During a sit down with VH1 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary release of Reasonable Doubt, Damon Dash reminisces on a time where labels said Jay-Z wasn’t a good rapper because he rapped too fast, which made him take matters into his own hands with Roc-A-Fella. He also mentions he had to fight for Jay-Z a handful of times, to prove to people that he was going to be the greatest rapper alive one day.
VH1 has more clips about Dame speaking on the BK/Harlem synergy him and Jay had, the influence in skits from Death Row and life after and making money for having fun.
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