Cam’ron has revisited his 2002 anthem “Welcome to New York City” featuring JAY-Z, and 20 years later, Killa still doesn’t think Hov got the best of him on it.
The Harlem dignitary joined the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast on Sunday (August 21) where he discussed Jigga “absolutely not” outshining him on the Come Home with Me track.
“Did he kill me on it? No way, absolutely not,” Cam told co-host Wallo, before then explaining that there wasn’t any plan for the pair to actually do a record together, but JAY-Z still knocked out his verse in about five minutes.
“I didn’t know we was gonna do a record,” he continued. “We talked we vibed for 15, 20 minutes and I said, ‘Yo, let’s go do this record.’ He sat there and thought about it and then my name’s in his verse. I said, ‘This n-gga kinda different.’ We get to work quick — he did his shit in five minutes. It was amazing to see. As far as taking off on me, go listen to the lyrics. Nobody ever took off on me.”
Hov and the Dipset rhymer have a limited history of collaborations that include the Paid in Full soundtrack’s “Roc Army” as well as R. Kelly’s “We Ride.”
“Welcome to New York City” also features Juelz Santana and production from Just Blaze along with some additional vocals from the beat maestro.
Two decades later, Cam is still working with Hip Hop royalty. Earlier this summer, Cam linked up with J. Cole and teased a follow-up collaboration to the pair’s “9 5 . s o u t h” which appears on Cole’s most recent album, The Off-Season.
Meanwhile, Cam’ron and Ma$e appear to have patched things up, ending a long-standing feud that dates as far back as the late 1990s.
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The two Harlem rappers were once brothers in arms, taking the rap world by storm as both solo artists and cohorts in the group Children Of The Corn — which also included Big L, Herb McGruff and the late Bloodshed.
But after Ma$e decided to retire from rap and move to Atlanta to become a pastor, things got heated between the two rappers and a feud soon ensued that lasted for almost two decades.
In a recent video shared by Ma$e’s sister Stason Betha, the former Bad Boy rapper appeared to bury the hatchet with Cam, jumping on the phone with the Dipset leader.
Cam’s verse was just as cold as Jay’s on “Welcome to New York City.” People be on Jays nuts hard! He spits wack verses here and there just like every other rapper. People act like everytime he kills somebody in the booth. Or they come up with so many different reasons why his verse was different (he speaking facts, he’s spiritual, he’s living his life, etc). Naw the verse was wack! Keep it 100. Cam did his thing and Jay did his but stop hyping Jay too much in this. Cam was a problem in Roc A Fella! Lets not forget
IM A JAY Z FAN BUT HIS CULT FOLLOWING IS DISGUSTING. THE DUDES THAT SWEAR HE HAS 9 CLASSICS LOL.
DRAW!!!
Both sick verses with a great topic and chorus by Juelz
If we talking lyrical homicide camron killed jay in new york city. Even juelz outshone jay and he only did the hook. When cam said jay did his verse i 5 minutes I believe him because that verse is below average.
You just talk trash???
Didn’t J. Cole drop in 2021, not earlier this summer and Shouldn’t Big L also be refers to as Late ?
WASN’T THAT TYPE OF SONG. EVERYONE DID THEIR THING.