J. Cole and Cam’ron have reached a settlement to end their bitter lawsuit over the creation of the duo’s “Ready ’24” collab.

Cam’ron (Cameron Giles) sued Cole (Jermaine Cole) last fall, claiming he’d been denied payment for contributing a featured verse to the song — and that Cole had reneged on a promise to appear on one of Cam’ron’s singles or his podcast.

Cole’s lawyers later forcefully denied that any such promise had been made, arguing Cam had been happy to appear on the song and only later filed his case to “publicly disparage” the star in an effort to win “excessive” fees.

But in court filings Tuesday (May 26), attorneys said the two sides had “reached an agreement in principle” to resolve the case and were “finalizing the settlement papers.” Terms of the deal — including any payments or changes in credits — were not publicly disclosed. Attorneys for both sides did not return requests for comment.

“Ready ’24,” recorded in 2022 and appearing on Cole’s 2024 mixtape Might Delete Later, featured a verse written and performed by Cam’ron. The mixtape debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and ultimately spent eight weeks on the chart.

In his October lawsuit, Cam’ron claimed he only agreed to appear on the song based on specific terms, including final approval of the song before release; credit as both a co-writer and a performer; and Cole either contributing a verse on a future song or appearing on Cam’ron’s It Is What It Is podcast.

“Two years later, with Cole having refused to honor his agreement to collaborate with plaintiff on either a single or on the podcast, defendants nevertheless released the sound recording,” his lawyers wrote at the time.

Months later, Cole’s attorneys denied the accusations, saying they had “discussed the possibility of Cole appearing on plaintiff’s podcast” but that no agreement was reached. They said he appeared on the track “voluntarily and without condition” and had been happy to be featured on the song.

“Plaintiff encouraged and blessed defendants’ use of his performance, as it was to his career benefit,” Cole’s attorneys wrote. “It was only after the release of ‘Ready ‘24’ that he began to demand unreasonable conditions never agreed to by Cole, or an excessive fee inconsistent with industry standards for a featured performance, followed by the filing of this lawsuit without notice to publicly disparage Cole as leverage.”

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