J. Cole has responded to Cam’ron‘s lawsuit over “Ready ’24”, denying they ever agreed to record the song in exchange for a future collaboration.
The suit, filed in October 2025, accuses Cole of failing to keep his promise to bless Cam with a guest verse or interview after the Harlem native appeared on his Might Delete Later track.
Killa Cam, who claims he was never properly credited or compensated for his contribution to the Billboard Hot 100 hit, is seeking his share of the profits from the song, which he estimates is at least $500,000.
In a response filed on Tuesday (February 10), however, J. Cole’s attorneys argue that no such agreement was ever made — and that Cam’ron actually featured on “Ready ’24” “voluntarily and without condition” without “rais[ing] any objections prior to its commercial release.”
“[Cam’ron] encouraged and blessed [J. Cole’s] use of his performance, as it was to his career benefit,” Cole’s lawyer, Christine Lepera, wrote in the court filing, per Billboard.
Lepera also blasted Cam for “publicly disparaging” the Dreamville star, adding: “It was only after the release of ‘Ready ‘24’ 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.”
Neither Cam’ron nor his attorneys have yet commented on J. Cole’s response.
The development comes shortly after Cam publicly addressed the lawsuit on his YouTube show Talk With Flee, where he accused Cole of repeatedly curving his request for a collaboration.
When he first reached out for a guest verse, Cam claimed that Cole told him something to the effect of: “The chakra ain’t right now. The moon gotta align with the stars. When I write I put my all into it.”
“[I was like], ‘Okay, well put your all into it!’” he joked.
Killa said he feels especially aggrieved because he returned Cole’s own feature request in rapid time, knocking out his “Ready ’24” verse in just “20 minutes.”
The Harlem native, who has established himself as a leading media personality in recent years, instead asked Cole for an interview, which he agreed to do to promote an upcoming album. (It’s unclear if he was referring to Might Delete Later or the recently released The Fall-Off.)
According to Cam, however, Cole continually put off their conversation due to him delaying the project and not wanting to publicly discuss his high-profile (albeit brief) rap battle with Kendrick Lamar.
“Now we gonna do it in October,” Cam explained after claiming that Cole reneged on their original plan to record the interview that June. “[I said,] ‘Alright, I’ll call you back in October.’ This is when all the beef is going on with Kendrick Lamar.
“[Cole told me], ‘Yo, I can’t do it right now because I don’t feel like talking about that.’ I said, ‘Look, I won’t even bring that up.’ He says, ‘Nah, I can’t do no interview and not talk about it.’”
Cam’ron claimed that they rescheduled their interview for the following February, but Cole again brushed him off, telling him that he was “still working” on his album — much to Killa’s frustration.
