How faith brought about a rift between Ma$e and Cam’Ron

The legendary rappers Cam’Ron and Ma$e have been buddies since childhood, and, rising up in Harlem, they each knew they wished to be part of New York’s burgeoning hip-hop scene. As members of Massive L’s short-lived Kids of the Corn crew, the pair rose to prominence of their space and shortly after had been identified across the metropolis.

That stated, by the late Nineteen Nineties, that they had each discovered their respective musical houses. As a part of The Diplomats, Cam’Ron signed with Jay-Z’s Roc-a-Fella Data, and simply earlier than the demise of Biggie Smalls, Ma$e joined Diddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment. 

The 2 went on very separate journies however had been at all times sure by their love for music. However, in an interview on Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s All of the Smoke podcast, Cam’Ron (actual title Cameron Giles) revealed that their friendship turned tenuous when Ma$e determined to park his musical ambitions and switch to faith. 

Talking in regards to the starting of their feud, Giles admitted that he didn’t perceive why Ma$e took such an interest in Christianity and was irritated that he had chosen to hitch a group that was so outspoken in its rejection of hip-hop.

Opening up about this, the Purple Haze emcee recalled, “He went to church. I kinda didn’t understand it at the time because that’s my man all day, and I’m like, where church come from? So I started bugging out on him because of that. So to be honest with you, the whole sh*t was my fault and just not understanding the kind of path he was on at the time.”

Cam’Ron determined to place a number of the anger he had in his music and referred to as out Ma$e by title. However, he didn’t anticipate the response he acquired from his pal. Remembering the origins of the feud, he recounted, “So I kinda was going at him on records and sh*t, and he was ignoring me and sh*t, then one day he made ‘The Oracle’ and kinda flushed me one day. I was like, ‘That was pretty tough.’”

Ma$e was solely with Unhealthy Boy for a few years, and in 1999, Ma$e turned a pastor in Atlanta. In an interview with Funkmaster Flex, talking about his personal lyrics, the Harlem artist stated that he had been main individuals, buddies, youngsters and others down a path to hell.”

The pair solely reunited final yr, however they each agreed to place their variations apart, and the 2 now have their very own podcast, the It Is What It Is present. You may hearken to Giles peaking about their 15-year fall out within the video under.