{"id":65380,"date":"2026-05-26T21:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/camron-j-cole-settle-unpaid-royalties-lawsuit-over-ready-24\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:54:36","slug":"camron-j-cole-settle-unpaid-royalties-lawsuit-over-ready-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/camron-j-cole-settle-unpaid-royalties-lawsuit-over-ready-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam&#8217;ron, J. Cole Settle Unpaid Royalties Lawsuit Over &#8216;Ready &#8217;24&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCam\u2019ron and J. Cole have officially settled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/camron-sues-j-cole-over-song-1235455597\/\">remaining claims in their legal dispute<\/a> over their 2024 song, \u201cReady \u201924.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCam\u2019ron brought the suit last year, claiming he never received any financial compensation for his work on the song, and was only credited as a co-writer, not a performer, even though his vocals appear on the track. The Dipset MC also accused Cole of reneging on other promises, including \u201cfinal approval\u201d of the song and an agreement to collaborate on a future Cam\u2019ron single, or appear on Cam\u2019ron\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn Tuesday, May 26, the parties filed notice in federal court that they\u2019d \u201creached an agreement in principle to resolve the remaining claims.\u201d Potential terms of the settlement were not disclosed, and lawyers for both musicians did not immediately return <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhile the suit was formally settled in the courts today, Cole and Cam\u2019ron signaled the dispute was over about two months ago when Cole finally <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2493653\/j-cole-camron-end-legal-battle-with-long-revelatory-podcast-interview\/news\">did appear<\/a> on Cam\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/j-cole-drake-backlash-disgusting-1235535905\/\"> <em>Talk With Flee <\/em>podcast<\/a>. During the chat, Cam\u2019ron said he decided to bring the suit after feeling that Cole was repeatedly turning down chances to appear on his show. While Cole said he was \u201churt, almost disappointed\u201d by the suit, Cam\u2019ron indicated he had no intention of the case ever going to trial, describing it as a way to get Cole\u2019s \u201cattention.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen Cam\u2019ron (whose legal name is Cameron Giles) sued Cole, he asked the judge to declare him co-author of the sound recording, and order Cole and Universal Music Group to audit the \u201cReady \u201924\u201d royalties so he could be paid his \u201cproportionate share.\u201d Cam\u2019ron, in the lawsuit, stated that he believed he was owed at least $500,000 for the song.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAdditionally, Cam\u2019ron claimed that when he recorded \u201cReady \u201924\u201d in June 2022, he told Cole that the song couldn\u2019t be released until Cole hopped on one of his own singles. But according to the suit, Cole turned down offers to feature on two songs Cam\u2019ron had already started, allegedly stating he \u201cpreferred\u201d to collaborate on a song they created together. When that song never materialized, Cam\u2019ron claimed he asked Cole to appear on his podcast instead, but Cole \u201crepeatedly\u201d said he was unavailable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tJ. Cole, for his part, denied Cam\u2019ron\u2019s allegations. In a February filing, the rapper\u2019s lawyers said he never promised to hop on a Cam\u2019ron song, or his podcast. He also claimed Cam\u2019ron only started \u201cto demand unreasonable conditions never agreed to by Cole\u201d after \u201cReady \u201924\u201d was released. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/camron-j-cole-settle-royalties-lawsuit-ready-24-1235568668\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam\u2019ron and J. Cole have officially settled the remaining claims in their legal dispute over their 2024 song, \u201cReady \u201924.\u201d\u00a0 Cam\u2019ron brought the suit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":65381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}