Cam’ron Turned Down Key To NYC After Diddy & Eric Adams Drama
Cam’ron has claimed that he turned down one in all New York City’s highest honors because of its affiliation with embattled figures like Diddy and Eric Adams.
Speaking on his sports activities discuss present It Is What It Is, the Dipset rapper stated that Mayor Adams’ workplace just lately supplied him the ceremonial key to town however he stated no.
“You know what’s crazy? This is word to everything I love,” he informed co-host Ma$e whereas discussing the bribery and fraud expenses towards Adams. “Last month, they called me to see if I wanted the key to the city. I said, ‘I don’t want to be involved with nothing.’
“They offered me that shit. They said, ‘Cam, you want the key to the city?’ I was like, ‘That ain’t really up my alley right now. I’m cool with the key to New York City, man.’”
Cam then questioned the worth of the honour, saying: “Where does that get you? I don’t want nothing to do with the keys to the city and the n-ggas giving ’em out, the n-ggas who previously had ’em. I don’t got nothing to do with the key to the city.”
Cam’ron’s feedback reference the current indictment towards Mayor Adams, who’s accused of accepting greater than $10 million in unlawful marketing campaign contributions from Turkish authorities officers.
He is the primary sitting mayor of New York City to face prison expenses.
Adams has maintained his innocence and has vowed to proceed serving as mayor, regardless of requires him to resign.
The “Down & Out” MC was additionally alluding to the bombshell intercourse trafficking and racketeering case towards Diddy, who was awarded the important thing to NYC final yr.
The Bad Boy boss was offered with the important thing by Adams at a celebratory occasion at Times Square, throughout which he gave a speech in entrance of a sizeable crowd.
However, the honour was later rescinded following the wave of sexual assault lawsuits towards Puffy, making him the primary particular person to ever have the important thing to town taken away.
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Despite Cam’ron’s aversion, quite a few figures have fortunately accepted the important thing to New York City in current weeks, together with fellow rapper Fat Joe who was offered with the honour in his native borough of The Bronx in late August.
That choice appeared to have been met with pushback from contained in the corridors of energy, although, with the Terror Squad chief claiming that unnamed figures had been “upset.”
“I get the key to the city [on] the 20th and, boy, was that a hard one. Hip Hop got a black eye,” he stated on Instagram Live. “The mayor and his crew, his right-hand girl, got me the key to the city. Everybody was a little upset.
“But I don’t know another guy who keeps it realer with the streets of New York than Fat Joe, who feeds more people, opens more businesses. I don’t know what to tell you guys.”
