jay-Z's celebrity.

Dame Dash Financial Woes Link

What do you guys think?