I guess it is the season of biopics. Since the success of the N.W.A biopic (Straight Outta Compton), everyone has been trying to make a biopic about a rapper or rap group. According to Damon Dash, a Roc-A-Fella biopic is in the works.
For those that don't know, Roc-A-Fella Records was founded by three men in 1996...Jay Z, Damon Dash, and Kareem Biggs. And it had rappers such as Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, Kanye West, and Jay Z himself on its roaster. So, this biopic will center around the lives of these men.
Below is what Damon Dash had to say about the Rocafella movie during his interview with
Hip Hop Motivation.
"There’s a lot that people didn’t see and that would be the part I’d be
showing. So you don’t know what I’m going to show you. Why
would I just make a re-creation of what everyone saw? I want to make
things that no one knew.”
"There’s a lot that people didn’t see and that would be the part I’d be
showing. So you don’t know what I’m going to show you. Why
would I just make a re-creation of what everyone saw? I want to make
things that no one knew.”
Before Jay Z signed to Def Jam, he released one album independently; that album was his critical acclaimed debut album, Reasonable Doubt. Apparently, Damon Dash had shopped Jay's music to all the major labels and none of them wanted to sign him...till Dame, Jay, and Kareem Biggs went and started Roc-A-Fella Records, and put out Reasonable Doubt. Then, from his second album, till his tenth album, Def Jam signed a joint partnership deal with Roc-A-Fella Records. Since the first album was 100% Roc-A-Fella Records, Dame, Jay, and Biggs still earn royalties from the album. Even though they had a fallen out in the mid 2000s, they still share ownership of something...the Masters of Reasonable Doubt. 