Damon Dash

Damon Dash Basic Information

Stage Name:	Damon Dash, Dame Dash
Real Name:	Damon Anthony Dash
Occupation:	Entrepreneur, Record Executive, Music Manager, Media Proprietor, Actor, Record Producer
Date Of Birth/Age:	May 3, 1971 (53 Years Old)
Place of Birth:	New York City, United States
Gender:	Male
Nationality:	American
Marital Status:	Rachel Roy (m. 2005, div. 2009) Raquel Horn (Partner)
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Net Worth:	$100,000

Damon Dash Biography

Damon Anthony Dash is an American entrepreneur, music manager, media proprietor, actor, and record executive. He is best known as co-founder of Roc-A-Fella with Hip Hop billionaire Jay-Z and Kareem Burke.

Family

Damon Dash’s family lived in New York City, where he was born and raised. He had to sweep the floors of a local barbershop and sell newspapers to buy sneakers and shirts while growing up in New York. Dash has not said much about his family.

Parents

There isn’t a lot of information about Dash’s parents.

Father

Dash has not spoken about his mother.

Mother

Dash’s mother died when he was 15 years old. She died of an asthma attack. He has said he learned to hustle by watching his late mother. In the year of her death, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He said in an interview with TheGrio, “I started to lose weight. I lost my appetite, I started urinating a lot. I lost a lot of weight, I started feeling terrible. I thought I had HIV. This was back when Magic had first announced that he had it. I just got sexually active. I really thought I was going to die for a good month or so.”

He finally went to a doctor, “They told me I had diabetes, and that all I had to do was give myself a shot and I could be better. I celebrated and I’ve been celebrating ever since.” He believed he’d been given a gift by a higher power after figuring out what was wrong with him.

Siblings

Not much is known about Dame Dash’s siblings except his brothers.

Brother(s)

Dame Dash’s brothers are named Bobby and Jeremy Dash. The brothers proved their family was just as flawed as every other family when they got together for the H1 series, Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn, to discuss the issues that have torn them apart. Damon shared his belief that his brothers were jealous of his Roc-A-Fella success, but his brothers disagreed. Dame also claimed he was plagued with taking care of everyone and instructing them to hash out their issues every time they arose.

Sister(s)

There is no information about Dash’s sisters on the internet.

Children

Damon and Rachel Roy had two daughters, Ava Dash (born December 7, 1999) and Tallulah Dash (born May 14, 2008), while they were married.

Wife

Damon Dash’s fiance is Raquel Horn. The couple welcomed their song Dusko Dash in November 2020. He had a son Dame “Boogie” Dash (born November 28, 1991), with his former girlfriend, Linda Williams. Boogie stars in “Growing Up Hip Hop.” Dash also has another son, Lucky, born in 2004 with Cindy Morales. He welcomed his first child, Dusko Dash, with fiancée Raquel Horn in November 2020.

Ex-wife

Dash met R&B singer Aaliyah in the summer of 2000 through his accountant, and they dated until her death on August 25, 2001. Dash said they had planned to marry before she died.

Before his relationship with Aaliyah, he dated Rachel Roy, who he later married in 2005. The couple met when Roy was working as an intern at Rocawear. The couple had two kids and divorced in 2009. They had a bitter custody battle.

Lifestyle

Dash was one of the most powerful men in Hip Hop in the ’90s.

Net Worth

Celebrity Net Worth reports that Dame Dash faced many financial issues, bringing his millions to a net worth of $100 thousand.

Cars

Dame Dash reportedly has a Chevrolet and a Ford. 

House

Dash reportedly trashed and abandoned his upstate mansion in New York when he went broke in 2013. He once owned a Beverly Hills villa. He lost his duplex in Tribeca.

Movies

Dame Dash was involved in the films,

For NYC (2020), Chronicles Of The Anunnaki (2021), Honor Up (2018), 4biddenknowledge With Billy Carson (2019– ), Loisaidas (2015– ), etc.

Roc-A-Fella

With Jay-Z and Biggs, Dame Dash founded the American hip-hop record label and music management company Roc-A-Fella in 1994. Roc-A-Fella was fully purchased by Def Jam Recordings in 2004.