Cam’ron‘s basketball past may be known to some, but others may have overlooked his skills due to his success in the music business. Recently, ESPN The Magazine spoke with Cam about a variety of topics and they touched on more than just music.
To begin, he explained his short career in basketball.
“I grew up in New York City: Harlem, New York. I played ball for probably two of the biggest amateur basketball organizations in the city. One being the Gauchos, the other being the Riverside Hawks. I went to Manhattan Center High School. I never graduated, but I came out of high school Top 25 in the country in the class of 1994. I ended up going to a junior college called Navarro Junior College in Texas, which is in between Dallas and Waco. I tore my hamstring when I was there, and I redshirted my first year. And when I came back home, I ended up getting back into the music business. I didn’t get a chance to get back into sports because music started taking off for me. That’s kinda how my basketball career went.” Read the rest of this entry »