Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash in a recent interview with Dazed Digital, opened up to the public about what the latst with him and the 24 hour Karate school.

DD: How about your work with the fashion world?

Damon Dash: I left music to do high fashion with Rachel Roy my wife, soon to be ex. I just sold half of that to Jones New York which is a five billion dollar company. I don’t have to watch that shit no more. I have to get back to what i was good at – music.

DD: And DD172 is the return?

Damon Dash: I got a black belt in music. Roc-A-Fella. I don’t really have to speak on that. The last person I signed before the Blak Roc was Kanye. And movies I got a blue belt. I haven’t got that Oscar yet, but I’ve worked with Oscar winners and shit like that. With that said, in this building we do the music, merch, videos, websites, books, magazines, we got the gallery, we do the radio stations – everything. And we still making movies. I’m making a documentary with Mos on the black punk rock group from the 70’s called Death. We call it the 24-hour Karate School, because it never closes, you have artists, skateboarders, filmmakers, all under the same roof.

DD: You built one of the biggest empires in hip hop, how do you approach what you do now?

Damon Dash: The last year was the public beat down. They were fucking with me everyday. But it’s cool, the best thing is when a champ gets knocked down and gets back up. I had to completely start a new. No Roc-A-Fella helping any of this. It’s interesting to see how people carry you when they’re thinking you’re not who you were. There’s got to be love. You can’t work with somebody despite the fact that the way that you don’t agree with the way they act just to make money. Quality of living means more to me than anything.

By Quinton Hatfield