People often misconstrue arrogance for supreme confidence. Arrogance is being an azzhole about your abilities and being narcissitic. When he was at the helm of Rocafella, and had Jay Z, he could be an azzhole, play the dozens and make fun of people and curse out his partners. Without that cash cow or a viable product, he's just an arrogant Black man to Corporate America. He's from that Harlem crack dealing era. Harlem dudes are known for their arrogance anyway for the record. My cousin from Harlem lives with me now. Arrogance is his middle name so when Dame says I'm from Harlem, I know what he means.They feel like they dress the best and can take your females(LOL). Dame even mentions in that vid how Harlem dudes are on another level(LOL)Locals llike Nicky Barnes, Frank Lucas and Alpo(PAID IN FULL) are immortalized in movies and documentaries so Harlemites walk with their chest out. Camron and Juelz Santana got that same swag. That's why they didnt bow down to Jay Z like the rest of them and caused that friction that led to the breakup of Rocafella. When you're generating a steady revenue stream, your behavior often gets overlooked. You get a pass but as soon as the money stops rolling in, you're on your own. I respect Dame a great deal. That's what's life is anyway learning from mistakes made by yourself and others. I've learned a great deal from him. Shit, I use to be arrogant myself until I was made aware of it but I've learned to tone it down by observing Dame's mistakes. I've seen the Just Blaze interviews. Peep Dame and Just Blaze get into it due to how Dame treated him in the past at around 35:00 minute mark. The shit happened over 10 years ago and Just Blaze is still scarred(LOL). Kanye even said in an old video, he's an azzhole too that's why he's able to work with Dame: Just Blaze was hot(lol)
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