Cam’ron is attempting to clear up, once and for all, the rumors circulation about his role in the saga of Juelz Santana and Lil Wayne’s mixtape that never was.
While many have pointed fingers at Cam’ron, claiming he blocked I Can’t Feel My Face from being released, the Dipset luminary is now setting the record straight and has revealed a contract dispute was at the source of the failed project. Speaking on the topic during the recent episode of his show It Is What It Is, Cam’ron addressed the long-standing rumor and his role within it head-on.
“There was a time Juelz was supposed to put out a project with Lil Wayne and it didn’t happen,” Cam’ron said. “And they was like, ‘Cam don’t want the project to come out. Cam don’t want the project to come out.’ And that’s not what happened.”
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According to Cam, the issue came down to business politics, considering that Lil Wayne wasn’t the “superstar” we know him as today and was realistically just entering the beginning stages of his career.
“Lil Wayne, and mind you, Lil Wayne wasn’t the super superstar yet,” he explained. “He was a star, but remember, Lil Wayne emerged into a superstar after Tha Carter I, Tha Carter II and Tha Carter III and ‘Amilli’ and all that s###.”
As Cam continued, he broke down the label conflicts that ultimately killed the project. More specifically, he pointed to Universal Music Group (UMG) playing hardball as the end-all-be-all in the situation at that time.
“Def Jam is under Universal, which Lil Wayne was signed to,” he explained. “So when they wanted to put this project out, Universal told Def Jam, ‘Well, Lil Wayne still didn’t give us his album yet. So if y’all want to put this project out, we’re taking 95% and Def Jam, y’all can take 5%.’”
With UMG drawing a proverbial line in the sand with the lopsided revenue split, the likelihood of the project being financially profitable was impossible, given the meager split percentage margins.
“We had a joint venture deal with Def Jam,” he continued. “So if that project came out, that means Def Jam would get 2.5 percent of the album, and me and Juelz would get 2.5 percent of the album. And they said, ‘Cam, we love you and all that, but we’re not doing that. We can’t do it.’”
Despite his efforts to explain the situation, Cam said he became the scapegoat.
“N##### just gonna blame Cam,” he said. “I get the blame. ‘Yo, Cam is hating. Cam don’t want Juelz’s project to come out.’ And I’m like, all right, whatever. N*ggas don’t really understand the backstory.”
Ultimately, Cam argued that blocking the release never made sense for him.
“Why would I want to stop making money?” he questioned rhetorically. “My whole thing was to make Juelz a star, make Juelz rich. That was my goal. Why would I want to stop that? But it didn’t make financial sense.”
Cam’ron’s address on Juelz and Weezy’s mixtape-turned-urban-legend follows the “Clockwork” rapper’s recent statement about Cam and Jim Jones’ ongoing beef. Additionally, they follow Juelz’ claims that he’s readying a project with an A-list lineup amid the announcement of his accessories brand I Can’t Feel My Face.
“I got DaBaby on the album, Lil Wayne on the album,” Santana teased, going on to highlight that he has a “mean one with Wayne” that fans can expect to be a standout.
Watch the lengthy clip from the talk show in the post above.