In 2014, Dame Dash accused you of “continuously making money off our culture,” and “not using any of your money to help our culture.” What do you say to that?
As it relates to Damon, I don’t see him or hear him. I wish him the very best. I hope he finds his way, and finds a way to contribute and feed his family. As far as community work, that’s private for me, but it’s also public. Everyone knows I’m a proud board member for over a decade of Boys & Girls Harbor. We help thousands of kids in the inner city, primarily in Harlem, through the arts and school. In after-school programs, the working poor tend to get screwed the most, because there’s a net and an apparatus for the most severely poor people. But when someone has a job,their kids get out of school, and they live in a rough neighborhood, but the parent can’t pick the kid up from school, there’s not an apparatus for that. We provide a net and safe haven for those kids to study, play sports, perform in the arts. Everyday I wake up trying to give more than I receive.
damn damon