{"id":1973893,"date":"2025-08-22T06:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1973893"},"modified":"2025-08-22T06:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:16:01","slug":"lance-rivera-calls-out-jay-z-for-not-helping-dame-dash-amid-financial-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lance-rivera-calls-out-jay-z-for-not-helping-dame-dash-amid-financial-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Rivera Calls Out Jay-Z for Not Helping Dame Dash Amid Financial Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lance Rivera believes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/jay-z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jay-Z;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Jay-Z<\/a>&#8216;s alleged treatment of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/dame-dash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dame Dash;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Dame Dash<\/a> since their fallout is &#8220;some sucker shit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think was some sucker s**twhen they excluded him from the history of who he is and Roc-A-Fella and that Brooklyn Museum shit,&#8221; Rivera said. &#8220;I think it was unjust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rivera appears to be referencing the &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookofhov.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Book of Hov;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Book of Hov<\/a>&#8221; exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library in which the late Irv Gotti <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=POarJtTTfo8&amp;t=6200s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:spoke about the alleged absence of anything related to Dame Dash;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">spoke about the alleged absence of anything related to Dame Dash<\/a> in his Drink Champs interview. Gotti took it a step further, justifying the alleged omission by arguing that the success of Roc-A-Fella &#8220;was all Hov,&#8221; adding, &#8220;Dame was along for the ride.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Yeah, Dame got his money,&#8221; Rivera continued. &#8220;He probably did some things that he did with his money that was, you know what I&#8217;m saying\u2014but nah, he not supposed to be in the situation that he&#8217;s in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what's next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what&#8217;s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dash&#8217;s financial woes primarily stem from back taxes, including $8.7 million to the state of New York. According to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/15\/us-news\/new-york-state-buys-one-third-share-of-jay-zs-roc-a-fella-records-to-make-deadbeat-co-founder-damon-dash-good-on-back-taxes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">celebrity.land<\/a>, the state government spent $1 million for a 33.3 percent stake of Roc-A-Fella Records in an effort to recoup some of the money he owed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jay <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/markelibert\/jay-z-reasonable-doubt-rights-2031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:intervened with a court filing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">intervened with a court filing<\/a> because the label owned the rights to his debut album Reasonable Doubt until 2031, when it would go back to him. The rapper wanted to ensure that the outcome of the auction would not put his eventual ownership in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dame also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/treyalston\/dame-dash-reportedly-forced-hand-over-companies-copyrights-settle-judgement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:owes more than $800,000 to filmmaker Josh Webber;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">owes more than $800,000 to filmmaker Josh Webber<\/a> as part of a copyright infringement and defamation lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even though Jay has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/fnr-tigg\/lil-wayne-jay-z-taxes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:helped Lil Wayne with his taxes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">helped Lil Wayne with his taxes<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/scarface-thanks-jay-z-dj-200335571.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:offered a &quot;lifeline&quot; to Scarface;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">offered a &#8220;lifeline&#8221; to Scarface<\/a> during his health scare, Rivera takes issue with the Roc-A-Fella co-foundrer&#8217;s unwillingness to give Dame millions of dollars to get him out of his financial hole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rivera also revisited the claim that Jay stabbed him at New York City&#8217;s Kit Kat Club in 1999, calling back to his Vlad TV interview where he stated that was false.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rivera acknowledged that there was confrontation over a number of issues, but it never led to a stabbing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I ended up getting surrounded by a bunch of people. It was probably 10 knives that I knew of, and I ended up getting stabbed at the Kit Kat Club,&#8221; he recalled, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/news\/entertainment\/lance-un-rivera-jay-z-stab-club-incident-1234758615\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vibe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vibe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;No. Jay-Z was not the guy that actually stabbed me that night,&#8221; he said, despite the rapper being arrested and charged over the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rivera said if Jay were actually the person who stabbed him, there would have never been The Black Album because &#8220;I\u2019m an eye-for-an-eye type of guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Related News<\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/fnr-tigg\/lil-wayne-jay-z-taxes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Lil Wayne performs at The Buckhead Theatre\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/k.3Xv2.mwQ9Tvcz30zDxvg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/4fccebcd831303506b1987a851a3ef3f\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Lil Wayne Says JAY-Z Helped Him With His Taxes<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">,<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/fnr-tigg\/lil-uzi-vert-roc-nation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Lil Uzi Vert\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/CuY.skazMVxEjA0kT9G8Og--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/7449797b579f59456f11fab5e83a5cbd\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Roc Nation Has Stepped in to Help Lil Uzi Vert&#8217;s Music Career<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">,<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/mack\/jay-z-dame-dash-attempting-reach-settlement-reasonable-doubt-nft-lawsuit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Damon Dash and JayZ during The Launch of Jay Z's 40 40 Club\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/3zMBWWtuN5JibF5JCjEhNQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/da2fdc4836f81bffa73c0d6a6c306627\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Dame Dash Responds to Report That He and Jay-Z Are Trying to Reach Settlement in \u2018Reasonable Doubt\u2019 Suit (UPDATE)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><b>Related News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/dame-dash-accused-teaming-girlfriend-191037260.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dame Dash Accused of Teaming Up With Girlfriend to Hide Assets, Avoid $800,000 Payout in Court Loss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Dame Dash Accused of Teaming Up With Girlfriend to Hide Assets, Avoid $800,000 Payout in Court Loss<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/klay-thompson-gushes-over-megan-185624954.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Klay Thompson Gushes Over Megan Thee Stallion's Catfish and Spaghetti: 'Best Thing I've Ever Tasted';elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Klay Thompson Gushes Over Megan Thee Stallion&#8217;s Catfish and Spaghetti: &#8216;Best Thing I&#8217;ve Ever Tasted&#8217;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. 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