Damon Dash Says Aaliyah Was Happy To Be Away From R. Kelly After Annulment

The on Lifetime was a ratings and social media monster and helped lead to new felony charges against the R&B crooner. So a sequel was inevitable and in a new clip for the re-up, Damon “Dame” Dash says the late singer Aaliyah wanted nothing to do with R. Kelly after their now infamous marriage was annulled.

TMZ got its hands on a clip from Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning that finds the Roc-a-fella Records co-founder spilling the tea on what Aaliyah thought of her ex-mentor.

“Aaliyah was like the sacrificial lamb for all that, bro,” says Dash, who dated her for a time, when she was of age. “‘Cause she didn’t deserve none of that. [She] was good, good soul. Good girl…and wasn’t even really so resentful like, let that man live, but keep him the f*ck away from me. She was just happy to be away.”

Dash went on to emphasize the audacity of R. Kelly marrying a child (Aaliyah was 15 at the time).

However, it must be mentioned that Dash didn’t squash the eventual collaboration of Jay-Z, and thus Roc-a-fella, with R. Kelly on not one but two Best of Both Worlds compilation albums and a tour. The latter went kaput after R. Kelly’s alleged diva behavior and claims that the Roc wanted to bless him with a fade. Dash is also .

R. Kelly’s ex-tour manager Demetrius Smith detailed getting a fake ID in order for the singer to marry the then underage Aaliyah. The , who is currently under federal custody and facing trial in Chicago and New York.

Don’t expect the Pied Piper to get out, for a long time. Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning starts airing Thursday (Jan. 2) on Lifetime at 9am ET.