Where you hear that? From all accounts, none of that happened. The only thing they said Jay did was show up at court. Jay also did not vouch for him as a character witness, which is why he was sentenced in the first place...and the last straw the shattered their relationship. Dame paid the legal fees, and they've all said they weren't even in contact with Jay during those times, and the only time they saw him was at the trial. Whether or not Jay paid the fees, and that came out later, I never heard anything about that. Then again, 9/10 times, they would've used label money.
Peedi, O/Sparks and Young Guns all had cases during this time, O & Sparks multiple, and more serious. O said that Dame was the one setting him up in apts and paying his legal fees.
The State Prop clothing only had Beans as the face, not an owner, or someone that would receive royalties from merch. Beans was x'd out of that deal completely, but it looked like he was the boss. This was another issue Chain Gang had with the setup. Beans was marketed as a boss, but had no boss power and wasn't gettin boss checks. He was getting a small check, like they all were, and the crazy thing is that they still ended up having to pay for it when used for videos/shoots. I don't know if you follow Philly hip-hop, but Peedi, O, Sparks, Beans, Neef have all spoken on this...since like '04 on. Chris always shrugs it off when asked, and Free is quiet. Both Free and Beans had deals ready to go, but Jay wouldn't sign-off on the deals.
Music wise, he was still never gonna be a superstar because he couldn't create crossover White-America music. His best album by far is The B Coming, and that didn't even go gold. He made music for the streets and hood chicks, which was not enough to garner superstar appeal. He also was never gonna get many endorsements. Now did he blow through the money, of course he did. But he was never getting great money like that to begin with.
