J. Cole has officially fired back at Cam’ron’s $500,000 lawsuit, which accuses him of backing out of an agreement to collaborate.
Cam’ron appears on Cole’s track “Ready ’24,” featured on the North Carolina rapper’s 2024 mixtape Might Delete Later. According to the Dipset rapper, he agreed to jump on the record only if Cole would return the favor with a feature of his own or appear on his podcast with Mase, It Is What It Is.
However, court shows that Cole’s legal team is pushing to have the case thrown out, arguing the lawsuit lacks merit. In a letter seeking dismissal, J. Cole and his company, Cole World Inc., denied the claims outright and are asking for the suit to be dismissed with prejudice. The filing also states that Cam is neither a joint author nor co-owner of “Ready ’24” and that he approved its release.
“The relief requested requires no response as there are no facts alleged therein,” the motion reads. “To the extent any response is required, Defendants deny the allegations in the relief requested, object to the relief requested, and deny that Plaintiff is entitled to any of the relief requested in the Complaint (or any other relief whatsoever).”
Ahead of the rollout for Cole’s upcoming album The Fall-Off, Cam addressed the dispute during an episode of Talk With Flee.
“Me and J. Cole are cool, or was cool. This is exactly what happened. Being a man is keeping your word,” Cam said. “And I know everybody’s busy and everybody has things to do. But if I give you my word four or five times, I got to do it. … So on his first project he did, I did an intro for him. … I told him I may need a verse whenever I get a project done. He said, ‘Cool.'”
Cam claimed Cole later agreed to appear on his podcast but delayed due to the timing surrounding his brief feud with Kendrick Lamar.
“‘I can’t do it now because I don’t feel like talking about that right now,'” Cam recalled Cole saying. “I said, ‘Look, I’ll do the interview. I won’t even bring that up.’ He says, ‘Nah, I can’t do no interview and not talk about it.’ ‘All right, well, when can I get the interview?’ ‘Yo, February definite. February, I’m dead ass on February.’ February come. ‘Yo, what’s up?’ ‘Oh, shit. Yo, I’m still working, man.'”
Cam is seeking $500,000 in damages and wants proper compensation for his role on “Ready ’24.”
