The famous falling out between former Roc-A-Fella bosses Jay-Z and Dame Dash was sparked by the men’s love for late R&B beauty Aaliyah, according to producer/director Choke No Joke.

Choke No Joke insists the now bitter relationship between Jay-Z and Dash extended beyond a series of business disagreements that led to the division of The Roc in 2004.

The director claims both Aaliyah first dated Jay-Z and the “Can I Get A….” rapper became unhappy when Dame started publicly dating the singer in late 2000.

Aaliyah and Dame were still seeing each other at the time of her death in a plane crash in 2001.

“Both Jay and Dame was involved with a certain R&B singer, who I’m not gonna say her name out of respect ’cause she ain’t around to defend herself, but I believe that was a part of the initial friction,” Choke tells Hip Hop Weekly.

“I was seeing Jay with her back around 2000, then Dame was with her after. All you have to do is look at the movie they did, Death of a Dynasty. In the movie they were fighting over a model. In real life she was a model, but singing is what she was known for first.”

Canadian R&B star Keisha Chante has reportedly been cast to portray Aaliyah in an upcoming biopic about the late songbird.

During her career, Aaliyah sold 32 million albums worldwide and was nominated for five Grammys.

The biopic is slated to open in theaters in 2009.