Hip-Hop Fans Can’t Decide If J. Cole Lost His Mind
J. Cole taking back his Kendrick Lamar diss song during his 2024 Dreamville Festival performance has fans wondering what’s going on in Cole’s mind.
J. Cole Addresses “7 Minute Drill” at 2024 Dreamville Festival
On Sunday night (April 7), J. Cole surprisingly denounced his new K-Dot diss song “7 Minute Drill” during a monologue at his headlining Dreamville set. The sudden change of heart came only three days after he released the track, which came in response to Kendrick’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.”
“I’m so proud of [Might Delete Later] except for one part,” Cole told the crowd during a break in the action. “There’s one part of that s**t that make me feel like, ‘Man, that’s the lamest s**t I ever did in my f***ing life,’ right? And I know this is not what a lot of people wanna hear. I can hear my n***as up there being like, ‘Nah, don’t do that.’ But I gotta keep it a hunnid with y’all.”
He continued: “At the end of the day, when I listen to it…and I see the talk, that s**t don’t sit right with my spirit,” Cole told the crowd. “That s**t disrupts my f***ing peace…in the midst of me doing that…and trying to find a little angle and downplay this n***a’s f***ing catalog and his greatness. I wanna say right now tonight, how many people think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest muthaf**kas that ever touched a f***ing microphone? Dreamville, y’all love Kendrick Lamar, correct? As do I.”
He also implied the track would be removed from streaming services soon.
Fans React to J. Cole Taking Back K-Dot Diss
The surprising about-face has drawn mixed reactions online, with responses ranging from people thinking the moment is a mature move to people questioning if Cole has lost his mind.
“This man J Cole said he couldn’t sleep for 2 days, he seeing Kendrick Lamar screaming like he did on U in his dream,” one tweet reads.
“J Cole will never recover from this, especially if Drake responds to Kendrick, another tweet reads. “I can’t believe that Cole bowed out, man. SMH.”
“J Cole on stage giving Kendrick praise and somewhat apologizing for the diss. He not built for this. Cole noooooooooooo not like this,” someone else posted.
“J Cole i loved u bruh,” another X user wrote. “There ain’t no coming back. Forefathers like Nas u looked up to must be seething rn. You disgrace.”
Other people are going as far as saying J. Cole should be removed from the “Big Three,” with others suggesting his legacy is tarnished because of this move. Mick Jenkins appeared upset by the move, commenting on X, “Cmon bro. Can’t be rapping that nobody can f**k with you, and the only other n***a they compare you to consistently challenge you and expect everyone to be accepting your reasoning for bowing out? I’m not dense as a man I respect it. But Thats where it stops like …what???”
Check out reactions to J. Cole saying dissing Kendrick Lamar is the lamest thing he’s ever done below.