Dame Dash took to Instagram today (September 25) to call out Lyor Cohen for his comments on Rap Radar’s Podcast where he dismissed Dash’s accusations that he is a culture vulture.
The Rap mogul posted a screenshot of the 300 Entertainment CEO’s response when asked about being called a “culture vulture.”
“It would bother me if it came from a credible source… I can’t give any light to that. It’s a clown right now,” the image reads.
In the interview, Cohen says that he would like to have a discussion with a “credible” source and try to reach an understanding.
In the caption, Dame Dash again calls Cohen a culture vulture.
“Just like a #CultureVulture won’t answer a direct question and gonna have the nerve to try to discredit a good positive man from our culture for telling the truth in an intelligent way..and still trying to convince us that we’re lucky to be getting robbed by him…they always try to make us think we are winning when we losing when they are trying to rob us …and he still can’t get a dollar from his own culture…I’m not credible?…. Who’s the clown?…And he’s like 70 still trying to get money off the rap game…nobody’s checking for that… The plantation game is over my culture is smarter then that these days…#HustleForYourLastNameFirst #CultureVulture the book coming soon@hip_hop_motivator let’s go! It’s time I’ve been waiting for him to speak after 6 months #nerd,” the caption reads.
In June 2014, Dame Dash blamed Cohen for the demise of Roc-A-Fella Records. Dash, Kareem “Biggs” Burke and Jay Z founded the label in 1996.
It partnered with Def Jam Recordings to release Jay Z’s 1997 album, In My Lifetime, Vol. I. That project established the longstanding relationship between the companies, which included subsequent releases from Jay Z, Kanye West, DJ Clue? and Cam’ron, among others.
Lyor Cohen was an executive at Def Jam Recordings while Roc-A-Fella Records was in partnership with Def Jam.
Dame Dash’s and Lyor Cohen’s Roc-A-Fella business relationship ended when Def Jam purchased the label in 2004 and named Jay Z president and CEO of Def Jam.
a black person using a slavery analogy? well I never…
A suburban white guy commenting …What a pleasant surprise …
This is where the game is F ‘ d up for a few years now. People who s only interests is getting paid is in control and anyone who speaks for the people and the culture automatically gets dismissed.
This is the same reason why blacks are being locked up or killed every single day.
Elroy Cohen gets the gasface
Dame is a cry-baby. When Lyor, Jay, and him were big pimpin’… Dame LOVED the cotton!
Shut the fuck up you old ass relic motherfucker
LAME DAME who?! Dude hasn’t done ANYTHING in the Music Biz in 10 years of relevance, & has racist comments & jealousy to a Hebrew MOGUL makin’ stars & big moves!
You N uncle Tom! Always sticking up for white and always knocking down black. Dame is hip hop! U kids have NO IDEA what going on with the culture
dame is just mad him and jayz said fuck dame but dont only wanna call out white man even tho 2 people of 2 different races booted his big headed ass
Man you sound like a fool. Cohen didn’t like Dame from the start and didn’t want him to rise to the same level of power and fame with the ROC that Puff did with Bad boy. They don’t like seeing black men with that much power and influence period!!! Cohen knew that when DEF bought out the ROC and put Jay in charge it wouldn’t last. Jay is a Rapper. Soon as Hard Knock blew up and started bringing in that heavyweight money Cohen’s conquer and divide plan with Jay and Dame began. What Dame and Burke should have done from the start with the ROC/Def deal was put in stipulations that certain and specific areas of Jay’s business was to be handled only by ROC staff and any business decision had to be approved by Dame or any other major player at ROC. All Def needed to do was cut them boyz at ROC the checks, also that would have prevented Jay from bringing in that publicist from Def and Jay from giving permission for people to call him and not Dame about business. Cohen saw that weakness in the deal got in Jay ear and pounced. The rest is history.
Cohen is responsible for young thug&fetty wop…I’ll just leave it at that…not j.cole..not kendrick..not even drake…now what did dame give us..oh I don’t know jayz kanye sigel the young guns freeway…you know music that will be played forever..this cohen has jerked everyone from dmx on down that was on def jam..all the way up to ross..how is he not a vulture
It goes to show you Cohen has no respect for the culture more specifically black culture for him to say Dame Dash isn’t credible. The rap community should be appalled by that statement and call him out for saying that; however, us black people are not in a position of power to control how things are handled and Cohen knows this. That’s why he feel that he can be disrepectful
Dame Dash is cooler then Jay-Z