It’s 2007 and after a great few years of intense admiration for groups such as The Diplomats, G-Unit, and Cash Money the ideology of Hip-Hop super groups has started to subside. Apart from my growth away from the adolescence admiration of rappers (today its Odd Future, Based God, and G.O.O.D. Music, my how times change!) I now look back at my old favorite artists with loyalty and pride, their music has an impact on my growth process, even if it was embarrassing.

Out of all the 50 Cents, Jay-Z, and Lil Wayne’s of this time in Hip-Hop we can never forget the movement that rapper Cam’ron ushered in with the introduction of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Freeky Zeekey, Jah Jah, and J.R. Writer were the stars of the movement. With pink tall tees and bandannas falling from every inch of  their bodies; Cam’ron’s Dipset was the visual equivalent of 2000′s SWAG.

With that said, say what you will about Cam’ron’s rapping ability, but the man is a marketing genius. Releasing his first album in 1998, his single featuring his childhood friend Mase “Horse and Carriage” reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts.  Now in 2012, he’s eight studio albums in and still going strong. I will never forget the color pink movement, the amount of New York obsessed Dipset boys in High School, nor the ridiculous attitude Cam’ron brought to rap.

And that s where the videos where Cam’ron and this’ isolated world of rap’ verging with mainstream media make viral magic in my eyes. The first video is Cam’ron and then CEO of Rocafella records Damon Dash going head to head with Bill O’Reilly. Bill O’Reilly has always been the man to cause controversial headlines for his outrageous opinions and commentary but with him in the room with an unpredictable Cam’ron- he’s just asking to get made fun of. The rest is history. THESE VIDEOS ARE A NEED TO WATCH BASIS.

The second video is more serious. As the Hip-Hop world is constantly evolving and pushing out different types of attitudes though the years, the certain question of one view was questioned by NBC News. As they call it the “Stop Snitching Campaign.” I have to admit I played into this campaign purchasing a shirt with the familiar phrase and wearing it with pride. But its message is more serious when it comes to the issue of crimes and murders not being solved due to the phrase and its ideals which stretch out to ghettos and communities around the country. With “no snitching” no ones serves their justice and dangerous criminals are out on the streets. More importantly loved ones never come to peace after a crime has been committed.

Cam’ron gives his classic reaction to Anderson Cooper’s interview questions which gives inside into the mind of ghetto street ethics in  America but even then his witty in-your-face answers are literally to die for. PLEASE watch below.