While addressing the legal drama surrounding his attempt at auctioning Jay-Z's debut album Reasonable Doubt as an NFT, Dame Dash spoke to the Social Proof Podcast about why Roc-A-Fella split.
Dame claims that Roc-A-Fella fell apart because Jay-Z felt he deserved more money than his fellow co-owner, Kareem "Biggs" Burke. Dame stated that Jay-Z "didn't want to break bread with Biggs," which Dame says led to Biggs and Jay-Z not talking for two years.
While a New York judge ruled in favor of Jay-Z against Dame Dash’s attempt to sell his own Reasonable Doubt NFT, Jay-Z commissioned artist Derrick Adams to carve out a Reasonable Doubt non-fungible token (NFT).
Adams spoke to Sotheby's about the artwork, which is up for auction, stating, "Over the years, Jay-Z has collected and supported my work, and so this collaboration is particularly fulfilling. With this NFT project, we jointly embrace the opportunity to further the conversation about how artists of different mediums contribute to a more inclusive society. Jay-Z’s album Reasonable Doubt changed the game 25 years ago, and continues to influence so many of us. It tells the story of someone from Brooklyn occupying the urban space — a place that is as central to my own work as it is to his.
"My portraits aim to capture the sensibility, optimism and beauty of urban life, and in Jay-Z’s work I've found tremendous kinship."
The auction ended on July 2, with the winning bid going for $138,600.
