Damon Dash on 50 Cent bankruptcy: Hip-hop forces you to fake it

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everything said has already been stated in terms of paying yourself/actual wealth
 

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Nah. We wouldn't mind if rappers acted humble. IN hip hop you portray an image and then people try to live it. That's when they flop out. 50's image is of the money man hustler so I guess he has no choice.
 

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Hip hop doesn't force anyone, if you act like you're ballin then hiphop forces you to keep on ballin.

Look at Duckworth and Jermaine, no one is forcing them to ball. No one told Dame to come out dissing poor people, dissing people with jobs or showcase a baller persona. Dame sold drugs to flash jewlery, went into hiphop to flash jewlery and now someone forced him? :childplease:


Other than that, Dame was worth about like 200 million he just didn't know it :laugh:.
Cause Roc-a-wear was moved for 204 million, he sold his share for 20 to Jay.
Roc-a-fella was worth 30, he sold his share cheaply, Jay's discography worth 50. That alone is 150 million in net worth each (minus Biggs share in Roc-a-fella) + what having Jay-z under contract was worth. Dame was not smart enough to know it though. Net worth is a theoretical measure of how much cash you could get by selling everything you own, if you underestimate it and move it cheaply :manny:
 
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why was it necessary to keep up the lavish perception though. we were already under the impression he was in the league of hip hop's wealthiest. like a jay or diddy. These guys movin around in suits not diamond flooded crosses.
 

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Dawg.... He didn't start making sense until about the 4 min marked. nikka just kept saying the game. I'm like :what:


But yeah I remember Hov saying some shyt a looooong ass time ago about them not seeing major money from Blueprint sales.

He really did drop some knowledge with that "fake it til you make it" joint.
 
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