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Harlem can breathe a sigh of relief this week. Cam’ron claims Ma$e has finally received his publishing back from Diddy.
As spotted on HipHopDX, the Diplomats founder made a big announcement Wednesday (Aug. 30) via his Instagram account. He congratulated the former Children Of The Corn member on the win in signature Killa fashion while promoting his new mixtape. “My n***a murder had to sit this one out. He just got his publishing back from Puff. Just finished the paper work for that yesterday,” he wrote. “Congrats @rsvpmase while he getting his music back in order, I’m dumping my hard drive pause. The lost files vol 1. Sept 8.”
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If Cam’ron is speaking facts, this makes for a hallmark victory for Ma$e. For years the ex-Bad Boy Entertainment talent has voiced his displeasure and frustration that Sean Diddy Combs still owns his publishing. Back in 2020, Betha claimed he offered Diddy $2 million dollars to get it back but was declined. But during a sit down with The Breakfast Club, Diddy explained that Ma$e still owed him $3 million dollars.
“Just in general, the Ma$e thing. I did one album with Ma$e. One album. How much money do you think I owe this guy. And then he became a fake pastor and went and conned people,” he said. “And y’all going let him throw dirt on the God’s name? Anybody can come and step up. Bring your receipts. But I’m not playing. I’m back outside, and I’m fighting back for us. And I’m also doing some fighting back for me.”
You can see Cam’s post below, which also includes a preview to the mixtape.
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Cam’ron and Mase are getting to the bag together like it’s 1997 again.
The two Harlem natives have reportedly signed an 8-figure deal with Underdog Fantasy for their hilarious sports talk show, It Is What It Is.
According to a press release shared with HipHopWired, the partnership will last at least 18 months. The highly popular sports talk show, is hosted by Cameron “Cam’ron” Giles, Mason (Ma$e) Betha, and Treasure “Stat Baby” Wilson. “Thank you Nick (Nicholas Green of Underdog Fantasy),” said Killa Cam in a statement, “We appreciate you seeing the true value of ‘It is What it Is.’”
The Brooklyn-based sports platform Underdog Fantasy has cosigned other major sports platforms like Gil’s Arena hosted by former NBA star Gilbert Arenas. It’s a fast-rising sports betting platform available in most states. One can start making bets at eighteen (except for MA and AZ where you have to be 21+, and AL & NE where you have to be 19+).
The two rappers came up early in their careers in Harlem and despite a public split that even spilled onto wax in 2017 (and before), the two childhood friends squashed their beef more than a year ago and came together to work on this sports podcast which was free on YouTube and funded by Cam’ron.
The former Roc-a-Fella rapper told Good Day New York in May that he was courting offers from interested investors.
“A lot of n-ggas hollerin’ at me to try and buy my show or make my show a part of what they’re doing. And listen, I appreciate the love, I appreciate the interest and everything else. This is fully funded by me. I didn’t go get no help. I ain’t got no partners. I ain’t got no bank,” he explained.
“They came and did all this shit and y’all gonna have to offer something I ain’t got. Now you don’t know what I got, but you could assume what I got. I’m not gon’ be unreasonable but you gotta be fair. But right now, with the time being, we gon’ have fun.”
Cam told Good Day New York that his sports debate talk show isn’t the only item that he had been getting offers on. He claimed that he regularly receives offers to buy his iconic pink fur coat—with one recent offer being $300,000.
“The people who offered it to me, I didn’t feel they deserved it,” Cam said. “It was more of a stat to them like, ‘I bought Cam’s jacket.’ It wasn’t really like they appreciated where that jacket came from.”
The jacket was recently immortalized in a New York City Transit MTA card in celebration of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary.
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To see respect being shared between rappers is always good for the culture. Ghostface recently saw Cam’ron and the two reminisced on when Cam went to Shaolin looking for the Wallabee Champ.
As spotted on HipHopDX the Wu-Tang Clan MC was one of the many legends who graced the stage at the memorable Hip-Hop 50 performance at Yankee Stadium earlier this month. While backstage he was told Cam’ron was still in the building after his performance and made to stop by his area. What proceeded was a mutual exchange of flowers being given. A member of Ghostface’s entourage was quick to remind him that Cam’ron once went to Stapleton projects looking for him and two discussed the moment with smiles on their faces.
“I seen that sh*t!” Ghost proclaimed to which Cam’ron responded “a couple n****s was like, Cam don’t go in there, I said I’m going in,” the Purple Haze rapper recollected. “I wanted to see where Ghost lived at!” When Ghostface asked Killa what time did he make the infamous visit Cam replied “Three in the morning.” This is not the first time The Diplomats member has shown his admiration towards Ghost. Back in 2016 he conducted an interview with 88Rising and explained why he is in his top 5. “To me, it’s no filter with Ghostface, he’s not faking what he’s saying to me. Like, I believe everything he says” he said. “When he does an interview or when he talks, I believe what he’s saying.”
You can see their interaction at Yankee Stadium below.
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Cam’ron might have the hottest sports take of summer. He revealed why Draymond Green and Jordan Poole got into a fight.
As spotted on HipHopDX the Harlem, New York native discussed Jordan Poole’s recent trade from the Golden State Warriors to the Washington Wizards on the It Is What It Is show. The conversation quickly transitioned to Poole and Green’s infamous fight during a practice back in October. The “Get ‘Em Girls” rapper then went on to give a play by play of what led to the drama. “They said the first day he told Draymond Green — you know, Michigan and Michigan State have beef; Draymond Green’s from Michigan State, he’s from Michigan” he explained. “That’s already a lifetime rivalry right there,” Ma$e added.
“He told Draymond, ‘I f***ed more b****es in Michigan State than you when you went there,’” Cam said. “Then they was running sprints or something and he told Draymond, ‘Don’t worry about it, you’ll be in Sacramento next year.’ Killa alleges that things got really bad when Poole took a very personal shot at Draymond saying “‘Why is your Twitter handle @MoneyGreen when you broke and you not gonna get a new contract?’ And that’s the one that broke the camel’s back.” Naturally this clip quickly went viral and even was mentioned on FOX Sports’ First Things First. “It seems from the reporting of Cam’ron and Ma$e, it seems like the Jordan Poole-Draymond stuff in practice got very heated pre-punch,” Nick Wright said which was followed by a hearty laugh from Chris Broussard.
Neither Jordan Poole or Draymond Green have yet to comment on the matter. You can see Cam’ron and MA$E discuss the situation below.
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Rapper-turned-sports analyst, Cam’ron, had time for Kim Kardashian on his bubbling sports show.
Oh boy, Kim Kardashian felt the wrath of Cam’ron on his popular internet “sports debate show” It Is What It Is. The Dipset founder ripped the reality star/mogul for wearing a t-shirt poking fun at her sister, Kendall Jenner’s roster of men she dated.
The video lives on Kim K and her daughter North West’s joint TikTok account earlier this month, and in it, she plays with her and Kanye West’s firstborn child while rocking a “Kendall Starting Five” t-shirt.
On it, a photo of her half-sister is surrounded by the NBA hoopers Jenner was linked to: Devin Booker, Blake Griffin, Jordan Clarkson, Ben Simmons, and Kyle Kuzma.
Speaking with his co-host Ma$e, and moderator, Treasure Wilson, he went in on Kimmy K, calling her out for all the men she dated.
Per HipHopDX:
“I think the bitch got a lot of au-fuckin’-dacity. Bitch, you started off fucking Ray J, why do people ignore that? And now you want to taunt your sister like she got mad n-ggas. She got it from you.”
He added: “Your starting five consists of athletes and entertainers. First of all, we got the head coach, Ray J, then we got Reggie Bush, and then she married that basketball player that wasn’t shit and found out he wasn’t shit and curved that n-gga.
“Then she started messing with another athlete, then she got with Kanye and had kids then got into an argument with Kanye and then rushed to go fuck Pete Davidson. Your line-up is wild, too. You got a lot of nerve, man.”
Remember that Killa Cam is good friends with Koonye West, so he more than likely took extra pleasure in calling out Kim Kardashian.
You can catch Cam’ron and Ma$e at Made In America this summer doing a special set. Somebody check on Jim Jones immediately.
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Cam’ron was known for hot takes way before his sports show. He has just confirmed his back and forth with Ben Gordon are not serious at all.
As spotted on HipHopDX the Harlem, New York native is making his rounds to promote his new hit show It Is What It Is. During an interview with Good Day New York’s veteran anchorwoman Rosanna Scotto the two discussed a variety of topics including how the new platform brought he and MA$E back together in a great way. He explained he offered him the co-host seat as a thank you.
“MA$E got me my first record deal, ever. So doing this show and creating this show and having him be a part of it, it felt like I’m giving back to him for helping me even be an entertainer” Cam’ron explained. “I may not have been where I’m at if [Ma$e] didn’t take me to Biggie Smalls and get me my first record deal. I wanted to pay him back, and hopefully, this show will do that.”
Rosanna also made sure to ask about his ongoing feud with former NBA baller Ben Gordon. Cam went to reveal their back and forth was never that serious. “So look, let me explain what happened with Ben Gordon,” he explained. “It’s funny, my brother is over there who started this whole thing. So I did a report on Ben Gordon and I’m not going to talk about Ben — wassup, Ben?”. At the end of the day it was all jokes. “It’s all fun and games, at least on my behalf. I think it’s all fun and games. I don’t have a problem with Ben.”
You can see the Cam’ron interview below.
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It looks like NORE doesn’t want any podcast smoke. The Drink Champs co-host and rapper denies making fun of Cam’ron’s show on the Joe Budden Podcast.
As spotted on Complex, the Queens, New York native was almost caught in the crossfire between the Diplomats rapper and Joey Jumpoff. Last week Killa took to social media and posted a clip of the Drink Champs host talking rather greasy with Joe Budden about other rappers launching shows.
“You know what’s crazy? I’m looking at these rappers trying shows now—you know, rappers from our era—and they are so failing,” he said during the interview. “They doing sports shows, they doing comedy shows. They talkin’ about, ‘Yo, I’m up. I’m just doing this for fun.’ No, you are not!”
While N.O.R.E. did not put a name on the slander it was widely perceived that Cam was one of the “failed” rappers the two were poking fun at. Since then Killa’s sports show has gained incredible momentum and a cult following online. In an Instagram caption Cam’ron revealed that he is still cool with N.O. but referred to Joe Budden as a “crackhead”. This caused a rather spicy back and forth between Cam and Joe but it seems N.O.R.E. wants no parts of it.
“Me and you are friends from the 90s. You have my real life phone number. You hung out with me for days before you did Drink Champs just to make sure I was the same yalla that you know” N.O.R.E. wrote. “If you thought at any time I was going at you, Why would you go to the internet 1st?”
He also went on to say that he was not talking about Cam’ron in that “failed rappers” clip. “That footage from Joe Budden show is old footage. Ya show wasn’t created yet!!! I never saw a single footage of ya sh*t so there’s no way I could’ve been talking bout u !!!”
But under further investigation N.O.R.E.’s timing is way off. His appearance on the Joe Budden Podcast episode 600 was released in early February 2023 but Cam’ron had been promoting It Is What It Is on his Instagram since December of 2022. Cam has yet to respond to N.O.R.E.
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It’s been two decades since Cam’ron and Dame Dash went on the Bill O’Reilly show, which ultimately led to Killa Cam creating one of the internets most popular memes with his “You maaaad!” assertion before memes on social media were even a thing.
Now twenty years later, Cam’ron reflects on what led up to the moment and explained how the famous 2003 interview came about when he sat down for an interview with KFC Radio and its hosts, John Feitelberg and Kevin Clancy. Taking us back in time when Roc-A-Fella Records reigned supreme in the rap game and Dip Set was a few years into their contract with the Hip-Hop powerhouse label, Cam recalls how his publicist let him know that Bill O’Reilly was interested on having him on the show.
Taking any opportunity he could to get his voice out there, Kill agreed not knowing Bill’s ultra-conservative views on Hip-Hop music and his particular venomous views towards the culture. “They was like, ‘You want to go on Bill O’Reilly?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know who Bill O’ Reilly is. Who is that? Not really.’” Still, Cam was ready for primetime cable news interviews even if he wasn’t ready to deal with the likes of someone like Bill O’Reilly.
After he was informed of Bill’s history in the journalism field, Cam felt a bit more comfortable saying, “And now I’m just extra like ‘Okay, he’s an a**hole, so whatever, I’m ready for this. So basically, we get up there and the first thing he says is, ‘Cam’ron who’s known for rhyming about pimps and h*es… So I’m like, ‘Bet, it’s on!’ From the jump! And that’s how it all came about. Soon as he said ‘Cam’ron rapping about pimping b*tches,’ I said ‘Yeah, we gonna have a good time.’”
A good time indeed. For the culture anyway.
Luckily, Dame Dash was all too familiar with Bill O’Reilly’s form of right-wing “gotcha journalism” and was all too ready to return on the show that he felt ambushed him when he himself appeared on the show.
“So, I remember being in the office and Dame comes in the office like, ‘Yo, you going on Bill O’Reilly tomorrow?’ And I said ‘Yeah, I’m going tomorrow.’ And Dame says, ‘I don’t know if you’re ready by yourself, I’m going with you. No, I’m definitely going with you because you don’t know this type of guy.’”
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What ensued was an entertaining back-and-forth between an old white man, who hid his perverted and misogynistic history that ultimately got him fired from Fox News, and two Black entrepreneurs that are still ballin’ to this day. Just sayin’.
Interestingly enough, Cam did tell O’Reilly during the interview, “I got dirt on you, doggy.” Did Cam hear rumblings about Bill O’Reilly’s disturbing history with the women who worked at the Fox News office before it became public? Inquiring minds want to know.
Check out some of the classic Cam’ron and Bill O’Reilly interview below and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
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Cam’ron’s comments about photos of Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors earned him some backlash online, particularly from members of the Hip-Hop community.
The Harlem rapper took to social media Saturday (April 8), to share pictures from a photo shoot that the two actors took part in as part of promoting their recent film Creed III. The first black-and-white image shows Jordan seated with Majors hugging him from behind while both face the camera. The second image shows both men looking ahead, resting their heads on each other. Cam’ron wrote in the caption: “The reason I didn’t go see creed.”
The “You Gotta Love It” artist didn’t offer any elaboration, but the post led to many suspecting that he was uncomfortable with the two actors in that setting, prompting a wave of criticism. In the comments, many pointed out the 47-year-old’s stance in light of his wearing of the color pink in the late 1990s and 2000s, which marked a shift in perspective in Hip-Hop.
Veteran rapper Skillz crafted his own Instagram post with the photo in question. “We are our own worst enemies smh. I tell all my homies I love ’em…Why? Cuz I do! Sometimes it throws ’em off but Ion care, Ima keep saying that ish. Tomorrow ain’t promised. We all getting older man & death is definitely certain. It’s already hard enough out here for black men as it is bro,” he wrote in the caption.
He continued: “Maaan the times we living in goofy af. Y’all got it. When you die and ya family don’t have one picture of you smiling you got it bruh. Hardest obituary pic ever. You won.” His post resonated with other artists like DJ Paul of Three Six Mafia. “My brother missing out cause it’s an amazing movie! I’ve watched it five times and I’m not just saying that because we had the theme song in the trailer,” he wrote with a laughing emoji. Jarobi White, a founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, also chimed in: “I think being afraid to show love to brothers because of being seen as gay is well…. Gay.”
Such observations haven’t stopped Creed III’s success. Its done mighty well at the box office, with Jordan stepping in as director of the film that made its debut on March 3. It earned $58.7 million in its opening weekend in North America, and so far further $41.8 million overseas.
