Cam'ron accuses Jay-Z of hating on Lil Wayne for choosing Kendrick Lamar to play the Super Bowl

There was a time when Cam'ron was considered Jay-Z's enemy, but they put their issues behind them years later. The biggest sign of that is Cam joining Jay on stage at Jay's B-Sides 2 concert at New York's Webster Hall in 2019.

But Cam isn't done criticizing the Brooklyn rapper, which he did after learning that his company Roc Nation picked Kendrick Lamar to play the halftime show at the next Super Bowl. The way Cam sees it, Lil Wayne should've been chosen, seeing that Super Bowl LIX will be in New Orleans, Wayne's hometown.

"Listen, I love Kendrick Lamar, I love the Pop Out. I think he’s one of the top artists of this generation, period. Hate the selection," said Cam on his It Is What It Is podcast at the 102:49 mark. It’s in New Orleans and you don’t get Lil Wayne? That’s what we doing? You don’t get Lil Wayne in New Orleans for the Super Bowl? It’s no reason why Lil Wayne should not be performing at the Super Bowl ... Lil Wayne not to be performing in New Orleans for the Super Bowl is egregious, and it gotta stop."

"It’s one person who’s stopping this. It’s not really a secret," he continued, suggesting it's Jay-Z. "Lil Wayne had a problem with somebody before who’s kinda part of the organization running it. This is payback. Who’s Lil Wayne’s artist? Drake. This is crazy, bro. It’s ridiculous.”

It's pretty easy to poke holes in Cam'ron's theory, though, because yes, Jay and Wayne had friction with each other through the years, but it mainly had to do with competition. Wayne has said countless times that Jay-Z is his favorite rapper, and Hov has often spoken highly of Weezy. Jay even tried to sign him years ago until Wayne's former boss Birdman put the kibosh on the deal. Jay also gave Wayne money to pay off an $8 million tax debt once.

However, Cam's co-host Ma$e doesn't have a problem with Jay-Z choosing Kendrick, saying it's a wonderful opportunity for the Compton artist to bring his Pop Out show to the Super Bowl masses. Mase was speaking about Kendrick allowing a bunch of up-and-coming artists perform at his Pop Out concert on Juneteenth and unifying many of the city's gang members at the same time.