Cam’ron has broken his silence on his bombshell lawsuit against J. Cole in which he’s seeking at least $500,000 from the Dreamville star over a failed collaboration.
Explaining the legal dispute on his YouTube show Talk With Flee, the Dipset legend said he agreed to bless Cole with features on “95 South” and “Ready ’24,” which came out in 2021 and 2024, respectively, in exchange for a future guest verse from the North Carolina native.
When Cam reached out for a verse, however, Cole allegedly turned him down.
“I’m exaggerating but he was like, ‘The chakra ain’t right now. The moon gotta align with the stars. When I write I put my all into it,’” Cam jokingly recalled. “[I was like], ‘Okay, well put your all into it!’”
Cam’ron said he feels especially aggrieved because he returned Cole’s own feature requests 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 J. Cole for an interview, which he agreed to do to promote an upcoming album.
According to Killa, 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 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.
J. Cole, for his part, has yet to comment on the dispute.
Cam’ron filed the lawsuit last October and further claimed that he has never received any compensation for his contribution to “Ready ’24.” (The allegations in the complaint are not linked to their previous collaboration, “95 South.”)
The 50-year-old argued in the suit that he is “owed at least $500,000” from “Ready ’24” and is also seeking an official co-author credit of the song.
Cam’s comments arrive shortly before the release of J. Cole’s highly-anticipated new album, The Fall-Off, on February 6.
It remains to be seen whether the Dreamville founder will grant Cam’ron that long-awaited interview (or guest verse) as part of its rollout.
