Interview, Podcast
Dame Dash: The Man That DISCOVERED & Built Jay-z & Kanye West! | E192
- Dame Dash anticipates maintaining an intense, multi-front operational pace described as "almost to the point of insanity" for the foreseeable future, balancing a finite timeline against numerous concurrent dreams including fashion, film, publishing, music, and education.
- He intends to prove financial viability as an independent artist to demonstrate to others that they can achieve similar success, planning to generate revenue specifically from art they love rather than accepting industry norms that prioritize corporate control over artist independence.
- Strategic plans include expanding OSG (One Small Group) with 200 principals to teach entrepreneurial and dream-focused curriculum absent from traditional schools, alongside a vision to purchase and transform dilapidated buildings into creative learning spaces.
- He aims to evolve Dame Dash Studios into a "Disney"-like entity and return to the fashion industry driven by personal curiosity about his appearance at age 50, while visualizing ownership of 100 acres featuring a farm, studio, and potential private jet in Hawaii.
- Dame Dash expects to navigate the Web 3 space to shift focus from static imagery and racial implications toward pure creativity, while advocating for cultural change by overcoming legal and societal programming that he believes discourages winning.
- He predicts continued professional collaboration with Kanye West despite potential periods of disagreement, noting a refusal to disown him, and plans to operate on honor rather than contracts while maintaining trust with specific individuals like his assistant Sophia and brother.
- The outlook identifies risks related to time management, noting that pursuing new dreams incurs the cost of current activities, and acknowledges a pattern of missing his children as they become adults pursuing their own paths.
- He foresees a future where his children, including his son Lucky and daughter Ava, must overcome a lack of formal education on dreaming, which he believes leads to struggles in defining their goals, while he commits to helping them realize their dreams.
- Dame Dash expects to continue daily therapeutic consultations with Taj regarding reactions to children and emotional triggers, asserting a need to distance himself from negative individuals to maintain his "fearless" and "honor-based" approach.
- He predicts that the music label model where a rapper runs other rappers is becoming obsolete unless he personally runs it, and anticipates that operating with integrity prevents the accumulation of vast wealth that would come from exploiting artists or lacking scruples.
- He maintains a belief that 99% of people are "programmed not to win," viewing his success as an anomaly that challenges this conditioning, and plans to fight for his culture and family even if it requires entering conflict or "war" for his art.
- The outlook includes a commitment to hire individuals who have already realized their potential rather than focusing solely on potential, and to continue visualizing life improvements while rejecting the "separation" that he believes fuels racism and fear.