Dame Dash has admitted that he did not rush to evacuate his family from their Florida home to escape Hurricane Milton out of fear of appearing “soft.”
Speaking on Instagram Live this week, the Roc-A-Fella founder explained his questionable decision not to immediately flee the category three storm, which has killed at least nine people and left millions without power since hitting the Sunshine State on Wednesday (October 9).
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“We were like, ‘Alright, we’re gonna try to grind it out and stay,'” he said. “Because none of our neighbors were leaving and the people that we know that are from Florida, it kinda seemed like we were soft if we were leaving — pause.”
Fortunately, Dame and his family eventually decided it was best for them to leave their home and travel to a safe location after understanding the severity of the hurricane.
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“[We asked ourselves], Who wants to be uncomfortable? Plus, with a baby and four dogs,” he added, filming himself in transit on a luxury bus next to his young son Dusko.
“I started stressing a little and [Dame’s artist] Nicolette and all the people that were calling. Finally, we were like, ‘Yo, let’s just get up out of here.’
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“We got a place to go. If you live in a place where natural disasters happen, like hurricanes, like once a year, you gotta have a hurricane house to go to. So we know where we’re going amongst family and all that.”
He signed off: “But I’m sick of this shit, I ain’t gonna hold you.”
Hurricane Milton isn’t the only source of stress in Dame Dash’s life right now.
The 53-year-old is currently embroiled in a bitter legal battle with former business partner JAY-Z over the sale of Dame’s shares in Roc-A-Fella Inc.
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The mogul is being forced to auction off his one-third ownership stake in the company, which owns the rights to Hov’s 1996 album Reasonable Doubt (and is separate to Roc-A-Fella, LLC, which houses the rest of the label’s catalog) to settle a number of hefty debts.
He owes $823,000 to filmmaker Josh Webber, who successfully sued him for copyright infringement and defamation over the film Dear Frank, as well as $8.7 million in back taxes and $193,000 in child support.
Dame recently accused Jigga of attempting to “poison” the auction and drive down the price by claiming that the copyright to Reasonable Doubt reverts back to him in 2031, thus making it a less attractive purchase.
A judge recently sided with the Roc Nation boss in the dispute, refusing to rule on the copyright issue before the auction.
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The judge also rejected a motion to conduct discovery into Roc-A-Fella’s financial holdings, saying that kind of investigation was also beyond the scope of the court.
