*A federal court in the Southern District of New York has taken the extraordinary step of appointing a receiver to liquidate Raquel Horn’s entire interest in The Dash Group, an umbrella company that holds some of Damon Dash’s most prized businesses, including the America Nu streaming platform, CEOByDash, and the children’s title “Dusko Goes to Space.”
According to All Hip Hop, the move aims to satisfy a 2020 judgment of $78,289 owed to author‑filmmaker Edwyna Brooks, who successfully sued Dash for distributing a film adaptation of her “Mafietta” book series without permission. Dash fought back in court but lost every appeal, and the debt has now ballooned to nearly $100,000 with interest and legal fees.
A Pattern of Asset‑Shuffling Alleged
Brooks claims Dash has repeatedly moved money through entities such as The Dash Group and Poppington LLC to dodge payment. After several failed attempts to collect, including last November’s court‑ordered auction of Dash’s one‑third share in Roc‑A‑Fella Records, Brooks sought a more aggressive remedy.
The judge’s latest order forces Horn, Dame’s wife, to surrender corporate records and cooperate fully with the receiver so her stake can be sold, with proceeds earmarked exclusively for Brooks until the judgment plus interest is covered.
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Roc‑A‑Fella Stake Sale Came Up Short
The Roc‑A‑Fella auction fetched roughly $1 million, far below expectations, and most of that money went to unpaid child support ($193,877.57) and Dash’s mounting New York state tax bill (nearly $1.7 million). None of it reached Brooks or other creditors, including filmmaker Josh Webber and Muddy Water Pictures, who are still owed $823,000 related to the film “Dear Frank.”
More Financial Headaches
Dash’s liabilities extend well beyond Brooks’s claim:
- $4 million in a defamation judgment was awarded to Josh Webber after Dash’s comments on the Earn Your Leisure podcast. During that episode, Dash said, “I had a judgment. And I knew this d***head Chris Brown and Josh Webber and Muddy Waters … Chris Brown the lawyer. I went through four trials with the same lawyer … What I lost was defamation because these guys trigger me and steal my s*** … you think there is freedom of speech, it’s really not.””
- $823,000 still owed to Webber and others from the “Dear Frank” litigation.
- $8 million in unpaid New York state taxes.
Court filings indicate Dash plans to file for bankruptcy; non‑compliance with the latest order could expose him to contempt findings or even arrest. The timeline for auctioning Horn’s equity in The Dash Group has not yet been set, but the judge has capped Brooks’s recovery at the amount she is legally owed, roughly $78,000 plus interest, even if the sale generates more.
For the once‑celebrated Roc‑A‑Fella co‑founder, the forced liquidation of Dame’s wife’s holdings marks another significant unraveling of an entertainment empire now overshadowed by mounting court judgments and persistent financial turmoil.
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