J. Cole says dissing Kendrick Lamar is the “lamest” factor he is ever carried out throughout his closing set on the 2024 Dreamville Pageant in North Carolina.
J. Cole Says Dissing Kendrick Lamar Is Lame
On Sunday (April 7), J. Cole ran by way of a couple of of his greatest hits throughout his headlining efficiency on the 2024 Dreamville Pageant. Earlier than his closing track, the rapper additionally took a second to tackle the hypothesis surrounding his Kendrick Lamar diss observe “7 Minute Drill.”
Earlier than diving into his 2014 Forest Hills Drive observe “Love Yourz,” Cole stated there was “one half” of his new venture, Would possibly Delete Later, that did not sit proper with him.
“I been following my dream and heading to The Fall Off in the way in which I wished to do it,” Cole stated. “I put out this venture on Friday known as Would possibly Delete Later. I do not know the way many individuals checked it out or no matter. I swear to God, I am so happy with that venture as a result of I do know one: it is only a lead up. It is simply the EP that leads me as much as this factor that I have been engaged on for a very long time and I do know the work it took to get to a sure sort of talent stage and I like this s**t in order that s**t imply quite a bit to me, proper?”
He continued, “So, I am so happy with that venture aside from one half. There’s one a part of that s**t that make me really feel like, ‘Man, that is the lamest s**t I ever did in my f***ing life,’ proper? And I do know this isn’t what lots of people wanna hear. I can hear my n***as up there being like, ‘Nah, do not do this.’ However I gotta maintain it a hunnid with y’all.”
Cole went on to name “7 Minute Drill” a “relapse” from his “peace.” The MC admits he has nothing however love for Kendrick Lamar.
“I used to be conflicted as a result of I do know my coronary heart and I understand how I really feel about my friends,” Cole shared. “These two n***as [Kendrick Lamar and Drake] that I have been blessed to face beside within the sport, not to mention chase they greatness. So, I felt conflicted, as a result of I do know I actually do not feel no means, however the world wanna see blood…So, I say all of that to say, in my spirit of attempting to get this music out, I am not even gonna misinform y’all, I moved in a means that I really feel spiritually really feel unhealthy on. Like, I attempted to jab my n***a again and I attempted to maintain it pleasant.”
Cole added, “However on the finish of the day, after I take heed to it…and I see the speak, that s**t do not sit proper with my spirit. That s**t disrupts my f***ing peace…within the midst of me doing that…and looking for somewhat angle and downplay this n***a’s f***ing catalog and his greatness. I wanna say proper now tonight, how many individuals assume Kendrick Lamar is likely one of the biggest muthaf**kas that ever touched a f***ing microphone? Dreamville, y’all love Kendrick Lamar, appropriate? As do I.”
“So, I simply need to come up right here and be like, publicly be like, bruh, that was the lamest, goofiest s**t…,” he expressed.
Cole concluded by asking that folks pray to “forgive a n***a for a misstep” and stated the “previous two days felt horrible” earlier than closing out his present. He additionally revealed that he’ll be eradicating “7 Minute Drill” from streaming companies.
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J. Cole Disses Kendrick Lamar on “7 Minute Drill”
J. Cole shocked everybody when he returned along with his new venture, Would possibly Delete Later, final week. The 12-song launch closed out with the track “7 Minute Drill,” which many folks believed is a response to Kendrick Lamar’s incendiary bars on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” from their We Do not Belief You album.
Kendrick Lamar had known as out Drake and Cole, denouncing their rap expertise and declaring himself as the sport’s prime canine. Cole fired again and dissed Ok-Dot’s whole catalog on “7 Minute Drill” in addition to Kendrick’s performances. Drake has but to reply to Kung Fu Kenny’s bars, however he made some cryptic Instagram posts devoted to his opps final week.
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