Rapper Cam’ron has opened up about his close encounter with Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons at a recent NBA game in Los Angeles. The Dipset leader, who has been a vocal critic of Simmons over the years, said he was ready to fight the Australian point guard if he had to.
Cam’ron shared the story on his and Ma$e’s sports show It Is What It Is, where he said he was surprised to see Simmons on the bench at the Lakers vs. Nets game last week. He joked that he had forgotten that Simmons still played basketball, as he has been sidelined with a back injury since October 2023.
The Harlem native said he crossed paths with Simmons near the VIP entrance after the game, and they exchanged a tense look. Cam’ron said he was not interested in having an “ice grill contest” with Simmons, and he wished he would just express his feelings instead of playing mind games.
“He’s looking at me and I’m like, ‘I don’t wanna have an ice grill contest with Ben Simmons. This is just stupid.’ So I’m looking at him and he’s looking at me. Now I’m looking like, ‘This isn’t gonna go good because I’ma go crazy, my n-gga,’” Cam’ron said.
He continued: “He looks and comes my way and just walks past me. And I’m like, ‘Why would you play these games with me?’ If you don’t like what I say, I rather a n-gga just be like, ‘Yo Cam, I wasn’t feeling that shit. You don’t understand. I’m really hurt. I’m really going through something.’”
Cam’ron then warned Simmons that he was not afraid to confront him physically, and he was prepared to use any object he could find to attack him. He said he was not going to “fight fair” with the 6-foot-10 athlete, and he threatened to injure his knees and end his career.
“Those ain’t the games to play and live in New York at the same time. They just not. And that’s not a threat, I’m just saying. That’s the wrong games. Stop playing games, B,” he said. “Especially when you’re 6-foot-10. I’m going for your knees, pause. And then I’m buying season tickets to the Nets game […] I don’t fight fair! You don’t know what street I’m from.”
Cam’ron also said he was willing to “buy every damn ticket behind the Nets’ bench” to heckle Simmons for the rest of the season. He said he did not care about Simmons’ feelings, and he advised him to “go fuck with the Kardashians” if he had lost his passion for basketball.
You can watch the full episode of It Is What It Is here, and skip to the 50:28 mark to hear Cam’ron’s story.
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