Dame Dash Reveals The True Story Behind Cam’ron 2005 Near Death Shooting

Written By Daniel "Jerk" Jerkins

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Dame Dash appeared in an interview and recalled the untold story behind the near-fatal attack on Dipset’s Cam’ron in 2005 in Washington, DC.  

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While being interviewed on Showtime’s “All the Smoke” podcast, Dame revealed that Cam’ron was shot in 2005 in our nation’s capital because of his role as “Rico”, a character based on real-life drug kingpin, Albert “Alpo” Martinez. Dame Dash was the executive producer of the film.

Cam’ron was in DC for a Howard University homecoming event when, according to police, he was shot three times. The incident occurred at a stoplight with Cam’ron in a pricey 2006 royal blue Lamborghini sportscar and jewelry.  He sustained wounds to both arms and managed to drive himself to the hospital. 

Dame gave the background, on the shooting, explaining that it was Cam’s role in Paid In Full that made him a target.

“Cam went through a lot, you know he got shot over that role in Washington,” Dame revealed. “Yeah, that was over that. He’s never told his story, but there was times I hadn’t really realized what happened I was asking him to do another role once and he was like ‘yo bro I got shot over that role”. 

The movie Paid in Full has become a cultural classic film and iconic story in the hip-hop community. It is based on a true story, but chronicles the lives of fictional characters, Ace, Mitch, and Rico. The movie is a cautionary tale of their rise to drug dealing supremacy in Harlem in the 1980s. The movie was inspired by the real-life story of drug kingpins Azie Faison, Rich Porter, and “Alpo” Martinez. The three grew up as friends and later business partners managing a multi-million dollar drug empire during the 80s crack era in NYC. 

The real-life Fason was shot in the face and left for dead in a robbery. He left the crack business immediately after the incident. However, Martinez and Porter resumed business with the former killing the latter over the details of a drug deal. After this, Martinez moved to Washington DC to sell more drugs, was arrested, and eventually became a government informant to avoid the death penalty. Martinez was released from prison in 2015 after serving a 35-year sentence. However, he was slain in Harlem on October 31, 2020 after leaving the witness protection program. Later that year, Cam’ron announced that he was in talks about releasing a sequel to the iconic street flick.

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Written by Daniel "Jerk" Jerkins

Journalist, Hip Hop Head, Florida Boy

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