J. Cole raises the white flag in his feud with Kendrick Lamar. Cole Regrets Dismissing K. Dot On '7 Minute Drill' From April 5th Surprise Project It may be deleted later during his headlining set at Dreamville Fest on Sunday night (April 7).
Before performing “Love Yourz,” Cole apologized for sending shots about Lamar's discography that he didn't mean, and referred to the diss as some of the “dumbest” things he's done in his entire life.
Following Kendrick didn't sit well with his spirit, and he said the two days between the track's arrival and his performance were “terrible.”
“I am so proud [Might Delete Later], except for one part. It's a part of this st that makes me feel like, man that's the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life, right? And I know that's not what a lot of people want to hear,” he began.
“I was conflicted because, first of all, I know my heart and I know how I feel about my peers, these two n—as I've just been blessed to stand by this game, let alone chase their greatness. So I felt conflicted because I'm like, I don't feel at all. But people want to see blood. I don't know if you can feel this, but people want to see blood.”
J. Cole then gave Lamar his props and asked the crowd what they thought of Kendrick as an MC, which drew a standing ovation. He also said that even if the Compton legend fires back at him, the Dreamville boss will take it “on the chin” and keep it moving.
“This does not suit my spirit,” he added. “This disturbs my king's peace. What I want to say here tonight is to do this and in this st, try to find a little corner and degrade this fucking list of n–a and the greatness of it, I want to say right away tonight, how many people do they think kendrick lamar is one of the greatest mothers to ever touch an af-king microphone? Dreamville, you love Kendrick Lamar, right? Like me.”
The North Carolina rapper continued, “I just wanna come here and be out in public like, bruh, that was the dumbest, dumbest s–t. I say all this to say that it made me feel like I did 10 years ago when I was moving wrong. And I pray that God will line me back to my purpose and my path, I pray that my n-a didn't feel anything and if she did, n-a, I stuck my chin out. Take your best shot, I'll take that s–t on the chin boy, whatever you do. All good. It is love.”
“And I pray that you'll all be like, forgive a-a for the wrong step and I can get back on my true path. Because I won't lie to you. I've been feeling awful for the past two days. It made me realize how well I've been sleeping for the last 10 years.”
Cole also said he wants to have the “7 Minute Drill” take off streaming services overall.
Back in March, Kendrick Lamar fired up the rap game with his blistering verse on Future and Metro Boomin's “Like That,” which saw him take aim at fellow “Big Three” Drake and J. Cole on the Billboard Hot 100 no. .
“Like That” was seen as a response to Drake and Cole's “First Person Shooter”, in which Jermaine puffed out his chest and referred to himself as Muhammad Ali.
Two weeks after “Like That” lit the fuse, Cole fired back It may be deleted later project closer that saw him take aim at K. Dot's discography calling 2022's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers “tragic” and claims that the Grammy Award winner To Pimp a Butterfly had listeners blinking.
“He's still putting on a show, but he fell like The Simpsons/ Your first one was a classic, your last one was tragic/ Your second one put you to sleep, but they fucked it up/ Your third one was huge and that was your first moment/ Then Right back and I just hit mine/ Now I'm ahead of the line with a comfortable lead/ How ironic, I just got it, now he wants something with me,” he gushes.
Check out J. Cole's full Dreamville Fest message below.
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