J Cole reveals his first reaction to the lawsuit Cam’ron filed against him

It appears Cam’ron and J Cole have settled their differences over the legal issue stemming from the Ready ‘24 track that they collaborated on.

As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Cam’ron, 50, filed a lawsuit against Cole, 41, on allegations that the latter did not stick to his end of the bargain after they recorded their Ready ’24 track.

The two rappers recently discussed the topic when J. Cole appeared on Cam’ron’s Talk with Flee podcast, Complex reported.

“When you first saw the lawsuit, what was your emotion?” Cam’ron asked Cole.

“I was hurt, almost disappointed,” J. Cole responded. “Because I got so much respect for you, and I look at you like, I know you are a stand-up person. When the lawsuit came out, I’m like, ‘Come on, Cam.’ And only because in my mind I’m like, ‘Bro, you really could have hit me.’”

Per Billboard, the Ready ‘24 song was recorded in June 2022, and it ultimately made the cut for Cole’s 2024 Might Delete Later mixtape.

In court documents obtained by the news outlet, Cam’ron claimed that he and Cole struck a barter deal for his featured verse on the song. Cam’ron claimed that Cole agreed to return the favour by either collaborating with him on another song or appearing on his sports talk show, It Is What It Is.

Cam’ron, in the suit, further claimed that in September 2022, he asked Cole to collaborate with him on two pre-recorded songs. But Cole allegedly said that it would be better if they worked on an entirely new song. Cam’ron claimed that their initially planned collaboration did not see the light of day.

Though Cole acknowledged on the podcast that he delayed in responding to Cam’ron, he felt it would have been better if they either discussed the matter or argued about it.

“I would prefer that than the other way, because I was just like, ‘Damn, Cam,’” Cole said. “It never got to that point where you couldn’t holler at me or whatever, right, so my first thing was disappointment, and my first thought was like, ‘F*ck it. This n***a ain’t even know I was still gonna come to his show.’”

Cole also said that though he felt his previous reaction was fuelled by his ego, he later accepted that Cam’ron had a point.

“Let me put myself in his shoes like, ‘Yo the n***a feel like he was getting a runaround,’” Cole said. “Cam is probably like, ‘I’ve seen this movie before. You don’t fuck with me, you don’t want to do the favor, you trying to drag me out until I don’t want to do it no more. Alright, n***a, bet.’”

Cole also said that after his emotions softened, he told himself that he’ll hop on one of Cam’ron’s podcasts, Complex reported.

“Of course, it was never gonna go nowhere,” Cam’ron explained. “But for me, it was more like, ‘I need to get this n***a attention.’”