Cam’ron says that it was only right for him to bring Ma$e on his new sports talk show, It Is What It Is. Sitting down with Good Day New York for recent a interview, the New York rapper explained that he’s reinvented himself.
“So look, Hip Hop is 50 years old and I’ve been doing this [25 years], so if you don’t reinvent yourself, you’ll be looking at a 1997 Cam’ron,” he said. “I’m like, ‘I love sports and I need to be on television.’ People always offer me things to do on television. So I’m like, ‘Let me create my own show, not somebody giving me a show, and see how it goes.”
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Cam’ron At A Knicks Game
As for the decision to work with Ma$e on It Is What It Is, he explained: “Ma$e got me my first record deal, ever. So doing this show and creating this show and having him be a part of it, it felt like I’m giving back to him for helping me even be an entertainer. I may not have been where I’m at if [Ma$e] didn’t take me to Biggie Smalls [The Notorious B.I.G.] and get me my first record deal… I wanted to pay him back, and hopefully, this show will do that.”
Cam’ron launched It Is What It Is on the Come And Talk 2 Me YouTube channel back in January. In the short time since, it’s massed 7 million total views. On the show, he and Ma$e discuss topics from across the sports landscape.
Cam’ron On His Relationship With Ma$e
Cam’ron and Ma$e haven’t always been the best of friends. Despite collaborating on “Horse & Carriage” back in 1998, they had a falling out in the 2000s. They went on to trade multiple diss tracks about each other in 2017. It wasn’t until 2022 that they finally squashed their beef.
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