Jay-Z: REALLY Decoded

Dan Charnas, author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, talks about one very interesting event in Jay-Z's breakup with Dame Dash that you won't read in Jay-Z's own book, Decoded.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• The Big Payback
• Dan Charnas
• hip-hop
• hip-hop music
• hip-hop business
• hip-hop history
• Jay-Z
• Shawn Carter
• Dame Dash
• Damon Dash
• John Meneilly
• Roc-A-Fella
• Rocawear
• Rocafella
• New Jersey Nets
• 40-40 Club
• Carol's Daughter

[LionOfBedStuy]

People don't realize John Meneilly is who molded Jay-Z into the most amazing business man in hip-hop.

[CazzMatt]

I loved this chapter in the book!

Dame obviously did some great things for Jay and the Roc, respectively, but at the end of the day he was such an asshole! It seemed imminent that the relationship would fold.

The book does such a great job of covering exactly what transpired to split the two, and its actually sad. It reads in the book that Dame could understand why Jigga didn't want to be business partners, but he couldn't grasp why he didn't want to be his friend anymore.

Great book!

[CazzMatt]

@Broyale26

Exactly that, he was the silent partner who provided capital in the infant stages of the Roc.

[Broyale26]

Fascinating....I wonder what Biggs was doing if Dame, Jay and John was running the ROC. I know he was the "silent" partner and all, but what exactly did he do?