Jay-Z and Damon Dash settle ‘Reasonable Doubt’ lawsuit

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Jay-Z and Damon Dash have both agreed to settle their respective lawsuits.As reported by Billboard, each party’s claims were dismissed without prejudice, with each side responsible for their own legal fees.The feud between Dash and Jay extends back to when they started Roc-A-Fella in 1995, along with Kareem “Biggs” Burke.

Jay-Z’s career grew massively, and when Def Jam purchased Roc-A-Fella, there was a falling out that led to decades of shots back and forth.The feud hit a new high last summer when Dash filed a lawsuit against Jay-Z over the streaming rights to the rapper’s 1996 debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’.

This followed an earlier suit that was filed by Roc-A-Fella against Dash, claiming that he was attempting to sell virtual ownership of the copyright to the rapper’s 1996 album.Though a New York federal judge blocked an attempt by Dash to auction off Jay-Z‘s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ as an NFT (non-fungible token), an official NFT from Jay-Z was later announced, created to celebrate ‘Reasonable Doubt’’s 25th anniversary.The new official filing states: “RAF, Inc.

owns all rights to the album ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ including its copyright. No shareholder or member of RAF, Inc. holds a direct ownership interest in ‘Reasonable Doubt’.”While Dash can still sell his one-third stake in Roc-A-Fella in the future, he cannot “in any way dispose of any property interest in ‘Reasonable Doubt’.”Dash’s lawyer Natraj S.