“I didn't want to be a rapper full time. You know, Big L kinda - God bless the dead - influenced me to do that.”

American rapper

Cam'ron, born Cameron Giles, is an American rapper who emerged in the early 1990s under the name Killa Cam. He is known for a run of successful studio albums and for helping define early 2000s mainstream hip-hop. He began recording with Lance "Un" Rivera's Untertainment, an Epic Records imprint, and released Confessions of Fire in 1998 and S.D.E. in 2000. After joining Roc-A-Fella Records in 2001, he issued Come Home with Me, which went platinum and included the hit singles "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma". His fourth album, Purple Haze, also earned gold certification.