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

[Arithmetic]

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.

 

[T'Kuvma Da Unforgettable]

Didn't cam say he had a million before he met jay

He stays with

I remember when he claimed he made millions of liquor sales

 

[Alvin]

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.

lmfao!

 

[Alvin]

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

was he a member of diplomats? and how did he get in on the crew?

 

[Chris Cool]

SDE did not flop

gold was a flop in those days.

 

[Alvin]

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)[/QUOTE]
Them Wu nikkas moved like a cartel or syndicate for a number of years

 

[Serious]

I strongly feel like this is why the older artists dislike these new ones.

Sitting back looking at Meek Mill or even Tee Grizzley drop a Bentley Truck paid in full from show money and merchandise crushes their souls.

Lil Yachty set for life, Lil Uzi bringing in M's from show money when he hasn't even dropped an Official Album.

Anybody denying that these Young Niggs are eating more than artists back in the day are in denial.

even NBA players are eating

 

[Rigby.]

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.

yeah nikkas eating and thats what many rappers came in the game for in the first place.

 

[FreshAIG]

No it wasn’t. Gold was great as long as you weren’t given the budget of a platinum artist, and he wasn’t. Label recouped off Cam’s album probably after 100k sales.

gold was a flop in those days.

 

[FreshAIG]

Dame really looked out because they signed Cam for 4.5 Million

 

[Off the Onion]

gold was a flop in those days.

Who old are you fella

 

[up in here]

Didn't cam say he had a million before he met jay

Cam say a lot of shyt

 

[CashmereThoughts]

That's cray

All deals were structured that way. Especially if you splitting royalties 4-6 ways.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Cam a known liar.

But if you broke after multiple successful albums what kinda deals you signed nikka?

The same ducking deal everyone else had

 

[Pressure]

I saw Cam @ Eastland mall around when come home with me dropped. I damn near walked past him. They looked like a bunch of regular dudes back then. You could tell they weren't wealthy at that point.