Hey Ma (Cam'ron song)

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"Hey Ma"
Hey Ma.jpg
Single by Cam'ron featuring Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey and Toya
from the album Come Home with Me
ReleasedAugust 6, 2002
Genre Hip hop, R&B
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s) Cam'ron Giles, LaRon James, Darryl Pittman, Lionel Richie
Producer(s) DR Period, Mafia Boy
Cam'ron singles chronology
"Oh Boy"
(2002)
"Hey Ma"
(2002)
"Daydreaming"
(2002)
Toya singles chronology
"No Matta What (Party All Night)"
(2002)
"Hey Ma"
(2002)

"Hey Ma" is a song by American rapper Cam'ron, released through Cam'ron's Diplomats Records and Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records as the second single from his third album Come Home with Me . The song features Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey, and Toya, and was produced by DR Period and Mafia Boy, who used a sample of the Commodores' 1977 hit "Easy".

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Released as the follow-up to Cam'ron's successful single "Oh Boy", "Hey Ma" followed that song's success, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, his highest peak on that chart, while also reaching the top 10 on several other Billboard charts.

The remix also features Juelz Santana and Toya. This remix, produced by DR Period and Mafia Boy, was included on the Diplomats' first album, Diplomatic Immunity .

The song was featured in the 2012 film End of Watch . [1] The song can also be heard in "Lord of the Bling", an episode of the television series Veronica Mars . [2]

It was on MTV Classic's Total Request playlist and House of Pop.

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed at the Love Nightclub in Washington, D.C. in July 2002, and depicts the members of the Diplomats inside the club except for Juelz Santana, who is refused entry as the bouncer (played by then Love part-owner Taz Wube) reads his ID and sees that he is 18, but has to be 21 to enter. Juelz then sees the rest of The Diplomats about to enter the club and through his connection to the group, Juelz is let in. The video features cameo appearances from Cassie Betts, Jim Jones, Kareem "Biggs" Burke, and Damon Dash, as well as fellow Roc-A-Fella Records artists Beanie Sigel, Omillio Sparks, State Property, Young Gunz, and Freeway. [3]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [27] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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