Cam’ron’s been hit with a lien, so if he manages to get any money from J. Cole in the lawsuit he filed against the Dreamville artist, he’ll have to pay that first.
On Wednesday (Nov. 26), photographer Djamilla Rosa Cochran filed a federal lien that has frozen any potential earnings Cam may receive from Cole in his ongoing lawsuit against the North Carolina rapper and Universal Music Group. Cochran's lien stems from a $51,221.50 judgment she received against Cam in 2024 for copyright infringement.
Cochran’s lawsuit stemmed from the famous picture she took of Cam at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in 2003 of the Dipset rapper wearing a pink fur coat. The brand Dipset Couture continued placing the image on its merchandise even after Getty Images, which licenses the photo, issued repeated warnings about using it.
The lien means if Cam wins the lawsuit against Cole, part of his compensation will automatically be forked over to Cochran.
Cam’s lawsuit against J. Cole is currently underway. In the lawsuit, Cam claimed that he contributed lyrics and a verse to the track “Ready ‘24” from Cole’s 2024 project Might Delete Later. In exchange, Cole allegedly promised to either collaborate with Cam on another project or appear on Killa's podcast It Is What It Is.
Cam claimed that after they recorded the song in 2022, Cole failed to honor his commitment over the next two years, claiming that he was unavailable for the podcast and never moved forward with another collab.
The court documents do note that Cole allegedly offered to collaborate on songs that he’d already recorded, but Cam wanted to work together on an original track.
Cam also argues that he wasn’t properly compensated for his appearance on “Ready ‘24” and wants the judge to recognize him as a co-author on the track. He’s also requesting full accounting for the song’s earnings, which he estimates to be more than $500,000.