
Dame Dash’s Roc-A-Fella Auction Paused in a Rift Over Rights to Jay-Z’s Debut Album
Attorneys for Jay-Z and Dame Dash are arguing over the longterm copyright of Jay's 1996 album 'Reasonable Doubt'

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Attorneys for Jay-Z and Dame Dash are arguing over the longterm copyright of Jay's 1996 album 'Reasonable Doubt'

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