The Diplomats (aka Dipset) are an American hip hop group formed in the summer of 1997 by childhood friends Cam'ron, Jim Jones and Digga in Harlem, New York City. It was initially formed as a somewhat large street clique and was integral to supporting the growing career of Cam'ron. Of note, Freekey Zekey was soon added to the group by Jim Jones. By 1999, the addition of the notable 17 year old rapper Juelz Santana to the group and the progressing career of Cam'ron led to the burn of Diplomats becoming a four man rap group of Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones & non rapper (at the time) Freekey Zekey heading towards their debut album in March 2003 'Diplomatic Immunity'. At this point, Cam'ron had been introduced to Hell Rell & JR Writer by Luca Brazi and took the young rappers under his wing. Hell Rell got arrested right before 'Diplomatic Immunity', so when he was released The Diplomats had Hell Rell, JR Writer & 40 Cal join The Diplomats officially for their 2nd album 'Diplomatic Immunity 2'. Through their entire history, The Diplomats has had a large family tree and has held the "A-Team" (Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Freekey Zekey), "B-Team" (Hell Rell, JR Writer, 40 Cal, Jha Jha) "C-Team" (A-Mafia, Un Kasa, Katt Williams) and constant associates (Tito Green, James), which comes before the even deeper connections it has to Purple City, Taliban, The Senate & Eurogang.