J Cole responds to Kendrick Lamar’s diss verse on surprise new album

J Cole has provided up his response to Kendrick Lamar’s diss verse calling out him and Drake.

In March, Lamar featured on Future and Metro Boomin’s collaborative mission, We Don’t Belief You.

Throughout a shock verse on the track “Like This”, the Compton-born rapper dismissed the concept that J Cole and Drake are his equal friends within the business. Regardless of many typically describing Lamar, Cole and Drake because the “Huge Three”, the “Humble” artist declared: “It’s simply huge me.”

On Friday (5 April), Cole launched an surprising new album, May Delete Later, full with a reply to Lamar on its remaining observe, “7 Minute Drill”.

“I acquired a telephone name, they are saying that anyone dissing / You need some consideration, it include extensions,” Cole begins his tackle. He then turns his consideration to a few of Lamar’s tasks: good child, mAAd metropolis (2012), Mr Morale & the Huge Steppers (2022), To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) and 2017’s DAMN, respectively.

“I got here up within the Ville, so I’m good when it’s stress / He nonetheless doing reveals however fell off like The Simpsons / Your first s*** was basic, your final s*** was tragic / Your second s*** put n****s to sleep however they gassed it / Your third s*** was huge and that was your prime / I used to be trailing proper behind and I simply now hit mine.”

Afterward within the observe, Cole turns his consideration to Lamar’s five-part “The Coronary heart” collection, which he has launched in segments over the past decade.

“He averaging one ‘Coronary heart’ verse like each 30 months or one thing / If he wasn’t dissing, then we wouldn’t be discussing nothin’,” Cole raps.

He then refers to having a often cordial relationship with Lamar, which makes him hesitant to go too exhausting along with his bars in opposition to him. “Blood don’t make me must smoke this n**** ‘trigger I f*** with him / However push come to shove on this mic I’ll humble him,” Cole says.

In Lamar’s unique verse, he introduced up the favored debate amongst hip-hop followers as as to if he, Drake or Cole is the “hardest MC”.

“We the large three, like we began a league,” he raps, earlier than altering tack and hitting out at Cole and Drake’s collaorative observe from final 12 months, “First Particular person Shooter”.

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“Yeah rise up with me, f*** sneak dissing / ‘First Particular person Shooter,’ I hope they got here with three switches,” Lamar taunted. “Motherf*** the large three, n****, it’s simply huge me.”

As of but, Drake has solely seemingly responded to Lamar’s verse whereas speaking to followers on stage throughout his present tour.

Based on footage captured at his Dawn, Florida present on 25 March, Drake mentioned: “Lots of people asking me how I’m feeling… pay attention, the way in which I’m feeling is identical manner I need you to stroll out of right here feeling tonight about your f***ing self.

“As a result of you know the way I’m feeling? I acquired my head up excessive, my again straight, I’m 10 f***ing toes down… and feeling like anyplace else I am going… and I do know it doesn’t matter what, there’s not a n**** on this Earth that may ever f*** with me in my life,” he shouted. “And that’s how I need y’all to stroll out of right here tonight.”

You will discover a breakdown of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s simmering feud right here.