{"id":611226,"date":"2024-03-04T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dame-dash-stalley-curreny-took-record-deals-behind-his-back\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:00:50","slug":"dame-dash-stalley-curreny-took-record-deals-behind-his-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dame-dash-stalley-curreny-took-record-deals-behind-his-back\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dame Dash: Stalley & Curren$y Took Record Deals ‘Behind His Back’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dame Dash has shared his disapp<\/a>ointment about the decisions rappers like Stalley and Curren$y made about their careers after he advised them to stay independent.<\/p>\n

In a recent chat with Math Hoffa, shared by Dash\u2019s Nu America Network, the always outspoken mogul warned off that their proximity to each other might lead to some life-changing offers coming Hoffa\u2019s way. But he didn\u2019t necessarily mean that to be a good thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they see you with me, they gon\u2019 come offer you $5 million,\u201d Dash said. \u201cThat\u2019s what happened with Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, Stalley, [Big] K.R.I.T. They were all with me first, and then they took the deal. I ain\u2019t mad at none of \u2019em. A lot of \u2019em did it behind my back, cuz they were ashamed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere you think Stalley \u2013 the most independent grumpy in the world. He\u2019s the one that was like, \u2018Yo, Imma be the most independent, da da da da da\u2026 and then he took that deal. And I was like, \u2018You were just saying you were gonna be independent.\u2019 And I remember I seen him in the airport five, six years later, [asked] was it worth it? \u2018Nah.\u2019 Curren$y broke my heart, he did that one behind my back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dame Dash says Stalley & Curren$y took record deals “behind his back”: “They were ashamed”<\/p>\n

via America Nu Network pic.twitter.com\/m9GXD8P50h<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) March 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dame Dash\u2019s commentary was edited to include an old clip of a conversation he had with a young Wiz Khalifa, though the other rappers mentioned may have also been in the room.<\/p>\n

The video likely dates back to Dash\u2019s days helming his post-Roc-A-Fella media<\/a> company DD172. Launched in early 2010, the imprint was his anti-establishment push into everything from visual arts to fashion and of course music.<\/p>\n

Under its music arm BluRoc, DD172 famously entered into hazy partnerships with the likes of Mos Def, Jay Electronica and Curren$y. And while the relationship between Spitta and his fellow XXL\u00a0<\/em>Freshman alums is well known to fans, it might take a little digging for most to draw the connection between each of the other artists and Dame Dash.<\/p>\n

Per HipHopWired<\/em><\/a>, Stalley\u2019s 2011 mixtape Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk<\/em>Music)<\/em> was sponsored in part by DD172. In a 2020 chat with Complex<\/em><\/a>, Big K.R.I.T. recounted meeting Dame Dash for the first time while working with Creative Control and Ski Beats; but seemed to relegate the interaction to some good advice shared during just that conversation.\u00a0And according to a 2022 interview with Cabbages<\/em><\/a>, Dash counts a full Wiz Khalifa album among the projects he\u2019s worked on that may never see the light of day.<\/p>\n

The one relationship mentioned in the Harlem mogul\u2019s recent interview which is easiest to verify also happens to be the one with a documented bad history.<\/p>\n

In March 2012, Curren$y filed a lawsuit seeking $1.5 million in damages from Dash, claiming that the\u00a0DD172\/BluRoc boss\u00a0released two albums without his consent.\u00a0Curren$y signed with Warner Bros. in 2011 after trying to negotiate a deal with the mogul. The rapper had released two projects with Dash before signing the Warner Bros. deal.<\/p>\n

Dash lost his lawyer in the proceedings and Curren$y filed for default judgement, which he was granted. In 2014, the rapper went back to court demanding $2.9 million in damages and an additional $95,000 in legal fees.<\/p>\n

The case was brought to a close in October 2015 after the two reached a $3 million settlement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n