I’m apart of the factory. I started off at Roc-A-Fella Records in ‘98.  Don’t count Dame out!

It’s roughly 2 P.M. on a blistery New York City winter day, but the chill doesn’t seem to faze Damon Dash, who rolls up to his gallery, DD172, on a cruiser bicycle. Dash dismounts, carries his metropolitan vehicle through the iron gates and tilts it against a floor-to-ceiling window, removing his black fur ushanka and hanging his gray wool coat in silence before making his way through the cavernous first floor art space and climbing a suspended staircase to his office.

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Props to Dame, Coodie & Chike. I told everyone. Dame’s a smart man. Don’t count him out.

He made his mark on the music biz with Roc-A-Fella and changed fashion with Rocawear, now Dame Dash wants to revolutionize the ‘Net with directors Coodie & Chike and creativecontrol.tv. SL talks to Dash about where he’s been and where he’s going with Creative Control, the DD172 space and “Karate School.”

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This was an interesting night. It ended up wtih Mos Def & Omas (Sa-Ra) jamming on the drums with the Black keys. Dame played host for the likes of Steven Victor, Emeka, Coodie & Chicke, Va$hite, Rob Young, Zoe Kravitz, Curren$y, Stalley & many more. You can thank Va$hite & Mel D. Cole for the pics.

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