Profile of Cam'ron

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==Early career== ==Early career==
- Cam'ron began his career in the early [[1990s]], rapping alongside [[Big L (rapper)|Big L]], [[Ma$e]] and his cousin [[Bloodshed]] in a group called "[[Children of the Corn (band)|Children Of The Corn]]." The group dissolved after Bloodshed's death in a car accident in [[1996]]. However, Cam'ron continued to rap, and he eventually was introduced to [[Notorious B.I.G.]], who was so impressed with his skills that Biggie introduced him to his manager, [[Lance "Un" Rivera]]. Cam'ron signed to Rivera's Untertainment label, releasing his first solo album, ''[[Confessions Of Fire]]'', in April [[1998]]. The album featured such hits as "3-5-7" and "Horse And Carriage," featuring his old friend, Ma$e. Unfortunately, Untertainment folded in [[1999]], and Cam'ron was forced to change labels. The same year, he signed to [[Sony Records]]. + Cam'ron began his career in the early [[1990s]], rapping alongside [[Big L (rapper)|Big L]], [[Ma$e]] and his cousin [[Bloodshed]] in a group called "[[Children of the Corn (band)|Children Of The Corn]]." The group dissolved after Bloodshed's death in a car accident in [[1997]]. However, Cam'ron continued to rap, and he eventually was introduced to [[Notorious B.I.G.]], who was so impressed with his skills that Biggie introduced him to his manager, [[Lance "Un" Rivera]]. Cam'ron signed to Rivera's Untertainment label, releasing his first solo album, ''[[Confessions Of Fire]]'', in April [[1998]]. The album featured such hits as "3-5-7" and "Horse And Carriage," featuring his old friend, Ma$e. Unfortunately, Untertainment folded in [[1999]], and Cam'ron was forced to change labels. The same year, he signed to [[Sony Records]].

==S.D.E.== ==S.D.E.==
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With his release from Sony Records, Cam'ron moved on to sign with his childhood friend [[Dame Dash]] and [[Roc-A-Fella Records]]. In [[2002]], he released his third and most successful album, ''[[Come Home With Me]]'', along with the biggest hits of his career, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma," both featuring Juelz Santana. These hits catapaulted Cam'ron to a [[platinum]] album, and in the process, he became the highest selling Roc-A-Fella artist (outside of Jay-Z). With his release from Sony Records, Cam'ron moved on to sign with his childhood friend [[Dame Dash]] and [[Roc-A-Fella Records]]. In [[2002]], he released his third and most successful album, ''[[Come Home With Me]]'', along with the biggest hits of his career, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma," both featuring Juelz Santana. These hits catapaulted Cam'ron to a [[platinum]] album, and in the process, he became the highest selling Roc-A-Fella artist (outside of Jay-Z).

- Due to his unexpected sucess,Dash even went as far as to propose naming Cam'ron Vice President of Roc-a-fella, but [[Jay-Z]] rejected the idea. He went on to star in the Damon Dash produced film, ''Paid In Full'' in 2002. Cam'ron then teamed up with his fellow Diplomats, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zeeky, to release the Diplomats' debut, ''Diplomatic Immunity'', in [[2003]]. + Due to his unexpected sucess,Dash even went as far as to propose naming Cam'ron Vice President of Roc-a-fella, but [[Jay-Z]] rejected the idea. He went on to star in the Damon Dash produced film, ''Paid In Full'' in 2002. Cam'ron then teamed up with his fellow Diplomats, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zeekey, to release the Diplomats' debut, ''Diplomatic Immunity'', in [[2003]].

Cam'ron is also credited with starting the trend of men wearing pink. He claims that it was already popular in urban [[New York]]. In early [[2004]], Cam'ron announced plans to work with scientists to develop a new color and patent it for his trademark use. This eventually manifested as a purplish color that he used to design a hat in conjunction with the baseball cap company [[New Era Cap Company|New Era]]. Cam'ron is also credited with starting the trend of men wearing pink. He claims that it was already popular in urban [[New York]]. In early [[2004]], Cam'ron announced plans to work with scientists to develop a new color and patent it for his trademark use. This eventually manifested as a purplish color that he used to design a hat in conjunction with the baseball cap company [[New Era Cap Company|New Era]].
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Cam'ron's frequently stalled fourth album, ''[[Purple Haze (album)|Purple Haze]]'', was released on [[December 7]], 2004. The follow-up from Cam'ron's group, The Diplomats, ''[[Diplomatic Immunity 2]]'' was released on [[November 23]], 2004. As of [[April 28]], [[2005]], Cam'Ron left Roc-A-Fella Records and joined the [[Warner Music Group]] under the [[Asylum Records]] imprint. Although Cam'ron felt the album didn't get the necessary promotion it deserved, it still managed to reach platinum due to the support of many Dipset loyalist. Many critics and fans believe this is arguebly Cam'rons best solo effort as of yet. Known for trend setting pink among the urban community and his flow which involves witty word play, creative phors, and plenty comical phrases. Rap is something that comes to Cam as second nature as he flows on a track effortlessly and narrates tales of selling drugs, woman, and life as a rich man coming from poverty. He has gained himself a pretty strong following that is often called a movement. That movement has extended as far as [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], where the 2005 [[PolitiCorps]] fellows of the [[Oregon Bus Project]] adopted "Hey Ma" as their official theme song. Cam'ron's frequently stalled fourth album, ''[[Purple Haze (album)|Purple Haze]]'', was released on [[December 7]], 2004. The follow-up from Cam'ron's group, The Diplomats, ''[[Diplomatic Immunity 2]]'' was released on [[November 23]], 2004. As of [[April 28]], [[2005]], Cam'Ron left Roc-A-Fella Records and joined the [[Warner Music Group]] under the [[Asylum Records]] imprint. Although Cam'ron felt the album didn't get the necessary promotion it deserved, it still managed to reach platinum due to the support of many Dipset loyalist. Many critics and fans believe this is arguebly Cam'rons best solo effort as of yet. Known for trend setting pink among the urban community and his flow which involves witty word play, creative phors, and plenty comical phrases. Rap is something that comes to Cam as second nature as he flows on a track effortlessly and narrates tales of selling drugs, woman, and life as a rich man coming from poverty. He has gained himself a pretty strong following that is often called a movement. That movement has extended as far as [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], where the 2005 [[PolitiCorps]] fellows of the [[Oregon Bus Project]] adopted "Hey Ma" as their official theme song.

- [[Killa Season]], Killa Cam’s new album, was released on May 16th, 2006, along with a DVD by the same name. This DVD will have almost every Diplomat in the movie excluding [[Freekey Zeeky]] (who is in jail). Several tracks off of Cam's new album include the first single "Do Your Thing" as well as "I Love My Life" and "Something New", and the single "Touch It Or Not" (feat [[Lil Wayne]]). + [[Killa Season]], Killa Cam’s new album, was released on May 16th, 2006, along with a DVD by the same name. This DVD will have almost every Diplomat in the movie excluding [[Freekey Zeekey]] (who is in jail). Several tracks off of Cam's new album include the first single "Do Your Thing" as well as "I Love My Life" and "Something New", and the single "Touch It Or Not" (feat [[Lil Wayne]]).


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==Discography== ==Discography==
*1998: ''[[Confessions of Fire]]'' #6 US '''[Certified: Gold]''' *1998: ''[[Confessions of Fire]]'' #6 US '''[Certified: Gold]'''
- *2000: ''[[S.D.E.]]'' + *2000: ''[[S.D.E.]]'' #14 US
*2002: ''[[Come Home With Me]]'' #2 US '''[Certified: Platinum]''' *2002: ''[[Come Home With Me]]'' #2 US '''[Certified: Platinum]'''
- *2004: ''[[Purple Haze (album)|Purple Haze]]'' #20 US '''[Certified: platinum]''' + *2004: ''[[Purple Haze (album)|Purple Haze]]'' #20 US '''[Certified: Platinum]'''
*2006: ''[[Killa Season]]'' #2 US *2006: ''[[Killa Season]]'' #2 US


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Cam'ron
Cameron Giles (born February 4, 1976), better known as Cam'ron or Killa Cam, is a popular African-American rapper from Harlem, New York. Cam'ron is the head of the musical group "The Diplomats" also known as the "Dipset". The group consists of Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Hell Rell 40 Cal, Jha Jah, J.R. Writer, Freekey Zeekey and DukeDaGod.

Contents

1 Early career
2 S.D.E.
3 Roc-A-Fella
4 Later music projects
5 Shooting
6 Feuds
7 Discography
8 Movies
9 External links




Early career
Cam'ron began his career in the early 1990s, rapping alongside Big L, Ma$e and his cousin Bloodshed in a group called "Children Of The Corn." The group dissolved after Bloodshed's death in a car accident in 1997. However, Cam'ron continued to rap, and he eventually was introduced to Notorious B.I.G., who was so impressed with his skills that Biggie introduced him to his manager, Lance "Un" Rivera. Cam'ron signed to Rivera's Untertainment label, releasing his first solo album, Confessions Of Fire, in April 1998. The album featured such hits as "3-5-7" and "Horse And Carriage," featuring his old friend, Ma$e. Unfortunately, Untertainment folded in 1999, and Cam'ron was forced to change labels. The same year, he signed to Sony Records.


S.D.E.
Cam'ron achieved notoriety for his 2000 release from Sony Records under Tommy Mottola. Reportedly using unconventional methods such as physically assaulting and threatening numerous Sony Records employees, Cam'ron sought an end to his contract due to his record company's lack of promotion for his second album released in 2000, entitled S.D.E. (short for Sports, Drugs, and Entertainment). It featured songs such as "Let Me Know" and "What Means the World to You." The remix of the latter featured an all-star line-up of Southern rappers such as U.G.K., Trina, and Ludacris. Juelz Santana also made his first appearance ever on S.D.E.


Roc-A-Fella
With his release from Sony Records, Cam'ron moved on to sign with his childhood friend Dame Dash and Roc-A-Fella Records. In 2002, he released his third and most successful album, Come Home With Me, along with the biggest hits of his career, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma," both featuring Juelz Santana. These hits catapaulted Cam'ron to a platinum album, and in the process, he became the highest selling Roc-A-Fella artist (outside of Jay-Z).

Due to his unexpected sucess,Dash even went as far as to propose naming Cam'ron Vice President of Roc-a-fella, but Jay-Z rejected the idea. He went on to star in the Damon Dash produced film, Paid In Full in 2002. Cam'ron then teamed up with his fellow Diplomats, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zeekey, to release the Diplomats' debut, Diplomatic Immunity, in 2003.

Cam'ron is also credited with starting the trend of men wearing pink. He claims that it was already popular in urban New York. In early 2004, Cam'ron announced plans to work with scientists to develop a new color and patent it for his trademark use. This eventually manifested as a purplish color that he used to design a hat in conjunction with the baseball cap company New Era.


Later music projects
Cam'ron's frequently stalled fourth album, Purple Haze, was released on December 7, 2004. The follow-up from Cam'ron's group, The Diplomats, Diplomatic Immunity 2 was released on November 23, 2004. As of April 28, 2005, Cam'Ron left Roc-A-Fella Records and joined the Warner Music Group under the Asylum Records imprint. Although Cam'ron felt the album didn't get the necessary promotion it deserved, it still managed to reach platinum due to the support of many Dipset loyalist. Many critics and fans believe this is arguebly Cam'rons best solo effort as of yet. Known for trend setting pink among the urban community and his flow which involves witty word play, creative phors, and plenty comical phrases. Rap is something that comes to Cam as second nature as he flows on a track effortlessly and narrates tales of selling drugs, woman, and life as a rich man coming from poverty. He has gained himself a pretty strong following that is often called a movement. That movement has extended as far as Portland, Oregon, where the 2005 PolitiCorps fellows of the Oregon Bus Project adopted "Hey Ma" as their official theme song.

Killa Season, Killa Cam’s new album, was released on May 16th, 2006, along with a DVD by the same name. This DVD will have almost every Diplomat in the movie excluding Freekey Zeekey (who is in jail). Several tracks off of Cam's new album include the first single "Do Your Thing" as well as "I Love My Life" and "Something New", and the single "Touch It Or Not" (feat Lil Wayne).





Shooting
In the early morning of Sunday, October 23, 2005, Cam'ron was shot three times after a botched carjacking in Washington, D.C.. Cam'ron was leaving a popular nightclub, where he was relaxing after performing earlier Saturday at Howard University. Cam'ron had stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of New York Ave. and New Jersey Ave. in Northwest D.C. Shortly after midnight, a passenger of a nearby car told Cam'ron to "give up" his 2006 Lamborghini. Cam'ron resisted and drove away, and the gunman then began shooting. Cam'ron was struck twice in his right arm and once in his left as he was holding the steering wheel, but he was able to drive himself to Howard University Hospital for treatment. He caught a plane back home the next day.

The gunman and passenger sped off in a Ford Expedition and crashed into a parked car and a home and then fled the scene; they are still unindentified. D.C. Metro Police also recovered a cell phone from the scene of the crash, which they are trying to use to trace the suspects.


Feuds
In 2004, Cam'ron came into headlines after a dispute with his former friend Ma$e. After returning to the music industry after a five year religious hiatus, Ma$e conducted an interview on the New York City radio station Hot 97 where he described his falling out with Cam'ron and the current status of their relationship. Ma$e claimed that confusion over $50,000 he asked to receive for an appearance in the "Horse and Carriage" music video caused the demise of their relationship. This fueled a heated on-air debate between Cam'ron's right-hand man Jim Jones and Ma$e. Jim Jones declared that Ma$e was "fabricating" in the autobiography he wrote in 2001. Also, Jim Jones was upset that Ma$e used people's real names in his book, exposing them without giving them their proper publishing fees. Furthermore, Jones said "you wasn't giving us no money, so we went out and got money" when Jim Jones and Cam'ron went on tour with Ma$e, and that now they don't need Ma$e anymore because they are the "Sizzurp boys, quarter billion, ya aint heard?", in reference to The Diplomats Purple Sizzurp liqour business. Jim Jones went on to reveal that Ma$e actually left Harlem not because he was answering a higher calling to become a reverend, but because he was scared out of town by the murder of his two friends, Pop Lotti and Baby Mane. Jones claimed Ma$e was "ran up out of Harlem" because there was "money on him," meaning someone had put a bounty on Ma$e's head. Jones goes on to tell Ma$e that "you need to be nervous to be in Harlem still, cuz I'm here" and threatens that Ma$e better "have them boys with the badges on them" (police) with him when he next encounters him, because "I [Jim Jones] will do it to you, [Ma$e] Duke." Jim Jones informs the audience that he never liked Ma$e, as he crudely refers to him as "Betha," Ma$e's last name. Subsequently, Ma$e and Cam'ron engaged in a verbal debate that ended in Cam'ron hanging up the phone, disgusted by Ma$e's alleged lies and insincerity.

It also has been rumored that 50 Cent has picked up on the beef with Cam from Ma$e, since Ma$e is signed to G-Unit records. Now 50 Cent & Cam'ron are maybe also feuding with each other. Some proof of this is seen from one of the Dipset members was seen in a "Stop Snitchin'" tee shirt.

Cam'ron also has a current feud with Jay-Z. In 2006, Cam'ron relased a diss track called "You Got To Love It", in which Cam accused Jay-Z of stealing Roc-A-Fella records and Rocawear clothing from Dame Dash. He also claims Jay stole Kanye West from Dame, since Kanye left Dame to follow Jay. In addition to this, he also claims that his shooter was an associate of Roc-A-Fella, and that Jay-Z was in love with female rapper Charli Baltimore. He also ridicules Jay-Z for wearing sandals in a New York newspaper.

In the March issue of XXL magazine, which features Cam'ron on the cover, the Harlem native sheds light on where things began to fall apart with Jay-Z. "The real problems began when Jay went away and Dame was talking about making me president. When Jay came back, he had an attitude," Cam told the publication. "He said to Beanie Sigel something to the effect that he didn't feel comfortable with what Dame was trying to do."

Released simultaneously with "You Got to love it" was a second track, "Swagger Jacker." In this track created originally by DJ DAT of the Bronx, Cam'ron outlines numerous instances where Jay-Z has performed lyrics originally recorded by a bevy of other rappers, most notably the late Notorious B.I.G. In the song "What More Can I Say," Jay-Z states, "I'm not a biter, I'm a writer/ For myself, and others/ I say a Big verse, I'm only biging up my brotha." He is referring to the fact that he has referenced several lines from deceased rapper Notorious B.I.G. (I say a Big verse), and that he is not trying to copy or emulate Biggie's style, but rather to just glorify his admiration for one of his favorite rappers and one of his closest friends, Biggie (I'm only biggin up my brotha).

In 2006, Cam'ron held a press conference to discuss his possible jail term and addressed the Jay-Z beef. Since he was convicted on a weapons possession in 2004, he needed permission to leave the state. Cam stated that he always gets permission but his trip to D.C. was a last minute decision. "The D.C. police are putting pressure on the New York police." "I go to court on Tuesday. They're going to try and give me 30 days because I won't talk," Cam was quoted as saying. He was referring to the incident in D.C., where he was shot. He refuses to cooperate with the police about what happend when he got shot.

When asked about the reason behind the whole Jay-Z beef, he said the final straw was the Jay-Z "I Declare War" concert. He went on to say that Jay was attempting to find Jim Jones's catholic school pictures and footage of Cam and Jones getting jumped. He also went on saying that part of his agreement from being released from Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam, was that he could not talk badly about the label or it's employees or he would be fined $100,000(For what reason is unknown).


Discography
1998: Confessions of Fire #6 US [Certified: Gold]
2000: S.D.E. #14 US
2002: Come Home With Me #2 US [Certified: Platinum]
2004: Purple Haze #20 US [Certified: Platinum]
2006: Killa Season #2 US

Movies
2002: Paid in Full (film)
2005: State Property 2
2006: Killa Season (film)
Purple Haze (platinum)