Dame Dash is being sued by Roc-A-Fella Records for allegedly trying to sell Reasonable Doubt NFT of Brooklyn rappers Jay’z debut album. The Roc-A-Fella co-founder says he was just trying to sell his stake in the company and not the album himself. Nft’s have become a new way to gain income in the past few months for an artist trying to give value to the work. Roc-A-Fella was founded by Dash, Jay-Z, and Kareem Burke back in 1995. The label itself was sold back in 2005 to Def Jam after the split between Dash and Jay-z.
According to Rolling Stone, which obtained records “Dash planned to sell an NFT of the Reasonable Doubt copyright at an auction on the platform SuperFarm, which was set to take place June 23rd through 25th. Roc-A-Fella claimed it sent letters to SuperFarm and Dash stating the sale was “improper” and requesting the auction be canceled. While SuperFarm did cancel the sale, the label maintains that Dash is “in the process of finding another venue to consummate this improper transaction.”
The Reasonable Doubt album being a major commodity for the Brooklyn rapper who attained the masters. This lawsuit is the second one in two weeks the Brooklyn rapper lawyers have filed, just last week a lawsuit was placed on hip hop photographer Jonathan Mannion for using his likeness on prints the photographer sold. The Reasonable Doubt photographer has also taken pictures of Dmx, Dr. Dre, Nicki Minaj, and Snoop Dogg.