He is also best known in Europe for his ambitious project with former Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham. He produced an albums worth of hip-hop inspired tracks for the pop star in 2003 and culminated with the release of her double-A sided single "This Groove/Let Your Head Go." which reached #3 on the UK charts. After public disputes with her manager Simon Fuller of 19 Management over the "urban sounds," Beckham's album "Come Together" produced by Damon Dash was shelved. Tracks featuring Cam'ron, M.O.P, and other Diplomats have been leaked on the internet. He later claimed that he would strip her vocals off the tracks and release them with another artist. He also signed Beckham as the face of Rocawear in 2003.
In an interview in 2004 he stated that he was planning to air the footage of the Beckham project as a reality show as the centerpiece of his new television channel that was to debut that year. Also in 2004 Dash had a short lived launch of his European arm of the Roc-a-Fella empire called Planet Roc.
Dash is most widely credited for discovering Kanye West.
In late 2004, Dash sold his interest in Roc-a-Fella to parent company Island Def Jam Records for ten million dollars, and founded the Damon Dash Music Group as a new venture with the senior record company. Dash's other businesses include America Magazine, Armadale Vodka, Dash Management, PRO-KEDS, State Property, Team Roc, Tiret Watches, the Rachel Roy Clothing Line, and Dash/DiBella Boxing.
He is the cousin of actress Stacey Dash and dated R&B singer Aaliyah until her death in August 2001.
Damon Dash recently started a show called "Ultimate Hustler", in which he would train 15 ordinary prople to become a "hustler" and make money. People claim that the show was stolen from two up and coming producers, John Coleman and John Rhodes. The pair recently filed a lawsuit against Dash, BET, Damon Dash Music Group, Dash Films and Huck Films.
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