Dame Dash has some thoughts on Charlamagne Tha God’s $200 million deal with iHeartMedia, which will see him remain part of The Breakfast Club and expand the scope of his Black Effect podcast network.
In an appearance on POV, the subject of Spotify and Netflix’s move to bring popular podcast content to the video streaming platform was brought up, and Dash interrupted to say that he’s been working in the podcast space for a while now. “I knew it was going to turn into an industry,” he asserted, as seen in the clip below, referring to Netflix and iHeartMedia’s similar deal. “I actually offered iHeartRadio the same deal that Netflix offered two years ago.”
Dash said that the future of “the industry,” seemingly referring to radio, is podcasts.
“The voice of our culture needs to be heard, and we do have the attention span,” he said. “But what you do notice… Because you saw Charlamagne, all of a sudden, got that deal. Can you name someone that I’ve had problems with that’s not, like, corporately backed? It seems like, as soon as someone’s beefing with me… Think about it! 50 [Cent], as soon as Cam’ron got with the corporate he started beefing, before it was Jay-Z. All of ‘em.”
Dash suggested that the more people say bad things about him, the more that these individuals are seemingly rewarded.
“It’s a humiliation ritual, that if you’re going to get empowered by them, you got to go at me,” he said. “Can you imagine if I was ever corporately told what to do? The trophy that that would be for them? … What’s misleading about the Charlamagne situation, it’s called [Black Effect] but it’s owned by white people half. … You use someone Black to go get all the talent from all the Black people, allegedly, it’s powered by someone white. That’s the reason why he’s the face for them.”
He added that he believes 50 Cent, Charlamagne, Jay-Z, Cam’ron, and N.O.R.E. have all been rewarded for beefing with him. “It may be arrogant, but I do feel they’re like, ‘Can you get rid of Dame?’” he concluded.
During The Breakfast Club broadcast on Thursday (Jan. 8), Charlamagne awarded Dame Dash with Donkey of the Day. “That man is delusional,” he said. “When I hear brothers like that talk, my first thought is: Segregation was a great concept that was poorly executed. It should have been based on behavior, not race, because I don’t wanna be around none of those types of n*gros.”
He described Dame as a “textbook narcissist,” and questioned why he believed that people were sitting around in corporate boardrooms discussing ways they could take him down. “Nobody has to do that, because Dame Dash’s biggest obstacle will always be Dame Dash,” he said. “Nobody gets in Dame Dash’s way more than Dame. Dame, I’m going to promise you something right here, right now: I’m not talking about you no more, okay? Ever. Because I don’t want to feed your ego.”
Charlamagne also said that Dame Dash has benefited from corporate partnerships back in the day, too, and questioned why it’s a problem now that other Black people are achieving success from the same partnerships. He also encouraged people to start beefing with Dame Dash to see if his theory is true, telling them to go to his Instagram comments. “Dame, you might wanna try arguing with yourself,” he joked.