Damon Dash’s Dame Dash Studios has announced the launch of Dame Dash TV, featuring The Dame Dash Show, alongside at least five other properties fronted by Damon Dash.
Dame Dash TV will appear on the streaming television provider filmon.com, which sadly does not have the words Dame Dash within its brand name.
Content on Dame Dash TV that will get people talking includes the debut of the “Movie Mix Tape” version of the Dash and Kanye West-produced action features Loisidas and Too Honorable.
Guests on the shows of Dame Dash TV include Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Faith Hill, Mos Def, Kelly Rowlands, RZA and Method Man. And there’s dramas on the way, too.
“What you’re watching now is the DNA of the millennial generation from my point of you.”
“What you’re watching now is the DNA of the millennial generation from my point of you,” said Damon Dash, in typically understated fashion.
(Did he mean ‘you’ there, or ‘view’? Who knows. Dame Dash probably plays by his own semantic rules.)
“This synergy with FilmOn’s global platform is going to get our content out to an even broader audience,” continued Dash.
“We’re getting bigger. And stay tuned for scripted content soon.”
You can watch Dame Dash TV here now.
Damon Dash co-founded Roc-a-Fella Records with Jay-Z in the 1990’s.
Since then he has signed artists including Kanye West, as well as developing and owning major apparel lines including Rachel Roy.
Dash discovered Kevin Hart and produced Lee Daniels’s first two films The Woodsman and Shadow Boxer.
At Rachel Roy, he has founded a sub-brand of clothing, Poppington, which will be plugged on Dame Dash TV (from Damon Dash’s Dame Dash Studios).
“Poppington showcases my lifestyle, my sensibility,” says Dash. “We’re building an app that will let you buy the clothes you see on Dame Dash TV on FilmOn.com.”
FilmOn.TV Networks is part of FOTV Media Networks Inc., a group digital media companies which produces and distributes ‘hologram, virtual reality, 360 and premium Hollywood content globally’ and claims an audience of more than 75 million monthly unique users.
Some of the shows already airing on Dame Dash TV at launch include:
- The Dame Dash Show: ‘An informational show with lessons on how to succeed in business, packed with exclusive guests.’
- Black Rock: ‘A documentary show about the making of the Dash produced album Black Rock, featuring indie rock breakouts the Black Keys, Raekwon the Chef, Q-tip, Jim Jones and more.’
- Intelligent BOSS Moves: ‘In which Dash and Dr. Boyce Watkins provide a blueprint for running your business.’
- Went to China: ‘The first in a series of travel shows in which Dash and guests go in search of like-minded individuals in countries around the world.’
- International Grizzly: ‘A different kind of travel show, in which Dash loads up a private jet with special guests and heads to global music and fashion capitals like Amsterdam, Milan and Paris.’
- Hip Hop Motivation: ‘An informative show hosted by Dash and Kenyatta Griggs with special guests such as Cam’ron and independent people from other walks of life such as boxer Andre Berto. ‘
- The Secret to Ballin: ‘The Hip Hop and business world’s most successful artists and execs guide viewers on how to achieve their dreams featuring motivation from stars like Snoop Dogg, Redman, Kelly Rowlands, Faith Evans, Chris Brown and more. Secrets to success viewers can use.’
- Mixed Nuts: ‘Sketch and standup comedy hosted by Smokey Suarez (Paper Soldiers, State Property, Criminal Minds).’
According to a press release, Dame Dash TV is defined by its founder’s “irrepressible spirit and a motivational undercurrent… the message is that you can achieve your dreams by believing in yourself, and by being an independent businessperson supporting your community”.
“Damon Dash has succeeded in the ways that matter to me most,” said Alki David, CEO of FOTV Media Networks.
“Always on his own terms, always the boss. We’re very pleased to be able to spread his wisdom, his musical acumen and inside access to top artists to FilmOn.com’s audiences across the globe.”
FOTV announced this week the effectiveness of its SEC registration statement and pricing of its Initial Public Offering.Music Business Worldwide