{"id":4765,"date":"2025-10-28T21:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/10\/28\/camron-takes-j-cole-to-court-over-ready-24-unpaid-royalties\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:48:15","slug":"camron-takes-j-cole-to-court-over-ready-24-unpaid-royalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/10\/28\/camron-takes-j-cole-to-court-over-ready-24-unpaid-royalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam\u2019ron Takes J. Cole To Court Over \u201cReady 24\u201d Unpaid Royalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/J.-Cole-and-Camron.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cam\u2019ron filed a lawsuit against J. Cole over the release of their song \u201cReady 24,\u201d claiming he was never paid or credited for his work on the track.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div id=\"allhiphop-subscribe2\" style=\"    margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<form target=\"_blank\" action=\"https:\/\/read.letterhead.email\/all-hip-hop\/subscribe\" method=\"POST\">\n<div class=\"form__group\" bis_skin_checked=\"1\" style=\" padding: 30px; background: #f5f5f5; \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"email\" class=\"form__label form__label--required\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>AllHipHop.com<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/label><\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now!<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input id=\"email\" maxlength=\"\" required=\"required\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" class=\"form__input\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\" class=\"form__group__field__submit-button items-center button button--secondary\" style=\" color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(197, 0, 0); font-family: Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border: 0px solid rgb(41, 98, 255); border-radius: 3px; padding: 3px 23px; \"> Subscribe <\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/camron\">Cam\u2019ron<\/a> has filed a federal lawsuit against <a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/j-cole\">J. Cole<\/a> in New York, accusing the Grammy-winning rapper of releasing their joint track<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cGIs-fvf_fw?si=ykw_Xq28vrJR3ARl\"> \u201cReady 24\u201d<\/a> without permission or payment.<\/p>\n<p>Cam\u2019ron claims Cole and his company, Cole World Inc., along with Universal Music Group, dropped the song on Cole\u2019s 2024 project <em>Might Delete Later<\/em> without his sign-off, violating their verbal agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The Harlem rapper says he and Cole recorded \u201cReady 24\u201d in June 2022 at Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, the two had a verbal understanding: the song would not be released unless Cole either featured on one of Cam\u2019ron\u2019s singles or appeared on his sports-and-culture show <em>It Is What It Is<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Cam\u2019ron alleges Cole went ahead with the release anyway, without notice and without credit. The lawsuit points out that while both artists are listed as co-authors of the composition with the U.S. Copyright Office, the master recording lacks proper registration and acknowledgment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><d class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><br \/>\n<d class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"J. Cole - Ready &#039;24 feat. Cam\u2019ron (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cGIs-fvf_fw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/d><br \/>\n<\/d><\/figure>\n<p>Cam\u2019ron also claims he never signed over his rights to the song and has not received any royalties despite the track\u2019s commercial rollout. He estimates he is owed at least $500,000 in unpaid earnings.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit demands that the court officially recognize Cam\u2019ron as a co-author of the master recording and order a full financial accounting of the song\u2019s revenue. It also seeks his rightful share of the profits.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint outlines the artists\u2019 previous collaboration, noting that Cam\u2019ron contributed a spoken-word intro to Cole\u2019s 2021 album <em>The Off-Season<\/em> on the track \u201c95 South.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That feature reportedly sparked conversations about future creative projects. However, the lawsuit says Cole \u201crepeatedly stated he was unavailable\u201d to follow through on any of those plans.<\/p>\n<p>Cam\u2019ron\u2019s legal team argues that Cole and his label \u201cfixed, reproduced, communicated, publicly distributed, sold, and trafficked\u201d the track in New York without authorization.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, Cole and his representatives have not issued a public response.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/camron-takes-j-cole-to-court-over-ready-24-unpaid-royalties\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam\u2019ron filed a lawsuit against J. Cole over the release of their song \u201cReady 24,\u201d claiming he was never paid or credited for his work on the track. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. 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