Damon Dash is an American music producer. He is the person that created the Rock-A-Fella Records in partnership with Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) and Kareem Biggs Burke. He is related to some other celebrities like the actress Rachel Roy and Darien Dash, an American rapper. If you would like to learn more about Damon Dash’s life, career and net worth keep reading the text below.
Personal Life
Damon Dash comes from New York, and he was born on May 3rd, 1971. While growing up he has tried out many different jobs like selling a newspaper or cleaning floors at different places so that he could get by and buy the essential thing he needed to survive. His family was definitely on the poor side and had a lot of money troubles, this is the reason Damon had to work these types of jobs. He lost his mother when he was only 15 years old. She died because of an asthma attack. Soon after that, he started going to a private school so that he could get a good education and have a good career in life. He tried many things in life before he realized what his passion was and dedicated himself to the music industry.
When it comes to Damon’s love life he had a relationship with the famous singer Aaliyah that passed away in 2001 because of a plane crash accident. They were dating for a year at the time. There was the talk of them getting married, although they were never engaged. In 2005, four years after this event, Dash finally moved on and married the famous fashion designer Rachel Roy. Unfortunately, that didn’t last, and after 4 years of marriage, they decided to get a divorce in 2009.
During their 4 years of marriage, they had two kids together, two daughters, named Ava Dash and Tallulah Dash. They had a messy divorce as Damon got accused of domestic abuse by his former partner which resulted in him losing custody of both of his daughters. He also has son that was born in 2014, that he had with his ex-girlfriend Linda Williams.
Career
Damon Dash he first started his career in the music industry as the business partner and manager of Jay-Z through the record company Rock-A-Fella and also helped Jay-Z book his tour. The tour ended up making an amazing amount of money – $19 million. Despite this, their partnership didn’t end well as they ended up having a fight. The music record company ended up being absorbed by Def Jam Recordings in 2004 and the position of the president of the company went to Jay-Z. He is also involved in Blind Debt, which is a debt of fingerprint payment application. Dez White is the person that started it. He is the person that created the company Golvnis, which creates apps.
Another career path that Damon Dash has tried out was acting but he didn’t achieve much success in it. Despite that, in 2005 he did win the award for the most Offensive Male Character for his role in State Property 2. He received many other nominations but failed to win any of them.
Net Worth of Damon Dash as of 2024
Damon Dash has managed to accumulate a good amount of money through his career as a producer and manager and his net worth is estimated to be around $3 million.
That being said, recently, Damon Dash is having financial issues due to all of his problems with court cases. We hope that he manages to get things back to normal and continues living a good life.
