Cam’ron knows Ye (formally known as Kanye West) well.
The two go back to their Roc-A-Fella days in the early 2000s, when West was a producer on the come-up who was trying convince everybody that his raps were just as good as his beats, while Cam was on a maniacal run that put not only himself, but his crew The Diplomats at the top of the game with rap’s hottest record label co-owned by his childhood friend Dame Dash.
While discussing quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets with his co-hosts Mase and Treasure “Stat Baby” Wilson, Cam told an anecdote about meeting up with Ye at his office in Beverly Hills.
“You know what’s crazy? I’ll give you an example,” Cam began. “This was probably three years ago. I went to see the n—a Kanye or whatever. His office in Beverly Hills at one time was a cave, it’s just fire in there and sh–,” he said as he couldn’t contain his laughter. “It’s just like four fires. It’s like a 10-15,000 square foot — it’s not an office, it’s a warehouse and it’s just fire going.”
He then mentions that Marilyn Manson was there with some other people and references a photo that was taken of himself, Manson, Ye, actress Julia Fox and music producer Jack Donoghue before he says he tried to ask Ye about the weird vibes he was getting. “So, you know I know the n—a,” he tells his co-hosts. “I’m like, ‘What are you doing?’”
He added that the Chicago rapper started acting differently when he noticed his old friend. “He see me — you know how you can’t play these games with a n—a you know,” he said before bursting into laughter. “I’m lookin’ at the n—a like, ‘What the f— is going on in here, man?’”
During an appearance on the All the Smoke podcast hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson in December 2023, the Harlem rapper-turned-sports commentator said West plays “crazy when it’s convenient” and that Ye was “perfectly fine” whenever he ran into his former collaborator.
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