J. Cole unpacked a lot on his recent press run, whose most recent stop was on the 7PM In Brooklyn podcast with Carmelo Anthony. During his appearance, he talked extensively about the Drake and Kendrick Lamar battle. Cole communicated confusion over a specific Kendrick diss to Drizzy, admitted his apology to K.Dot undercuts his perspective on hip-hop battles, and expressed hope that the "Poetic Justice" duo will bury the hatchet one day.
As caught by NFR Podcast on Instagram, the Dreamville artist said that he would love if his "Big Three" colleagues peace it up one day. However, he's skeptical as to the possibility of that actually happening one day. Only time will tell... Even if it's unlikely.
More specifically, No Jumper shared a clip of the podcast on IG in which Cole speaks on the following "Not Like Us" bar: "Did Cole foul, I don't know why you still pretending." He said that he doesn't know why Lamar said that, so he can't help fans in solving that mystery. Of course, everyone has their theories as to what the Compton rapper meant.
J. Cole's Take On Rap Beef
Still, J. Cole's assessments of Drake and Kendrick Lamar are self-admittedly tainted by his apology. "I feel unqualified," he said, as caught by DJ Akademiks on Instagram. "You're talking about the person that apologized. That's what's gon' go down as my participation in that event. If I had my shoes on the other feet of somebody else, I don't want to hear my opinion on whether I think beef is good or bad for hip-hop. Honestly, who gives a f**k, actually? Definitely, who gives a f**k about my opinion?"
"I'm not interested in giving that to the world, and I doubt they're interested in hearing it," Cole continued. "I can only speak on how I felt at the time... It wasn't foresight, it was hindsight, if anything. [...] I had no clue how that s**t was gon' go... It outdid anything I could've imagined in terms of how tense that s**t got and how entertaining it got to the world."
We will see if either Kendrick Lamar or Drake do a press run of their own.
