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Dame Dash has become what he despised: a chatty burger. The former 'cakeaholic' is now explaining why he pulled off his iconic dice dance moves in R. Kelly's 'Fiesta (Remix)' video despite dating the late singer, one of the disgraced musician's victims, Aaliyah.
The former Roc-A-Fella Records CEO opened up about appearing in R. Kelly's music video alongside former collaborator JAY-Z on a recent episode of American Network Nu podcast on YouTube.
During the episode, she answered a question from him Baller Alert for appearing in the R. Kelly/JAY-Z video, despite famously dating Aaliyah and knowing her past with the incarcerated singer/songwriter.
He reveals that he talked to Aaliyah, expressing that she didn't want to be in the videos, but she said she didn't want to start any trouble.
Per XXL:
“When Jay was still doing stuff with R. Kelly, I came back and said to Aaliyah, 'Yo, they're still doing stuff. They made a single together. They are making videos. I don't want to go to the videos. I want no part of it,” Dame says at the 38:55 mark of the video below. “And what he said to me was, 'I don't want to start any trouble that's likely to bring more attention to it. I just want to heal. I just want to leave it alone and get as far away as possible. I don't want to hear it. I'm very happy with our relationship right now and where it's going. Just don't be in any scenes with him or take pictures with him.”
“Well, you can ask anyone who was on the set,” he continues. “I stood in the trailer. When it came time to do the shoot, I did my shots with Jay or whoever. I wasn't on stage with R. Kelly. And you never saw me in a picture with R. Kelly. At least after I met Aaliyah.”
We see.
In the episode he also discussed Jaguar Wright's outrageous claims about JAY-Z and more. If you have time to waste, you can't watch it the full episode below.
