http://theurbandaily.com/2010/10/30/jam-master-jay-was-lyor-cohens-first-teacher/Run DMC had a gig in Los Angeles booked by Lyor Cohen, the very first concert he ever threw. That was the first time Lyor met Run DMC. It was a hugely successful gig. Lyor made a ton of money and that one gig presaged his relationship with Russell Simmons.
Eventually, Lyor flew out to NY and their current road manager couldn’t be found and Lyor was the only guy with a passport. So Lyor had to fly to London with Run DMC.
He ended up saving one of their shows because their roadie had left Jay’s records at the last venue. Lyor told fans that brought records to be autographed to pass them up to the front before the show, rather than after [so Jay could use them]. That was a bonding moment with the crew and he went on to tour through Europe and America with Run DMC. And Lyor will tell you that Jason was the one who taught him how to get paid before the performance. Jay was the person who taught him how to reconcile at the end of the show. Jay was the street-wise person and Lyor was not. If you ask Lyor today he will credit Jason with being his first teacher.
So in The Big Payback when I talk about Lyor’s growth from road manager to helping Russell Simmons run Rush Management, to taking over the executive duties at Def Jam and then Chief of American Operations at Warner, Jay is his teacher. Jay was the one who got him his start in the music business. Lyor was a pure product of hip-hop taught not by some Rock & Roll folks, but by Jam Master Jay. By a rap group.
If Dame didnt have them then he would just show it. ODB's estate thinks it's in the belongings that were confiscated from Dame's old place:ah ok i get it now, masters and vocals, ok ok makes sense, shame on odb's estate tho seems like they starvin for money really
The widow of rapper Ol’ Dirty b*stard has subpoenaed the former landlord of hip-hop mogul Damon Dash, believing Dash left the masters for an unreleased ODB album in his rented summer home.
Icelene Jones, who was married to the Staten Island rapper, born Russell Jones, is asking landlord Elad Yoran for the recording, titled “A Son Unique,” after Dash refused to turn it over, the recent subpoena says.
Yoran confiscated Dash’s belongings — including a bong, art and jewelry — after he abandoned the home in Carmel, Putnam County, over a $162,000 rent dispute.
And dame is blaming the lawyers, and not the estate. He's trying to deflect again. Lawyers don't do shyt unless their clients want them to