Cam’ron filed a lawsuit in opposition to J. Cole over the discharge of their tune “Ready 24,” claiming he was by no means paid or credited for his work on the observe.

Cam’ron has filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to J. Cole in New York, accusing the Grammy-winning rapper of releasing their joint observe “Ready 24” with out permission or fee.

Cam’ron claims Cole and his firm, Cole World Inc., together with Universal music Group, dropped the tune on Cole’s 2024 challenge Might Delete Later with out his sign-off, violating their verbal settlement.

The Harlem rapper says he and Cole recorded “Ready 24” in June 2022 at Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan.

According to the grievance, the 2 had a verbal understanding: the tune wouldn’t be launched until Cole both featured on one in every of Cam’ron’s singles or appeared on his sports-and-culture present It Is What It Is.

Cam’ron alleges Cole went forward with the discharge anyway, with out discover and with out credit score. The lawsuit factors out that whereas each artists are listed as co-authors of the composition with the U.S. Copyright Office, the grasp recording lacks correct registration and acknowledgment.

Cam’ron additionally claims he by no means signed over his rights to the tune and has not acquired any royalties regardless of the observe’s business rollout. He estimates he’s owed not less than $500,000 in unpaid earnings.

The lawsuit calls for that the court docket formally acknowledge Cam’ron as a co-author of the grasp recording and order a full monetary accounting of the tune’s income. It additionally seeks his rightful share of the income.

The grievance outlines the artists’ earlier collaboration, noting that Cam’ron contributed a spoken-word intro to Cole’s 2021 album The Off-Season on the observe “95 South.”

That characteristic reportedly sparked conversations about future inventive tasks. However, the lawsuit says Cole “repeatedly stated he was unavailable” to observe via on any of these plans.

Cam’ron’s authorized group argues that Cole and his label “fixed, reproduced, communicated, publicly distributed, sold, and trafficked” the observe in New York with out authorization.

As of now, Cole and his representatives haven’t issued a public response.

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