{"id":10794,"date":"2026-05-26T21:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/j-cole-camron-settle-lawsuit-over-ready-24-collab\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:46:05","slug":"j-cole-camron-settle-lawsuit-over-ready-24-collab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/j-cole-camron-settle-lawsuit-over-ready-24-collab\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Cole & Cam’ron Settle Lawsuit Over \u2018Ready \u201924\u2019 Collab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tJ. Cole and Cam\u2019ron have reached a settlement to end their bitter lawsuit over the creation of the duo\u2019s \u201cReady \u201924\u201d collab.<\/p>\n

\n\tCam\u2019ron (Cameron Giles) sued Cole (Jermaine Cole) last fall, claiming he\u2019d been denied payment for contributing a featured verse to the song \u2014 and that Cole had reneged on a promise to appear on one of Cam\u2019ron\u2019s singles or his podcast.<\/p>\n

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\n\tCole\u2019s lawyers later forcefully denied that any such promise had been made, arguing Cam had been happy to appear on the song and only later filed his case to \u201cpublicly disparage\u201d the star in an effort to win \u201cexcessive\u201d fees.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut in court filings Tuesday (May 26), attorneys said the two sides had \u201creached an agreement in principle\u201d to resolve the case and were \u201cfinalizing the settlement papers.\u201d Terms of the deal \u2014 including any payments or changes in credits \u2014 were not publicly disclosed. Attorneys for both sides did not return requests for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cReady \u201924,\u201d recorded in 2022 and appearing on Cole\u2019s 2024 mixtape Might Delete Later<\/em>, featured a verse written and performed by Cam\u2019ron. The mixtape debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and ultimately spent eight weeks on the chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn his October lawsuit, Cam\u2019ron claimed he only agreed to appear on the song based on specific terms, including final approval of the song before release; credit as both a co-writer and a performer; and Cole either contributing a verse on a future song or appearing on Cam\u2019ron\u2019s It Is What It Is<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTwo years later, with Cole having refused to honor his agreement to collaborate with plaintiff on either a single or on the podcast, defendants nevertheless released the sound recording,\u201d his lawyers wrote at the time.<\/p>\n

\n\tMonths later, Cole\u2019s attorneys denied the accusations, saying they had \u201cdiscussed the possibility of Cole appearing on plaintiff\u2019s podcast\u201d but that no agreement was reached. They said he appeared on the track \u201cvoluntarily and without condition\u201d and had been happy to be featured on the song.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPlaintiff encouraged and blessed defendants\u2019 use of his performance, as it was to his career benefit,\u201d Cole\u2019s attorneys wrote. \u201cIt was only after the release of \u2018Ready \u201824\u2019 that he began to demand unreasonable conditions never agreed to by Cole, or an excessive fee inconsistent with industry standards for a featured performance, followed by the filing of this lawsuit without notice to publicly disparage Cole as leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n


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