Key Takeaways
- Dame Dash denies owning four artworks targeted by his bankruptcy trustee, saying "the family owns it" and that the pieces belong to his children.
- Trustee Traci K. Stevenson wants to sell works by Andy Warhol, Mr. Brainwash, Peter Beard, and Donald Baechler for an estimated $225,000 to pay creditors, citing Dash's art-tour video and lack of ownership-transfer records.
- Dash has 30 days to respond to the motion after filing for bankruptcy in September 2025 with $25 million in claimed debts and just $4,350 in personal assets.
Dame Dash has not only lost the rights to his own life and his personal archives, he may soon lose artworks by Andy Warhol, Mr. Brainwash, and more.
On Thursday (November 12), the trustee in charge of the Roc-A-Fella co-founder's bankruptcy, Traci K. Stevenson, filed a motion asking a judge in federal bankruptcy court to approve the turnover and sale of four works of art she claims Dash owns, but never disclosed when filing for bankruptcy last year.
Where did she get the idea that Dash owns these works (Gernoimo by Andy Warhol, Obama Superman by Mr. Brainwash, Giraffes in Mirage by Peter Beard, and Beachball by Donald Baechler)? From Dash himself. In a video from April 2025 titled "Dame Dash Shows His Most Expensive Paintings," Dash can been seen walking through a residence showing off all four of the works.
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In a March, 2026 deposition, a partial transcript of which is attached to the new motion, Dash admits that the residence in the video is a property where he lives (though he denies that it’s his "home"). He then denies that he owns the art, saying that it is part of the "family office" and that "the family owns it."
"[W]henever we do art and we have art, it all goes to my kids," he continues. "So it's never been in my name and never will be. It's all for my children."
Stevenson pushes back on that in her motion. "The Debtor did not identify any entity called the 'family office,' its owners, or any document by which title to the Warhol or any other Artwork was transferred to his children or anyone else," it reads.
Stevenson estimates that the four works have a collective resale value of $225,000, which would go to Dash’s creditors.
The motion asks for a court order that Dash turn over the artwork and all paperwork related to it within seven days, and that prevents him from selling, moving, or altering it before that happens.
Dash has 30 days to respond to the motion. He can request a hearing by a judge. If he does not respond within 30 days, the court will automatically approve the motion.
Complex has reached out to Stevenson's attorney for comment.
Dash filed for bankruptcy back in September 2025. At the time, he claimed $25 million in debts and only $4,350 of personal assets. For more about how some of those debts came about, click here.
