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Damon Dash, the once high-flying hip-hop mogul who co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z and Kareem Burke, has filed for personal bankruptcy in Florida, citing $25 million in debts and almost no assets. In his 56-page petition obtained by Rolling Stone, Dash says he has no monthly income, no house, no …

On 2002’s “Hovi Baby,” Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter shouted out the Roc-A-Fella Records braintrust, calling it, “’The Dynasty,’ no not Ming but Shawn’s / Dame, Kareem, nigga it’s the gangsta team.” The trio of Carter, and executives Dame Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke are the big three behind Roc-A-Fella Records, one …