Maria Davis speaks on her admiration of the fearlessness that Jay-Z, Dame Dash and Kareem Bigsburg displayed when starting Rockefeller Records.

but then on their own record company.

And I had so much respect for them, that they were young, Black men, talented, and building their own stamp on the movement.

So you had the Russell Sanders, you had people like that.

That was big conglomerates.

Are we talking about some young men that had a dream and an idea and opened their own and started their own movement and supported that through their clothing line and other ventures that they, you know, that they had.

Maria Davis, host and founder of Mad Wednesdays, explains why the making of Reasonable Doubt was a team effort.

It's the family album.

That's it right there.

That's what you can say about Reasonable Doubt.

It was a family album.

I know he had a successful blueprint and all that, but nothing will ever take the place of Reasonable Doubt.

Damon

Dash was the real force behind it.

Maria Davis, founder and host of the fabled Mad Wednesday's live events, describes meeting Jay and seeing his star power early on.

Clark Kent actually bought him because I have a picture of him and I and all of us at the table.

I think we were celebrating Clark Kent's birthday at the time.

And that was my introduction to Jay-Z.

He was very laid back, but I loved him.

And it's so crazy because back then people was like, who is this? You know, my Mad Wednesday crowd was a different kind of crowd.

Who is this whack dude? I was like, honey, you might think he whack, but he's going somewhere.

But who asked her to be on the album?