{"id":680862,"date":"2026-06-03T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/680862\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:42:10","slug":"damon-dash-rips-jay-zs-roots-picnic-freestyle-afro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/680862\/","title":{"rendered":"Damon Dash Rips Jay-Z’s Roots Picnic Freestyle, Afro"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Damon Dash<\/a> is firing back at Jay-Z<\/a> after his former Roc-A-Fella partner dissed him at the Roots Picnic … and Damon isn’t feeling the bars … or the hair.<\/p>\n

Speaking with “The Art of Dialogue,” Damon dismissed the freestyle <\/a>as recycled material, claiming Jay was leaning on old jokes and wasn’t delivering the sharp lyricism he once brought to the table.<\/p>\n

Take a listen … Damon didn’t stop at the lyrics.<\/p>\n

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Damon said he actually felt a little sorry for HOV, arguing the rap icon looks uncomfortable still performing decades into his career. He claimed the younger Jay-Z never enjoyed the spotlight and suggested seeing him onstage now felt more “embarrassing” than impressive.<\/p>\n

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Then came the fashion and grooming critique as Damon repeatedly mocked Jay’s hairstyle … saying he could barely focus on the lyrics because he was distracted by the look. He even offered some unsolicited advice for Jay’s upcoming Yankee Stadium performances … telling him to get a fade, throw on a Yankees cap and bring back the flashy style fans remember.<\/p>\n

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The most eyebrow-raising comment may have been Damon’s claim Jay still brings up his name because it keeps him relevant.<\/p>\n

Damon also trashed the freestyle itself … calling it “bad” and “terrible … and suggested that years ago, the Jay would’ve been more clever.<\/p>\n

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Damon wasn’t alone in getting dissed … Jay-Z got a lot off his chest, also calling out some of the biggest names in hip-hop, from Nicki Minaj<\/a> and Drake<\/a> to Kanye West<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n

Safe to say … Damon isn’t adding that Roots Picnic freestyle to his playlist anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Damon Dash is firing back at Jay-Z after his former Roc-A-Fella partner dissed him at the Roots Picnic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[4,88,483,216,3,484],"class_list":["post-680862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-breaking-news","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-music","tag-news","tag-tmz-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}