For those wondering where Jay-Z’s former partner, Damon Dash, is these days, he’s been doing his part for the United Nations World Food Programme, which launched in April of 2006 to raise monies towards halving the number of hungry people in the world, particularly children, by 2015. A few months ago Dash and his family, including wife fashion designer Rachel Roy, took part in the CatWALK the World event held in Ghana. Dash joined Ozwald Boateng (Ghana/UK), Stoned Cherrie (South Africa), Tina Atimeo (Ghana), Deola Segoe (Nigeria), Kofi Ansah (Ghana), and Hiplife artists Tic-Tac and VIP for a day of fashion and world hunger awareness. While in Ghana, Dash also visited a place called Orphanage Africa. It’s weird seeing Dash involved in this type of event since for hip-hop heads like myself his image is more of a harsh Harlem businessman. Maybe marriage and the Rocafella split has calmed him down a bit. Either way it looks like the event was a success. Future CatWalk the World events are planned for Benin, Ethiopia, and Florida (USA). Check out a video of the event below.
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I have never had 1 single blog post captivate me for over five minutes, until this post-that is…The whole story is a marvelous example of African solutions for African challenges…the Dame Dash piece of this story was only the icing on the cake…Bravo!!!
Thanks Benin.
In regards to your comment regarding Damon Dashs’ involvement in this project being a surprise because you see him as a brash Harlem Business man, I think the public gets caught up in images that the media portray way too seriously. Dame has done multiple things for many communities across the world, not just his hometown of Harlem. You’d be surprised.
regardless of damon dash’s prior public service, i agree this is a very interesting and amazing development. it’s a continued good sign that america’s popular artists are going to africa to demonstrate their support for global key causes. countless young people in ghana wonder why all these apparently wealthy african america celebs “never” come to africa. hopefully, more will follow dash’s example.