<p id=”par-1_60″>Damon Dash and Jay-Z were former business partners who had a falling out years ago. In recent years, Dash said he hoped to put his feud with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/jay-z/?swcfpc=1″>Jay-Z</a> aside. In the past, though, Dash spoke about his disgust that Jay-Z chose to work with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/r-kelly/?swcfpc=1″>R. Kelly</a> twice. He once said he couldn’t morally understand how he could have done that.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-damon-dash-once-shared-how-he-felt-about-jay-z-s-decision-to-work-with-r-kelly”>Damon Dash once shared how he felt about Jay-Z’s decision to work with R. Kelly</h2>
<p id=”par-2_28″>Dash and Aaliyah were <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jay-z-lost-competition-aaliyahs-romantic-attention.html/”>involved before her death</a>. He found it unfathomable that Jay-Z would work with Kelly after he illegally married Aaliyah when she was a minor.</p>
<p id=”par-3_46″>“I just couldn’t believe he did a project with R. Kelly knowing that he’d raped my girl,” Dash said, per <a href=”https://www.complex.com/music/a/brad-callas/dame-dash-jay-z-made-albums-r-kelly-after-abused-aaliyah” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Complex</a>. “I was like, ‘Just don’t put my name on that, I don’t want no money from that. If it is, put it to Aaliyah foundation.’”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/R.-Kelly-Jay-Z.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Jay-Z and R. Kelly stand on a stage wearing white outfits and sunglasses. Jay-Z holds a microphone to his mouth.” class=”wp-image-3753067″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jay-Z and R. Kelly | KMazur/WireImage</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_28″>Jay-Z and Kelly worked together on two albums and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jay-z-said-short-lived-tour-r-kelly-sad-see.html/”>toured together in 2004</a>. They planned a tour for 2002, which fell apart due to Kelly’s child pornography charges.</p>
<p id=”par-5_8″>“Like, they did this s*** twice,” Dash said.</p>
<p id=”par-6_15″>While his company produced the albums, Dash said he didn’t want any part of them.</p>
<p id=”par-7_92″>“I really am not on the <em>Best of Both Worlds.</em> I didn’t go to a show. I didn’t have my name on any of that. I was in ‘Fiesta,’ but only because Aaliyah said she wanted me to do it that way,” Dash said. “I know I’m not f***in’ with that … I knew, morally, [Jay-Z and I] weren’t the same. So, to me, Roc-a-Fella was defunct. It was over. I couldn’t f*** with it. It was something that, to me — I don’t wanna say ‘unforgivable,’ but I couldn’t understand it.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-another-celebrity-called-out-the-collaboration”>Another celebrity called out the collaboration</h2>
<p id=”par-8_26″>Nas also <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/rosie-perez-lost-a-lot-respect-jay-z-feud-nas.html/”>called out Jay-Z</a> for his work with Kelly. He once said he didn’t think Jay-Z could have been fully ignorant of Kelly’s predatory behavior.</p>
<p id=”par-9_63″>“I could have shown the R. Kelly video that everybody’s talking about and made fun of it and show pictures of Jay hanging out,” he said, per <a href=”https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/nas-jay-z-r-kelly-behavior-interview-630654/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Vibe Magazine</a>. “You can’t tell me Jay didn’t see a 14-year-old girl come into the studio and sit on R. Kelly’s lap. You gonna tell me he didn’t see no 14-year-old girl come into the vicinity?”</p>
<p id=”par-10_20″>Nas said he had long been aware that Kelly had a problem due to the time he spent with him.</p>
<p id=”par-11_58″>“You’ve seen it go down. I’ve been around R. Kelly … I’ve been on tours with him,” he said. “I didn’t see no 14-year-old, but I talked to the man and see there’s a little problem there. The brother needs help and I pray for him. I’m here for the people. I’m here to talk [about] the truth.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-damon-dash-once-said-he-hoped-jay-z-would-not-be-implicated-alongside-sean-diddy-combs”>Damon Dash once said he hoped Jay-Z would not be implicated alongside Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs</h2>
<p id=”par-12_36″>Following Sean “Diddy” Combs’ arrest on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, Dash said he hoped he never heard that Jay-Z had involvement in Combs’ illegal activity. He wondered why Jay-Z hadn’t spoken out about Combs.</p>
<p id=”par-13_36″>“I would never want to hear like, ‘Jay at the freak off party’, that’s crazy,” he said, per <a href=”https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dame-dash-questions-jay-z-181353276.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Yahoo</a>. “The s*** they saying, and I just be wondering why nobody… he don’t say nothing about it.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jay-Z-sexual-assault.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs smile at each other. Jay-Z wears a black suit and Diddy wears a white tuxedo.” class=”wp-image-3750096″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jay Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-14_15″>Dash thought any involvement on Jay-Z’s part would reflect poorly on all of hip-hop music.</p>
<p id=”par-15_27″> “Regardless of what, perception-wise, Jay is also a pillar of Hip-Hop, and if anything bad happens to him, then it’s really going to look crazy for Hip-Hop.”</p>
<p id=”par-16_19″>Recently, Jay-Z was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/50-cent-said-damage-done-lawsuit-jay-z.html/”>named in a lawsuit</a> alleging that he and Combs raped an underage girl at a party.</p>
<p id=”par-17_33″><em><strong><em>How to get help:</em></strong><em> In the U.S., call the RAINN National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 to connect with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area.</em></em></p>