In a recent interview, Dame Dash expressed agreement with Jay-Z’s decision to address Kanye West in his freestyle at the Roots Picnic, deeming it appropriate given the Chicago artist’s actions on social media last year, which included disrespectful remarks about Jay-Z’s children.
On Monday (June 8), Art of Dialogue uploaded a video segment to their YouTube channel featuring Dame Dash discussing various topics, including Jay-Z’s widely discussed freestyle performance.
In the video, Dame supported Jay-Z’s choice to call out Kanye for his previous behavior. However, he also acknowledged that the situation might not have been entirely Kanye’s fault.
“Yeah, but Kanye is bipolar. He’s admitted he’s bipolar. And I think people think just cause he’s famous, that bipolar is different for broke people than it is for rich people, you know,” Dame explained. “But yeah, I thought the kid thing I wouldn’t do that. I wouldn’t advise. I wasn’t with that.”
“Like if I was in front of Kanye, I’m like, ‘Now you went too far.’ But I know he’s sick,” he continued. “So, it’s just the people around him have to care enough about him to know that when he’s triggered and he’s not and he’s not taking his medicine, he’s drinking and he’s not sleeping, that it’s probably going to be tragic the things he’s probably going to say.”
Dame is referencing Ye’s heated rant from March 2025, during which he made controversial comments about Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s twin children, Sir and Rumi Carter, by questioning their intelligence. Although the Donda artist later apologized, the remarks left a lasting impact.
During his freestyle performance at the Roots Picnic festival on May 30 in Philadelphia, Hov seemed to address the situation. Through his lyrics, Jigga delivered what appeared to be a pointed warning to Ye, signaling that attacking him and his family had crossed a line.
“You ever heard of a wunderkind?/My children is some of them, have you ni**as no shame?” he rapped. “Y’all tryin’ to get under skin/I really get under skin, ask Un how I’m playin’/Y’all thugs with y’all thumbs again/Everybody think they’re the ones insane/You’re no maniac, watch how sane he act in my presence, ni**as shrink.”
