After much silence on the matter and constant probing and public appearances & accusations by Cam’ron, J. Cole has finally taken to responding to Cam’ron in a legal manner. For the uninitiated, Cam’ron sued J. Cole over claims of not receiving fair compensation or credit for Cam’s feature on ‘Ready ’24.’
What was more shocking, however, was also the mention of Cole not appearing as a guest on Cam’ron’s podcast after allegedly promising to make an appearance. The latter certainly seems like an odd thing to sue someone for, but Cam’ron embarked on that route anyway, even clarifying his sentiment in a recent interview & voicing his frustration.
Now, J. Cole has, by obligation, responded legally to the artist. The North Carolina rapper has asked the judge to consider the request for a complete dismissal of the case. According to filings made by Cole’s lawyers this week, it was stated that Cam’ron was never promised a podcast appearance (and certainly not as part of a deal made for ‘Ready’24.’) In fact, check out this excerpt from the filing:
“[Cam’ron] asked Cole to appear on his podcast, and he and Cole discussed the possibility of Cole appearing on plaintiff’s podcast, but no commitment was ever made by Cole to do so nor was there any agreement or condition related to ‘Ready ‘24’ to do so.”
The filings also deny the accusations in relation to the song in question, stating that Cam’ron approved the feature, benefitted from it, and only began demanding things outside the scope of the collaboration upon release. More specifically, “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…”
