Settle this debate for me. Was Cam'ron ever a superstar?

[BlackMagnus514]

Topic came up on Twitter. I got cats who weren't in NYC or from here telling me no.

I argue yes. '01-'04 Cam was a superstar. Sales wise, he went plat on CHWM, plat on DI 1, and gold on PH, but his impact on the culture was undeniable.

 

[Redwing80]

Define "superstar"

Cause he's a pretty popular artist

 

[Whitty Hutton]

Nah
If you're basing this just on what was happening in NYC your view is already skewed
Cam was wildly popular in rap, so if you wanna say a rap superstar then so be it

 

[jilla82]

in hip hop...yes.

He pretty much was that dude for everyone that was coming of age at that time.

 

[LA Fisher]

Cam had a song with Mariah and he had movies. Paid in full alone made him a superstar. Harlem!

 

[AMcV'88]

Cam's probably the most influential and is one of the biggest, well loved rappers to have never actually have a run at the top in the Jay, 50, Wayne mould..he for a good 4 years felt like a superstar and his reach goes further than most and did it reinventing himself when needed in his own way without ever whoring himself out to anyone and everyone.

back then you couldn't tell me he wasn't one though.

 

[Canada Goose]

Nope. He was never a crossover/Top 40 artist. To be a superstar you gotta have those crossover hits. Cam only has one (Oh Boy) the true superstars in the rap game have serveral.

 

[BlackMagnus514]

Nah
If you're basing this just on what was happening in NYC your view is already skewed
Cam was wildly popular in rap, so if you wanna say a rap superstar then so be it

Cam went gold on SDE, which was a more street/darker album than his debut. it was kinda quiet for him before he got to the Roc. From '01-'02, he was everywhere. I'm speaking from a NYC POV because it was Ground Zero here for him. Those Diplomats mix tapes set the tone and raised his stock.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

NO.

 

[TrifeGod]

Cam was a Super Celeb

not a Super Star

Wu-Tang as a whole were Superstars..they touched the whole world

to be a star u must be seen worldy and felt worldly

hense the word STAR

 

[Never Broke Again]

Cam was a Super Celeb

not a Super Star

Wu-Tang as a whole were Superstars..they touched the whole world

to be a star u must be seen worldy and felt worldly

hense the word STAR

 

[osama bin fly]

No
He had one hot album (come home with me) and one hot single
Then fell off from the face of earth

The coli acts like he was running the 2000s

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

I never saw him as a superstar. He was popular for few years but not in jay or 50 level. Not even ja rule level. That's just from what I remember. But Dude got a lot of Stans and dudes who who have a bromance with him for sum reason.

 

[TrifeGod]

Idiot.

Wu-Tang during the "Forever" days were Stars....the problem is you're inferior brain is thinking how the hell is U-God a star......that's why I said wu-tang as a whole..the name..the brand....

Cam is a top tier celeb but not rly a star...diplomats were top tier celebs but not stars.....

dunno why im explainin this to you since your one of those niglets that express their thoughts through a smiley

 

[NatiboyB]

Cam was a Super Celeb

not a Super Star

Wu-Tang as a whole were Superstars..they touched the whole world

to be a star u must be seen worldy and felt worldly

hense the word STAR

What if I told you I can't stand WU-Tang group albums and the only members I like were Ghostface, Rakwon, Method man and that I didn't hear any one playing WU Tang until I was grown and it was a white dude playing it?