J. Cole Walks Again Kendrick Lamar Diss

J. Cole carried out on the Dreamville Pageant on Sunday evening (April 7) in Raleigh, North Carolina, the place he modified his tone concerning Kendrick Lamar. Throughout his headlining set, the Dreamville boss and competition curator primarily apologized for dissing the Pulitzer-winning MC on his newest venture, May Delete Later. Consequently, he knowledgeable the group he and his longtime good friend/supervisor, Ibrahim Hamad, had been eradicating “7 Minute Drill” from streaming platforms.

“What number of of y’all suppose Kendrick Lamar is likely one of the best ever to choose up a mic?” he requested in a clip making the rounds on-line. “I haven’t been sleeping proper the previous few days… Ib, we taking that diss off streaming providers.”

He continued, “I pray my n#### didn’t really feel no means but when he did I received my chin out take ya finest shot I’ma take it on the chin, I ain’t gonna deceive yall previous 2 days been horrible it let me understand how I’ve been sleeping for the previous 10 years. That was the lamest, goofiest s### […] That s### don’t sit proper with my spirit”

J. Cole discussing the Kendrick Lamar diss at Dreamville Fest 🫣pic.twitter.com/PZ9xrfGxTk

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The verbal spar started final month when Kendrick Lamar dissed J. Cole and Drake on the current Future and Metro Boomin’ observe “Like That.” He raps partly, “‘First Individual Shooter,’ I hope they got here with three switches […] Motherf### the large three, n####, it’s simply massive me.”

J. Cole returned fireplace by commending Lamar for his work on 2011’s Part.80 and 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly, trashing his newest effort, 2022’s Mr. Morale & the Massive Steppers, and suggesting good child, m.A.A.d city didn’t deserve the accolades it obtained upon its launch.

“Your first sh## was basic, your final sh## was tragic,” he spits. “Your 2nd s### put n###s to sleep however they gassed it/Your third s### was large hit that was your prime/I used to be trailing proper behind, however I simply now hit mine.”

Lamar’s verse on “Like That” helped push the tune to No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, Apple Music, Spotify US and Spotify World. It was taken from Future and Metro Boomin’s newest collaborative effort, We Don’t Belief You, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the very best first-week gross sales of 2024.

After all, J. Cole’s impassioned (and seemingly real) repentance didn’t sit nicely with devoted Hip-Hop followers. As one individual put it: “J Cole apologizing for making a diss report, what occurred to Hip-Hop.”

J Cole apologizing for making a diss report, what occurred to hip hop pic.twitter.com/gYYLKb5E81

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