Cam'ron Admits To Being Broke When He Signed To Rocafella Records + Losing 10K Check (TB)

[ReasonableMatic]

Starts At 28 Secs Rare Flash Back Footage

Forth - I seen the nikka throw that Diamond up
before them shots was fired

- Cam’ron (You Gotta Love It, May 2006)

Hov gon’ get you, I ain't forget your little disrespect
No hoe, daddy gon’ spank you for that shyt you said
It's hard to do, when you got nothing to prove
Everybody know you BETTER, you in a lose-lose
'Cause even when you win, ultimately you lose
Real nikkas like, "Why Hov talking to dude???"
He's selling low too
Only time you went plat
My chain was on your neck, that's an actual fact
So I'm praying that it spills OUTSIDE of the booth
That's when y'all nikkas OUTSIDE of your truth
OUTSIDE of your league, that's not what you do
nikkas throwing ROC signs outside of your coupe!!

- Jay-Z (Dig A Hole, November 2006)

#HovBarForEverything

 

[Pop123]

A lot of them cats weren't saving, they'd blow all their money cause they knew they could get it back....definitely living in the moment. Plus, SDE/Confessions Of Fire Cam wasn't REALLY that poppin.

who'd wanna hear Franklin Saint raps anyways?


I wonder though, what does Cam consider broke....Not having $10k? or only being able to afford a Hyundai and not a Ferrari?

I mean, one thing I know is drug dealers…a savings account to a young drug dealer is stacked up shoeboxes in the closet so I get it…but he was talking like he was a lowkey kingpin out there…I never met a broke big dog unless you fast forward 20 years into the future lol. Even when they’re short or it’s a drought, they’re not tapped out, they just gotta slow down and ride it out…worst case scenario you gotta start selling some things. But dead broke? Yeah, nah…sounds like he was frontin on them records, . Couple ounces here and there status at his peak, imo. No disrespect tho, Cam one of my fav nigs and it’s all off the strength of his off the mic entertainment lol, I’m a watch this later

 

[Pop123]

Didn’t Cam used to hustle for Dame or sumn? I remember Dame mentioning it somewhere and talking like Cam was just some little scramblin guy who he let get a couple dollars for him lol. I know for a fact Dame was getting money..seems like he always looked out for and tried to help the people he was cool with

 

[Street Knowledge]

Only time you went plat...

The nikka never lied

Cam got mad at pound cake when it came out but it was true

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Didn’t Cam used to hustle for Dame or sumn? I remember Dame mentioning it somewhere and talking like Cam was just some little scramblin guy who he let get a couple dollars for him lol. I know for a fact Dame was getting money..seems like he always looked out for and tried to help the people he was cool with

#HovBarForEverything

 

[tuckgod]

So he sold all that dope prior to signing with the Roc and was still broke?

Hmm... if I didn't know any better I'd think he was lying/embellishing in all those raps about moving bricks.

Moving bricks don’t mean shyt if you ain’t stacking.

He owned a liquor store too.

In those days we didn’t have the internet where you could get financial planning advice at your fingertips and we only cared about cars, clothes, and girls.

 

[prince_peoples]

So he sold all that dope prior to signing with the Roc and was still broke?

Hmm... if I didn't know any better I'd think he was lying/embellishing in all those raps about moving bricks.

I know from personal experience a lot of nikka who move work are horrible at saving money, and it seems like 90 percent of these nikka take fronts. So it only takes a few bad situations for them to have nothing.

My thing is if cam was really moving all this work, why he ain’t have no one that can throw shyt at him till he got back right.

When people know you can move it and they know u solid when it comes to paying back they will throw that shyt at you.

 

[prince_peoples]

Moving bricks don’t mean shyt if you ain’t stacking.

He owned a liquor store too.

In those days we didn’t have the internet where you could get financial planning advice at your fingertips and we only cared about cars, clothes, and girls.

If u have a few cars then u are not broke, any real hustler would just sell off a few of they assets to get back right.

This nikka cam talking bout a 10k check, he wasn’t getting bricks.

 

[tuckgod]

If u have a few cars then u are not broke, any real hustler would just sell off a few of they assets to get back right.

This nikka cam talking bout a 10k check, he wasn’t getting bricks.

Broke is subjective and getting bricks can mean a lot of things but it doesn’t mean you’re getting money

If you getting bricks on consignment (like most New York nikkas was doing) your profits ain’t much more than a middle man hustler unless you’re financially responsible.

You just have access to a higher level of clientele.

The risks aren’t worth it.

 

[brooklyngohard]

Cam got mad at pound cake when it came out but it was true

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

He's spoken about it in other interviews as well

I think he touched on this eons ago in the source SDE era

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Forth - I seen the nikka throw that Diamond up
before them shots was fired

- Cam’ron (You Gotta Love It, May 2006)

Hov gon’ get you, I ain't forget your little disrespect
No hoe, daddy gon’ spank you for that shyt you said
It's hard to do, when you got nothing to prove
Everybody know you BETTER, you in a lose-lose
'Cause even when you win, ultimately you lose
Real nikkas like, "Why Hov talking to dude???"
He's selling low too
Only time you went plat
My chain was on your neck, that's an actual fact
So I'm praying that it spills OUTSIDE of the booth
That's when y'all nikkas OUTSIDE of your truth
OUTSIDE of your league, that's not what you do
nikkas throwing ROC signs outside of your coupe!!

- Jay-Z (Dig A Hole, November 2006)

#HovBarForEverything

You were jammin Kingdom Come huh?

 

[Mowgli]

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Gucci called him out years ago

???

In Gucci's book he talks about the first time meeting Cam in NY and him having an SUV with a ashy hood.

 

[re'up]

Anyone who grew up around drugs and hustlers, especially ones like Cam and Jim, you could be up 100k in February and by December be down to your last 10k. It's not like most people who hustle even at a high level are saving so much money. Cam was like 22-26 at the time. And you in and out of the shyt, gets harder when you are never around anymore, because of rap.

The bought cars, they paid rent for 5 places, they bought jewelry, clothes, bottles, tricked on women, paid for their family/kids. The money comes and goes.

Cam probably got back on at Rocafella, and flipped another 200k in the streets, lost it all again, before 2005.