Ex-Funk Volume CEO Dame Ritter Reveals Why He Said Hopsin Didn't Work Hard 

He wasn't the Co founder, he was the Co owner, there's a difference.

"Hopsin didn't work hard" >Went to all the concerts you set-up. >Went to all the meet-n-greets that you made him do for free. >Makes his OWN music, lyrics and music videos. >Company was Hopsin's idea and he built the company, from the ground-up. >Your own brother hardly even releases anything in years. Nah, you're right Dame. Hopsin doesn't work hard.

Nobody gonna ask why it takes his brother 5 years to drop one song?

damn he got mad uncomfortable wen they asked him about gambling lol

why he got a baby water?

Dame Dame Dame... You don't exist without Hopsin. Sorry m8

Not working hard enough? I can't agree with on that part. Sorry.

“I feel like eventually he’ll call me and apologize “. That aged beautifully. That’s exactly what happened

should have asked him about Funk volume fitness, lmao

Dude was so fidgety cause he was nervous about his own words, you really can't trust Dame...

At 9:13, Jarren fires his finger like a pistol, and the mic they're interviewing with makes a sound like the "target hit" sound effect from Call of Duty. That's.... somethin' else.

4.41 how does Hopsin owe Dame an Apology Dame didn't even pay the artist for the damn meet and greet s

damn dame really does got a bigger head than swizzz lol

He was shook when you asked him about the money, eyes were wandering all over the place and his vpice got all high pitched lol... And how you gonna say ill mind 8 was wack lmfaooooo take the L and keep it moving dame

I think anybody would be pissed if you were the only reason someone else was getting paid and you have a lower percentage than them

"do i spend more money on gambling than i should? my mom would tell you yes too." lmao shit had me giggling for sure.

Have to admit, I never saw Dame's side as clearly as I did in this interview. This interview was very clear and concise. I feel bad for both sides of the this fued. Damn.

Idk why but this guy has one of those faces that you just can't seem to trust...

Just wait till you broke Dame, you ganna be crawling back to my boy Hop

Hop is 100% correct on dudes voice bruh lmao

What I think happened is that hopsin garnered a lot of attention from 14-15 year old kids that were usually not hip-hop heads at the time. Thats when I found out about him for sure. Since then, he's been labeled as corny and never put in the conversation with cats like kendrick lamar, puhsa T, cole. Whether he deserves too or not is a seperate discussion, but I think hop just got tired of it. Pound syndrome didn't sell well, so hop needed a big marketing push, and this was it. Jarren was starting to stagnate since being associated with hopsin was putting a negative light on him too. Dizzy's inclusion never made sense in funk volume in the first place since he was basically the ANTI-Hopsin. Hopsin tanked the label, used dame as a scape goat, and everyone got some much needed marketing push as well as distance themselves to try other things. Now hop is using other producers whereas he used to produce only for himself, he's changed the cadence he raps in, he's changed his flow and the production is more trap heavy. He's also alluding to collabs with Ty dolla sign and king los. Personally, I can't wait since I feel hopsins new music has been FIRE, but dame likely did nothing wrong in this situation.

That minute when hopsin out raps everyone on funk volume 😂

Some of these comments from people trying to defend Dame are just pitiful and ignorant

Hopsin is my favorite artist But I still watched this with a open mind.

typical. We sit on RU-vid comments debating our own opinions on how these two men live their lives. Hopsin has gone his way and he has to lay in the bed he has now made. Dame has accepted the circumstances even if it was out of his control and is moving on too. I don't see the necessity to funnel hate towards either one of these guys. They live on this earth like every other human does yet get hate for the choices they make. Nothing lasts forever and it looks like both of these men realise with FV, that was something not built to last. It was a damn journey though whilst it did, I believe Dame run the business well, Hopsin had the bounce to get it in the air but without the facilities provided by dame and his knowledge of running a business. I don't think it would have attained such a reputation in its time. I'll miss FV.

Hop doesn't work hard yet his brother hasn't released a solo album while he was on FV.

Hopsin is human. He goes through emotional roller coasters just like the rest of us. He works so fucking hard all the time. The man is 30. But you have him going like he's 22, he's trying to get shit straight so you go and insult him? He isn't in the studio because he lives in one. He doesn't have to go to a studio because he's busy working on hard shit at home, so don't fuck with him.

Hopsin really did a great job at impersonating his voice!

I like hearing his side of the story. It makes more sense when everyone has a role and someone whos a pivotal portion of the machine isnt doing their part. Shit crumbles cause youre not holding up your end. I can understand Hop's side of things but shit has to get done as well besides just the music

Where was everyones heads at? Drugs, girls, and gambling? Except hopsin.. music is where his head was. He was working hard. You always know when your manager is shit. - they dont notice the hard work, they play favorites

Bruh I'll mind 8 murdered him there ain't no comeback from that track

Thanks for this interview hiphopdx

Yeah, I’m cool with jarren..... Jarren drops diss on dame with hop as a feature

When you come into a situation like this it's always 2 sides in the wrong at some point

This guy seems really wise.. Kind of makes Hopsin look like a child for over reacting and breaking the group apart after ALL of the effort put in to it, because he was spoken down to for the first time in his life..

Meanwhile swizzz is dropping music half-decades apart.

glad I got to hear what Dame had to say. he has alot of good insight on what to do with a team!

Dayme: "you a lil kid" Hopsin: "why you stealing from me?" what a grown up conversation..

Hop still makes me feel like his story is the real thing because he got so pissed off he made a song

A apology wtf.

dont say a man that puts money in YOUR pocket doesnt work hard twice disrespectfully when he told you not to bottom line

Hopsin put a lot of work not you.

I don't think either dame or Hopsin were necessarily right or wrong. Hopsin felt how he felt, and so did Dame. I don't see a problem with how either of them handled the situation.

Only time you see this dude is when he is talking about a man who actually has a career.

"There's no beef on my end", of course not man, you've got everything for nothing. Everything gained nothing lost. He said Hopsin doesn't work hard but his brother haven't put out album while in FV? watafaaaak #doublestandard Well, not Hopsin will have new record, you've lost what you had, we'll see who worked hard. Ask him about food, place to stay when they were on tour? They did work you organized and you got more money than they did? You actually defend this?

Wow when they brought up the gambling this his voice got so high and then he started stuttering and it makes him look guilty of somthing

There's a dame side and a hopsin side it's word against word so let's stop claiming who's right we ain't know shit behinds the scenes

FUCK THAT! Hopsin! #VALLEY

Someone's Lying... The Truth will come out soon, no matter what neither one says.

so that's Swizzz's brother

I remember when this first happened and I thought Dame was just being manipulative but in retrospect I agree with him now.

i agree with him when he said " they were not working together". they were all dropping songs individually and just promoting each others song. I know one song only that Hopsin and Dizzy are on which is "Fort Collins". one of the best songs i have ever heard.

dame seems like a very rational dude, too bad hopsin outraged like he did

Um first of all hopsin built funk volume

Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

He says hes sad about it, but he seems cheery as fuck.

Dame seems like a greedy man. A self appointed ceo! Glad the headline says EX-CEO.

I'm a big fan of Hop, but straight talk, the dude needs to grow up.

Bruh hopsin is the shit. He worked incredibly hard on his songs and made his own beats. He is a fucking beast. Meet and greets everyday is torture. Like he says in I'll mind 8. No one should have to put up with that.

Did he addresss the claims that he was cutting bigger checks for himself? Hop claimed everyone on the label never asked about the gross profits from their work, and dame cut himself a bigger check knowing that. Was this addressed anywhere?

For people who want to know the truth behind Funk Volume's downfall, go listen to The Joker- Permanent Enemy (Hopsin diss) and The Joker- Sidekick (Swizzz Diss), both songs were made before Hopsin's falling out with Funk Volume.

swizzz diss aint do shit thats why he "coming forward"

I do think Hopsin took it too far and got to upset over it, but he was the only reason I liked Funk Volume, the others were alright, but I'm gonna be moving with my boy hop. No hard feelings against Dame really IMO, I just wish he was a little bit more specific on some of his points when talking to Hopsin so that Hop wouldn't take it to heart so hard.

he makes alot of valid points

I don't know what's thicker his arm hair or those eyebrows 😂💀

the pics on the back wall are fukin dope.....

seems legit

I watched the other interview last night for the first time. its crazy this came out today

from what song is hopsin's verse from at the start?

who here after they squashed their beef on the fv podcast and boy did we shit on this guy at the time thinking he was the bad guy yet not realizing he was actually being honest about the whole thing, look at the dislikes LMAOOOO

idc what anyone says this guy has no reason to be beefing with Hopsin since if it wasn't for Hop no one would have been making money as long as they did with Funk. Hopsin hasn't changed and to say the things this dude said was obviously gunna provoke Hop.

Funk volume inspired me since 2011 it's sad to see how everything ended for tha label. Never expected that to happen. If y'all happen to see this comment please take a few mins to watch my videos and support what I do. It would mean a lot. Thanks everyone ❤️

Damn so now we know the whole story

What instrumental is playing in the background?

It's great to see both sides of the story. Let's see if hop will respond to this in another interview. The drama is interesting.

I couldn't threw the whole thing Vlad I'm sorry fam...I can't sit here and listen to Dame over what happened with crew.....is just damn he blind. you asking a business man the wrong questions. ...he don't understand the music stand point of view....

Shout out to ya'll for focusing on underground hip-hop artists.

hopsin will never call him to say sorry he doesn't give 2 shits bout dame ritter

Dame makes an interesting point at 15:36. If he did steal money from Hopsin why didn't Hop file a lawsuit or sue?

Finally

The track in the background is dope. Who made it?

who else fina bump the diss halfway through the video

Fuck what dame says Hopsin is funk volume he's underground prodigy

the beats behind is dope, what is name ?

His voice started cracking when he asked him questions about stealing money and him have a gambling problem then start slowly going up a octave

Everyone says hop is the one that this guy rides on. But seriously without the business you dont have the build or the brand. Without the race team most race cars stay in the garage. Good luck to both

Damn Dame, you make too much sense, LOL. Some artists just don't get it. Shame!

good reasoning bro. best part for me at the start wen u said that you didn't speak up straight away and therefore had time to evaluate or reflect (i can't remember which word you used I'm high asf rn my g) but yeah that's cool asf. chur from nz

he actually looks like a nice guy

I guess its how the Ritter boys were raised. The level of arrogance this guy has is nuts lmao

What was the diss song hopspin made to this guy called?

He seems like a chill dude....

HOPSIN SAYING HE FED YOU IS PUTTING IS LIGHTLY. NO DAME RITTER WITH NO HOPSIN.

Hopsin also lied about being arrested for standing on the sidewalk being black lol...The story of Fort Collins is what really happened, but at the time he posted that he got arrested for being black, and then mentioned it again in a song on Knock madness. That's what Dame wanted to say but didn't

lets not forget Hopsin was unmotivated to go to meet and greets because DAME WAS MAKING MORE MONEY THAN DIZZY AND JARREN FROM THEM

Why would Hopsin lie about that? What's the motive? My opinion is, When you know theres no change coming and you have baggage in yoru life. The best thing to do is drop the baggage and move on. True?

You can tell how much this guy is hiding behind a calm demeanor to cover up hopsins "lies". Did you notice how anxious he got when the guy asked him about him stealing money from funk and blowing it all at casinos? It was clear as day, the guy even started twisting his bottle faster when it was asked XD

What Hopsin said is that he would get payed at his shows and not see the number's so is that stealing from him ?

Hopsin saw a marketing opportunity and took it. I'm always gonna think this was nothing more than a publicity stunt and everyone's eating it up. Look at how all them dropped songs right afterwards

I like Hop's music, but he totally threw his whole team under the bus and took them down which is fucked up.