Cam'ron

Cameron Ezike Giles (born February 4, 1976), better known by his stage name Cam'ron, is an American rapper. Beginning his career in the mid-1990s as Killa Cam, Giles signed to Lance "Un" Rivera's Untertainment, an imprint of Epic Records and released his first two studio albums Confessions of Fire (1998) and S.D.E. (Sports Drugs & Entertainment) (2000), the former earned gold certification by the RIAA. After leaving Epic, Giles signed to Roc-A-Fella Records in 2001 to release his third studio album Come Home with Me the following year. It received platinum certification by the RIAA and contained his highest-charting singles to date: "Oh Boy" (featuring Juelz Santana) and "Hey Ma" (featuring Juelz Santana, Freekey Zeekey and Toya), which peaked at No. 4 and No. 3 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100. His fourth studio album, Purple Haze was released in 2004 to continued success, earning gold certification by the RIAA. After Giles and his label Diplomat Records parted ways with Roc-A-Fella in 2005 due to disagreements between himself and label-head Jay-Z, Giles signed the label to a distribution deal with Asylum Records. In 2006, Giles released his fifth studio album Killa Season, which accompanied a film of the same name, in which Giles made his director-screenwriter debut and starred in the film. In 2009, after taking a hiatus due to his mother's health, Giles returned to music and released his sixth studio album Crime Pays in 2009, reaching number 3 on the Billboard 200. A decade later, he released his seventh album Purple Haze 2. Aside from his solo career, Giles was first a member of the short-lived hip hop group Children of the Corn, which he formed alongside Big L and Mase in 1993 before disbanding in 1997. He subsequently formed the hip hop collective the Diplomats (also known as Dipset) the same year, alongside his longtime affiliate Jim Jones and cousin Freekey Zekey. He later performed as one half of the duo U.N. (Us Now) with fellow Harlem native Vado; the duo released two collaborative projects. Giles has occasionally worked as an actor, starring in the Roc-A-Fella films Paper Soldiers and Paid in Full in 2002. Biography