With the Hip-Hop World still spinning from the Monday morning slaying of Dipset affiliate Stack Bundles in Queens, Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex has taken the opportunity to speak out against the Stop Snitchin’ Movement.

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Cam’ron has come forward to clarify statements he made during Sunday night’s controversial episode of “60 Minutes.”

In an interview that aired on Sunday, Cam told “60 Minutes” correspondent Anderson Cooper that sales of his music would suffer and his “code of ethics” would be violated if he helped bring criminals and killers to justice or cooperated with police.

Cam’ron hired 5W Public Relations to help with the barrage of press inquiries he’s received since the interview aired on Sunday night.

“In 2005, I was a victim of a violent crime,” Cam’ron explained in a statement. “I was shot multiple times without provocation by two armed men who attempted to carjack my vehicle. Although I was a crime victim, I didn’t feel like I could cooperate with the police investigation.”

The Cam’ron interview was part of Anderson Cooper’s report on the concept of “snitching” and how certain artists’ message to shun the police has undermined efforts to solve murders across the country.

Cam’ron explained that the threat of violent retaliation in poor communities often keeps witnesses from coming forward to help police in their investigations.

“Where I come from, once word gets out that you’ve cooperated with the police that only makes you a bigger target of criminal violence,” Cam’ron explained. “That is a dark reality in so many neighborhoods like mine across America. I’m not saying it’s right, but it’s reality. And it’s not unfounded. There’s a harsh reality around violence and criminal justice in our inner cities.”

Cam’ron is quick to say that “my experience in no way justifies what I said” on 60 Minutes.

“Looking back now, I can see how those comments could be viewed as offensive, especially to those who have suffered their own personal tragedies or to those who put their lives on the line to protect our citizens from crime,” he stated. “Please understand that I was expressing my own personal frustration at my own personal circumstances. I in no way was intending to be malicious or harmful. I apologize deeply for this error in judgment.”

Diplomats capo Cam’ron will be featured on Sunday night’s edition of 60 Minutes and the rapper will take the opportunity to defend the “Stop Snitchin’ Movement” to the rest of America.

Cam tells Anderson Cooper that helping the authorities would not only hurt sales of his music, but also violate his “code of ethics:”

“If I knew the serial killer was living next door to me?…I wouldn’t call and tell anybody on him — but I’d probably move…but I’m not going to call and be like, ‘The serial killer’s in 4E,’ ” said Cam’ron in response to a hypothetical question posed by Cooper.

Anderson is completing a report on “snitching” and how the message not to cooperate with the police can undermined efforts to solve murders across the country.

“It would definitely hurt my business, and the way I was raised, I just don’t do that,” Cam’ron explained when Anderson asked him why he won’t dime out the person who shot in following Howard University’s homecoming almost two years ago.

Anderson also talks to Geoffrey Canada, an anti-violence advocate and educator from New York City’s Harlem neighborhood.

He says the refusal to cooperate with police could stem from rappers working to maintain their “street credibility.”

“It’s one of those things that sells music and no one really quite understands why,” he told Cooper, adding that fans look up to artists if they come from the “meanest streets of the urban ghetto.”

Canada also noted how the practice of not talking to authorities has changed from when he was growing up in New York City.

“It is now a cultural norm that is being preached in poor communities….It’s like you can’t be a black person if you have a set of values that say ‘I will not watch a crime happen in my community without getting involved to stop it,’” Geff continued.

The interview will appear on 60 Minutes from 7-8 p.m. EST on Sunday (Apr. 22) on CBS.