Law 2: The Story Of Jay-Z, Dame Dash, & Roc-A-Fella Records | How Rappers Use The 48 Laws of Power

One thing history teaches us is that: Every great empire eventually falls

Love dis series bro!

The book is really good,but the way you're paralleling to modern times makes it that much doper! Ur content is unique,love it

Jay Z did the smart thing. Life is about moving forward and doing everything in your power to make things easier for yourself not harder. Dame Dash is a fool who despite early success was inevitably gonna make life harder for himself and those around him. So absolutely Jay made the right move. Now as a student of history I have to say that we all know that history repeats itself. Dates and time change but human nature will always be the same. Awesome job with these stories and using the 48 laws of power. I truly believe that every man should read the book and keep it in your library

Roc Nation is a power house. Also love the history part of these videos. I'm a huge history nerd. Alot of ppl find it boring but I personally enjoy it. It was my favorite subject in School.

Jay z's reasonable doubt was not about "living a lavish lifestyle" it's actually a very introspective depiction of the dark realities of being a drug dealer in a crime ridden community

Kanye West was originally signed in the 90s just to make beats. Dame was wearing sneakers once and tossing them shits. Bleek told a story about how he chartered a jet from NY to LA from LA to MIA back to NY in one day spending 1.5 in fuel alone. That's when Bleek said he knew it was over. The worst part of the Roc split was the death of State Property one of my favorite rap groups growing up outside of the Wu and the Lox.

loving the series bro , i got through college with these laws

You are the reason I’m applying 48 laws of power to the music industry. Knew about the book but read front to back because of the way you relate it to today 💯

Damn I was about to go skate and yaas came with another banger 😥

Dame Dash is far from struggling, but he's far from a billionare as well.

Jay Z the one that opened my eyes to the book. He referenced it back in 2011 on Watch The Throne

It's one of the 48 laws of power where Dame was trying to outshine the king, and wasn't focusing enough on their main sources of money which was Rocawear and the music. He was getting sloppy and spreading out his forces when he should have kept things tight. When you look at a label like TDE you can see top dawg just lurks in the shadows even though he was already a millionaire before Kendrick and Jay Rock even got signed. He understood anonymity and had no problem letting them shine in the spotlight, he's extremely humble and that's why their label has prospered for so long.

I bought the book after the first vid. The book can definitely be taken the wrong way but it's definitely useful as far as the industry goes

This is so dope to see someone actually expand on this book and associate it with hip hop

It's almost like they wanted each others role from the start. Jayz with the businesses and Dame in the spotlight. Also Dame seems to have some personality flaw that he couldnt hide. Jay knew how to hide his.

Real talk i gave Jay-z the Book 48 laws of Power! I saw him by Rockefeller center about to preform H to the Izzo, it was a outside performance, i believe it was for Mtv. I was in the Crowd but close to where he walked by cause i was working for a casting agency as a intern and they had extras for crowd. As he walked by i asked him have he heard of 48 laws of power he said no so i said cool im a get it for you. I always use to go to 40/40 on 25th st 6th ave i believe in Manhattan, since it first open and was cool with Desiree his homie o.g wand wife or lady she a special individual thats a whole diff story. But i brought the book with me one day and he always chilled on the steps v.i.p area before they renovate it. I came to him and he had a big Hawaiian security guard who step to me and had a big thing by his side that was visible but i leave it like that. Im like naw i told J i was gonna get him this book and jay like cool and i gave it to him and i had signed the inside. He said good looking. I saw him a few times different places besides 40/40 and asked him one day i forgot where do he still have the book he said yea its on my bed right now....... that was kinda dope for me as a young man at time.

At one point in the timeline, some rich dude approached Jay-Z and dropped the life-changing question: "How would you like making white people levels of money?" Dame couldn't compete...

These videos will be for a niche audience but that audience will watch every one. Fire series bro

Damn I use to think Jay was a snake for what he did to Dame, but I don't blame him anymore. Wish they could of handle things more cordial though!