Cam’ron has explained why he removed JAY-line Z’s from the remix of his 2003 smash song “Oh Boy,” and it appears that petty differences prevented the song from being released.
The leader of the Dipset confirmed to the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast that Hov did, in fact, record a verse, but that he didn’t utilize it because Cam was upset by Jay erasing one of his verses.
After hearing Cam say, “Listen, so Hov did a remix for ‘Oh Boy,’ and I erased it,” Cam said, which caused Wallo to ask why not keep that version in the vault instead of deleting it altogether. “Looking back on it I should’ve, ’cause shit, I could’ve got some money. He erased my verse. I did a song for Peedi Crakk, and he erased my verse and threw it out, so I was like I’ma erase his verse.”
Gillie made a reference to Cam’ron’s “Dinner Time” diss record directed at his friend Ma$e by bringing up their recent phone conversation, in which Ma$e was referred to as “Mr. Petty” by Cam. Killa responded with a giggle and accepted the moniker.
“I’m very, very petty man, but looking back on that, you made a great point. We should’ve kept it, and whether we used it or not, we should’ve had it, but that’s….” Cam’Ron said before pointing to himself.
‘I don’t want to hear it again,’ he continued. We ain’t gone find it nowhere. Erase it, that was just my mentality at the time.”
Damon Dash, who founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z, brought Cam’ron to the label in 2001. When he was signed to Roc-A-Fella, he put out the critically praised albums Come Home with Me and Purple Haze and introduced his Harlem group, The Diplomats (Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Freekey Zekey.)
Eventually, the friction between the Dipset leader and JAY-Z would escalate into a full-blown rap war, prompting the Dipset leader to leave Roc-A-Fella in 2005. Their dispute lasted until 2019, when they performed together at JAY-B-Sides Z’s NYC performance at Webster Hall.
At another point in his talk with Gillie and Wallo, Cam explained how Dame Dash had helped him put an end to his fight with Jay. Killa claims that he understood the true state of affairs after witnessing Dame apologize for his part in the rapper’s quarrel with Jay.
To be completely forthright with you, “I was caught in the middle, to be totally honest with you, because I didn’t want Dame [Dash] to feel a way,” he explained. “I know they was going through they thing, but Dame had did something on the internet to where he kind of apologized to JAY-Z. … I was like, ‘If that’s where he at, cool.’”
Cam went on, saying, “Jay called, he’s like, ‘Yo first of all I want to tell you I got respect for you,’ and I’m like, Same here bro, shit ain’t no big thing, man.’ We talking about some shit, fucking 12-13 years old. I’m straight. … We just showed our love for each other, and we kept it under wraps.”
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