Lil Pump Blasts J. Cole For Dissing Him Yet Apologizing To Kendrick Lamar

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Lil Pump Blasts J Cole Dissing Him Apologizing Kendrick Lamar
Jun 5, 2019; Oakland, CA, USA; American Rapper Lil Pump performs during halftime in game three of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports via Imagn Images
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Lil Pump's infamous sit-down interview with J. Cole rings differently for him in the aftermath of the Kendrick Lamar battle.

The saga of Lil Pump and J. Cole is a surprisingly long one, with disses back-and-forth back around 2018 resulting in a sit-down interview. But especially in the aftermath of the Kendrick Lamar battle, the Florida rapper looks back even more critically on the Dreamville boss and the way he handles beef.

As caught by CY Chels on Twitter, DJ Akademiks recently hosted Pump on a livestream and asked him about Cole, the Kendrick apology, and Cole's disses towards Pump. Ak had a very critical stance on J. Cole, blasting his apology to Lamar while dragging his previous disrespect towards the "Gucci Gang" MC. It turns out that he agrees.

"I'ma keep it real, that's some soft-a** s**t," Pump expressed. "Man threw a rock over the bush and then hid." Then, he seemed to switch gears to his own experience with Cole, not just the K.Dot apology. "And he kept going after that. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm 17 years old and you 40-something, and then you letting a 17-year-old get under your skin? That means that I'm doing something right. He's a f***ing p***y, bro. Dork. The first thing I did when I walked in his f***ing house was go to his refrigerator and start eating hella snacks... Ready for the interview. Got no type of respect for that man's house."

Why Do J. Cole & Lil Pump Have Beef?

For those unaware, Lil Pump and J. Cole's beef stems to the SoundCloud era, in which Pump and other artists claimed they were much better than artists like Cole. Pump even teased a track called "F**k J. Cole" at one point.

Later, in 2018, the North Carolina lyricist dropped the track "1985," which was ironically labeled as the intro to The Fall-Off all the way back then. On it, he dissed artists like Pump for being short-sighted and immature, but this was more of a cautionary and advice-centered tale rather than a straight up diss. Considering what happened between Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole, this middle-road approach is ironic.

Nevertheless, Cole and Pump eventually buried the hatchet via an interview together. However, that clearly didn't guarantee much good will.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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