Jay-Z Will Reportedly Regain The ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Album Rights, Even If Dame Dash Sells His Stakes

As Jay-Z declared on his 1996 classic with Mary J. Blige , you can’t knock the hustle. Dame Dash’s attempted sell of his stake in Jay’s debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt , will reportedly move forward.

According to TMZ , a public auction will be held for Dame’s one third percent interest in the project. However, a source close to the matter told the outlet that even should the sell successfully go through, it won’t hold much value.

In a filing, Jay-Z’s attorneys reportedly submitted a notice to make parties aware of copyright ownership. The alleged document states that, although his famed record label, Roc-A-Fella , is the current copyright holder, that will change in 2031.

At that time, “those rights will revert to one Shawn Carter/’Jay-Z,'” according to the document. The highly revered album first kicked off a legal spat between the duo in 2021 , when Dame Dash tried to offer up the body of work as an NFT for hip-hop head to collect. But, that was supposedly shut down with the court’s intervention by 2022.

Now, that back-and-forth fight seems trivial considering Dash would eventually move forward in another way.

On August 29, Dame Dash’s stake will reportedly be sold off at a public auction in New York City.