Cam’ron has opened up about his unlikely friendship with Mac Miller, which went deeper than most fans might think.
Reflecting on the late Pittsburgh rapper on the latest episode of his YouTube series Talk With Flee, Killa Cam said: “That was my friend. We didn’t always do music. He would come to my crib and we’d just watch TV and snap on Skitzo [my producer and friend]. Mac Miller was hilarious.”
The Dipset legend wasn’t the only one in his family who was a huge fan of Mac’s fun-loving spirit.
“My mother — God bless the dead — loved Mac Miller because she would hear Mac Miller’s at the house and she’d say, ‘Yo, put on Twitter that you’re at my house.’ And he would tag my mother on Twitter and she would get, like, a thousand followers. So whenever Mac Miller would come to the crib, she would be really happy,” Cam continued.
“Outside of music, he was just a cool dude, a funny n*gga. It wasn’t all about music [with us]. I think we got three songs that we did together out of the 10, 11 times that he came to my house. I really fucked with that kid.”
Cam also recalled his reaction to Mac’s untimely death in 2018, which was ruled an accidental overdose.
“When I was with him, I never saw him do no type of drugs so when I saw that shit come out [about his death], I was like, ‘What the fuck?!’” he said, clearly still shocked by the tragedy.
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Cam’ron and Mac Miller collaborated numerous times, including on the songs “Ignorant” and “Dig That,” and at one point were even planning to release a full project together.
“Me and Cam are actually talking about doing a project together,” Mac told XXL in 2012. “We don’t know when we’re gonna do it. We have three or four songs recorded already. We’re working on more at this point.”
He added: “We’re two funny guys. We cut up a lot in the studio, and have a good time and make some dope music. I think the cool thing is that it’s an unexpected collaboration that actually turned out dope.
“We wanna do some soulful hip-hop shit, while also making some hard shit and some fun music. [We’re] making sure that we do it in a way that’s different than other people who have done projects together … He’s got a lot of knowledge in that he’s schooling me on.”
This article was originally published on hiphopdx.com.
