Cam'ron: I was dead broke when I signed to Roc-A-Fella, lost 10K check

[ISO]

if you read Gucci Mane's book. When Gucci had a hit and went to NY he was introduced to Cam'ron. Cam was driving a Toyota Camry that he told Gucci he got it for his mother. Gucci said Cam looked mad regular.

Say it ain't so

 

[Vilify]

What was that music video that camron put out couple years after he got off the Roc.. where he was looking bummy as hell. It came on BET a couple of times but I can't remember the name of the song.

 

[head shots101]

Cam had a interview in xxl before the roc deal and he was saying he was broke

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Say what you want about the music but money is so much better now for artists

An artist like Cam two albums in, with multiple hit records, would be making a a shyt load of money doing shows now.

There's so many stories of artists in the 80s and 90s with hit records and platinum albums still living with their parents. Now artists have regional hits and make 20K a month doing shows alone.

I wonder why it shows became so popular in the past 10 years and I know they've had been popular but it seems like that is the best route for Independent Artists now.

We need to ask somebody why the live show has become such a money maker @itsyoung!!

 

[itsyoung!!]

I wonder why it shows became so popular in the past 10 years and I know they've had been popular but it seems like that is the best route for Independent Artists now.

We need to ask somebody why the live show has become such a money maker @itsyoung!!

not exactly hard to figure out... book a club appearance in another state, go there, do features ($), radio/guest appearances ($), and then get paid to go to the club and do a few songs at most.

goes into the artist pocket especially if independent

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

I would've been sick

I had a plug that was a scammer years ago do this... dropped 10k cash in a chinese restaurant lost it.. I still feel sick thinking about it.

I wouldn't have returned it if I found it

 

[AMcV'88]

thread reminds me...remember during the whole "wheres Cam ?" shyt.
he was walking around grave years and speeding away in hoopties in different clips ?

 

[Zero]

Another Harlem nikka frontin hard

 

[Chris Cool]

lol @ two gold albums. nikka had two flops.

 

[Fart Knocker]

What was that music video that camron put out couple years after he got off the Roc.. where he was looking bummy as hell. It came on BET a couple of times but I can't remember the name of the song.

get it in ohio?

 

[Yehuda]

There's so many stories of artists in the 80s and 90s with hit records and platinum albums still living with their parents.

When I heard Q-Tip say he was still sleeping in his mom's living room after The Low End Theory sold 1,500,000.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

Cam was really getting it in Ohio..

Word to Chubby baby


Till BMF came thru and crush the buildings


"CAM remember that time BMF was gonna DESTROY US (DIPSET) in muthaphuking Miami"- CHUBBIE BABY

 

[ZEB WALTON]

he knew they can reissue checks right? lmao...

 

[FreshAIG]

Cam had a interview in xxl before the roc deal and he was saying he was broke

I remember that they was talking about his IBS and he was sitting on like a doctor's table

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

There's so many stories of artists in the 80s and 90s with hit records and platinum albums still living with their parents. Now artists have regional hits and make 20K a month doing shows alone.

Yup....

I remember Chuck D. saying while he was still waiting for the royalties to come thru from the platinum swelling IT TAKES A NATION LP he had to keep his day job at a long island record store

Or the countless artists rap AND R&B who have resorted to illegal side hustles not to just support thier lifestyles but pay the bills as well....



Its funny we speaking of Cam who was getting it in Ohio...

Cause a host of others WU TANG CLAN for example were "getting to that bag" in the streets as well (gun running..drug trafficking)