Dame Dash has revealed that he refused to work on the Snoop Dogg film Soul Plane due concerns about it containing racist humor.
Speaking to Math Hoffa, the Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder said he turned down the chance to produce the 2004 comedy, which also starred Kevin Hart.
“They had asked me to produce Soul Plane and I got offended because I don’t like white people making money off making fun of us,” he said.
Hoffa agreed with Dash’s gripe with the film, saying: “I could never feel comfortable sitting in a movie theater watching people laugh at us.”
Dame also said he takes issue with Kevin Hart no longer publicly supporting him despite discovering the comedian before he was famous.
“Anyone who interviews Kev, and he’ll say it: Dame put me in my first movie. [Ask him] why you won’t post his shit?” the mogul said.
“I wouldn’t braid another man’s hair on a billboard,” he continued, taking aim at Hart’s 2015 movie Get Hard. “I don’t care if it’s Will Ferrell. He has done things that I didn’t raise him to do but he has a different kind of comedy.
“I’m not judging him, I’m just saying: repost my shit! I was never mad at him for doing anything he’s done that I wouldn’t do, and I’m not mad at him now. But it would be nice if anyone of y’all muthafuckas I put on would post my shit.”
Kevin Hart did previously give Dame Dash credit for elevating his career and casting him in his first movie role in Paper Soldiers.
Speaking on the All The Smoke podcast in 2021, he said: “I’m at a comedy club, Dame just happens to be sitting in the comedy club, sees me perform. ‘Yo, that dude funny as shit, you wanna do a movie?’ Paper Soldiers is the reason I got tapes, auditions, pilots.”
Paper Soldiers was released in 2002 and starred a relatively unknown Hart as a rookie thief, with the film co-directed and co-written by Dash.
It also starred Stacey Dash, Beanie Sigel and Charlie Murphy, while JAY-Z made a cameo appearance as himself.
Soul Plane was released two years later and while it was a flop at the box office, it went on to be regarded as a cult classic.
The film starred a number of rappers including Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins, as well as regular actors such as Tom Arnold, D.L. Hughley and Sofia Vergara.
At this point I watch dame so I know how NOT to act in public, not to think and what not to do in business meetings. Bro Had an empire at his fingertips and blew it. I’ll never take his advice unless it’s how not to ruin relationships
Let’s tried to change the script to. Please people to please everyone.
I know you’re an angry ego loser type. Not everyone feels the need to react like an over emotional woman every time we don’t like someone or someone doesn’t go our way. Time and places clown hope you’re not over 16
I agree. I’m also very fragile mentally, and could never be okay with comedians making stupid and silly jokes about my culture.