Dame Dash is gearing up to take legal action against several former collaborators and rivals, threatening a $100 million civil RICO lawsuit that could escalate his long-standing feud over ownership and credit disputes tied to his film and business ventures.
According to filings from the Southern District of New York, Dash sent a formal notice on September 17, 2025, announcing his intent to sue filmmaker Josh Webber, producer Tony White, actress Claudia Jordan, attorney Christopher Brown, and others. In the letter, he accuses them of “fraud, perjury, theft of intellectual property, defamation, tortious interference, harassment, and financial manipulation,” claiming over $100 million in damages.
Dash maintains that he created, financed, and directed The List, later renamed Dear Frank, but was cut out of the project and never compensated. He alleges that the film’s producers and their legal team conspired to steal his work, strip him of credit, and publicly defame him.
In the same letter, Dash also accuses attorney Chris Brown of coordinating “fraudulent litigation” through multiple lawsuits meant to ruin his reputation and finances, pushing him toward bankruptcy. He claims Brown and others tampered with his assets — including his Roc-A-Fella Inc. equity — and interfered with his legal representation to secure a default judgment against him.
The filing further outlines Dash’s accusations of business misappropriation involving a cannabis partnership with Larry Smith, who he says cut him out of profits from a strain he developed with Cam’ron called “Pink Mink.”
Dash’s letter demands public retractions, an end to all defamatory behavior, full profit accountings from his projects, and a $100 million payout within 14 days — or he’ll file a federal RICO lawsuit.
This fiery move follows several ongoing legal battles. Just days after his RICO warning, lawyers for Webber and Muddy Water Pictures urged the court to continue proceedings against Dash’s company, Poppington LLC, despite its bankruptcy filing. The plaintiffs want to auction off Poppington’s film assets — including Honor Up, Too Honorable, and the album Welcome to Blackroc — through a U.S. Marshal sale, claiming Dash has no authority to stop it.
In that same filing, Christopher Brown accused Dash of using bankruptcy as a delay tactic, pointing out that the mogul recently announced new ventures, including a Sony Music distribution deal for his group Black Guns, a Simon & Schuster book deal, and even the purchase of “new diamond dentures.”
Despite the mounting legal pressure, Dash has stayed defiant. Speaking on The Breakfast Club last month, he insisted that he knows his worth and won’t let anyone “define” him by money.
If filed, Dash’s potential lawsuit could become one of the most explosive legal counters in his ongoing feud with Webber and his former business partners.
