J. Cole‘s use of the n-word in his music has turned The Cosby Present star Malcolm-Jamal Warner away, regardless of his love for the rapper’s lyricism.
The 53-year-old launched his new podcast Not All Hood on Monday (June 10), the place he mentioned his disdain for the liberal use of the phrase in present Hip Hop, amongst different issues.
“I feel why I’m extra in opposition to it now’s as a result of it’s used so gratuitously,” he stated. “It’s used with out regard. At this level, for me, in Hip Hop, I feel there needs to be a moratorium on ‘n-gga’ and ‘bitch.’ It’s low hanging fruit. It’s really easy. Everyone fucking does it to the purpose that it’s corny.
“There are MCs who I like, who I can not take heed to anymore. I like J. Cole however I needed to cease listening to J. Cole as a result of I received bored with listening to ‘n-gga’ and ‘bitch’ each two sentences. As a result of he’s confirmed himself to be such an unimaginable lyricist, [so I hate] the regularity that he does [use those words].”
Whereas he might not have a fan in The Cosby Present star any extra, J. Cole did just lately obtain reward from T.I. for apologizing to Kendrick Lamar after dissing him on “7 Minute Drill.”
Throughout an interview on Huge Boy’s Neighborhood final month, the Atlanta rapper weighed in on the temporary battle between Okay. Dot and Cole, which the latter controversially bowed out of.
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“I really feel he selected peace and tranquility,” the Southern icon stated with fun when requested concerning the divisive apology. “You gotta have thick pores and skin and actually be unfazed and unbothered. And we don’t know the temperament or the sensitivity of Cole’s dynamic. We’ve by no means seen Cole upset. We don’t know the place that may take him.”
He added: “I feel that was fairly mature of him.”
T.I.’s feedback echo these of Black Thought, who additionally just lately praised J. Cole for apologizing to Kendrick stay on stage at his Dreamville Pageant.
Showing on the This Week in White Supremacy podcast, The Roots MC stated: “Although I hadn’t heard any of the music, I assumed it was a ravishing factor. That was what was unprecedented.
“What we’ve seen, time and time once more for the reason that ’80s, are MCs going forwards and backwards, like battling out. Generally they maintain it to the report, typically it will get bodily and it will get loopy.”
He continued: “What we’ve but to see is someone nip that within the bud, proper? That’s what I felt like he was in impact doing. It simply confirmed humility, the Aristocracy and a way of elevation that you just don’t see too usually throughout the board.
“When the airplane’s happening, you gotta situate your personal oxygen masks first. He’s been on a trajectory of simply that, self-revelation, and investing in himself.”
