Consequence has addressed the complicated history between J. Cole and Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music family following the Dreamville leader’s 2016 “False Prophets” diss track.
On an episode of The Art Of Dialogue podcast, the Queens native recalled giving J. Cole a cameo in his 2007 music video for “Callin Me” off his debut album Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
Cons also explained how Cole wasn’t doing any dissing around Ye when he was trying to get his rap career to take off in the late 2000s.
“Whatever prompted J. Cole to write [“False Prophets”] … and it touched him spirit wise in that way… When he was trying to get on, it wasn’t no “False Prophets” then. It was how do I get to the profit margin?
“I could’ve signed J. Cole but we was transitioning from out of Sony. J. Cole used to go to St. John’s. Myself, B. Dot from Rap Radar, we all went to the same barber shop. They played me [his music] and I met him, he was cool. I just wasn’t in the frame of mind to do it.”
J. Cole pulled no punches on December 2016’s “False Prophets” when subliminally targeting Kanye months after his hospitalization leading into his 4 Your Eyez Only album a week later.
“Ego in charge of every move, he’s a star/ And we can’t look away due to the days when he caught our hearts. He’s falling apart but we deny it/ Just to find the half-assed shit he drop, we always buy it,” Cole raps.
“He tell us he a genius but it’s clearer lately/ It’s been hard for him to look into the mirror lately. There was a time when this n-gga was my hero maybe/ That’s why his fall from grace is hard to take. Cause I believed him when he said his shit was purer and he the type of nigga swear he real but all around is fake.”
Either way, it’s water under the bridge for both parties as Consequence said he smoothed things over after talking to Dreamville co-founder Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad.
“I actually spoke to Ibrahim when there was the situation with J. Cole and Ye,” he said. “And we pretty much put that to bed. Me and Ibrahim had a man-to-man talk about pretty much what I’m discussing. Drake and J. Cole always come at it like, ‘Y’all OGs.’ And in fairness to them, we gotta behave like that.”
Listen to “False Prophets” below.
could’ve signed Cole to WHAT? your non-existent label? a production or management deal maybe. if you could have, you should have! Cons is a great rapper but dude been doing too much, especially too much Ye d-riding in interviews and what not lately
especially considering that Cole doesn’t owe Ye anything. Like yeah Con, most up and coming and new rappers aren’t going to throw shots at someone already at the top of the game. That’ll be like me just getting signed and dissing Drake for no reason.
I’m not a J COLE fan but dude carved his own lane and is self made with minimal support from Jigga. Also much respect to Cole for keeping integrity not being a yes man like Consequence and his big ass teefus.
Hmmmm ok so he didn’t sign J Cole…….who had he actually signed to his label? Becuz I can’t recall his role at GOOD Music but 🤷🏾♂️
So Con’s is on some “he wasn’t saying that shit when he was on the come up”…. guess he failed to read the lyrics in the song that point out that lately this so co-called genius can’t even look at himself in the mirror and Cole can’t believe it used to be one of his heros. Guess the entire point of the song went over Con’s head…. shocking.
Drake lol.
A privileged pu**y who has never ever faced real trauma and grew up in middle class freakin canada. Ghettos in canada are fake and low crime.
Tf is Drake rappin about? The hard life of a tv star turned shi**y rapper who has a ghost writer? Drake makes ALL his money off of hoes and white kids from the burbs. Letting that coward come to the US and use the word ni**a is insanity. Drake’s struggle and blackness is about as profound and solid as a wet paper bag that has already been chewed on by rats.