J. Cole appeared on Power 106’s L.A. Leakers this week where he spit a pair of fiery freestyles ahead of the release of The Off-Season album. While the general consensus was he bodied both the beats for Souls of Mischief’s “93 Til Infinity” and Mike Jones’ “Still Tippin,” there was one particular line that landed Cole in some hot water.
As the Dreamville Records boss effortlessly rapped over the classic Souls beat, he made a reference to Bill Cosby that included a punchline about him infamously drugging women.
“Or who they debatin’ is better/Let’s face it, he one of the greatest/No Bill Cosby shit, but if n-ggas is sleepin’, then fuck ’em,” he spit. “Most n-ggas don’t understand me/I don’t do the GRAMMYs, I be in my jammies on sofa/Most n-ggas don’t understand me.”
The disgraced 83-year-old actor, most famous for his role as Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show, is currently incarcerated on a three to 10-year sentence after being found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault in 2018 for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2014.
Over 60 women came forward with accusations they were drugged, sexually assaulted or coerced by Cosby beginning in 1965.
Fans were disappointed Cole chose to include such a tone deaf line and went in on the typically celebrated MC.
One Twitter user wrote, “I thought J. Cole’s freestyle on the LA Leakers was pretty solid, outside of that one Cosby line that shouldn’t have made it past the first draft process,” while another said, “J cole know that bill cosby line was outta pocket… he knew it. smh.”
But even with the questionable line, fans and peers alike were blown away by J. Cole’s rhyming skills. During the same “93 Til Infinity” run, he rapped, “Hardest shit out the South since slavery, n-gga,” which caught the attention of Jermaine Dupri. Shortly after the clip went live, the So So Def mogul tweeted with an air of disbelief, “N-gga say the hardest thing out the south since slavery.”
J. Cole’s LA Leakers appearance came just a day before The Off-Season is expected to drop. The highly anticipated project is scheduled to arrive on Thursday night (May 13) at 9 p.m. PST. Cole has released just one single ahead of its arrival called “interlude” in which he pays tribute to both Nipsey Hussle and UGK’s Pimp C.
J. Cole Drops 'Applying Pressure: The Off-Season Documentary'
Earlier this week, Cole’s team unleashed a documentary about the album titled Applying Pressure: The Off-Season.
“This is the moment that a lot of your favorite rappers hit a crossroad,” J. Cole admits as “interlude” plays in the background. “Are you OK with getting comfortable? Did you leave no stone unturned creatively?”
The film then opens with Cole explaining to collaborator 21 Savage why he actually named the album The Off-Season. Directed by Scott Lazer, the project also finds Dreamville President Ibrahim Hamad and J. Cole in executive producer roles.
Watch Applying Pressure below.
People too soft. It’s just a bar. Makes sense tho lol
Corny freestyle he’s about to release the corniest album of the year
Milenials are so scary these days. Being offended over a bar is soft as fuck. It happened and he made reference to it. Thats what rappers do. Isnt J. Cole supposed to be the best to yall generation ? Fuck your social media. Fuck your memes. Let that man rap.
Dude I dont think its just millenials. A lot of this shit is beig driven by the gen zers
Fuck u dog
only deaf people think J cole is the best
Surprise! People don’t understand bars. I’m not surprised…in the least bit
J Cole went in on this!!! I’m sure this article is emphasizing negatives, to spread positivity it’s nice to see mainstream emcees still exist!!
“backlash” aka a few handful was picked to make it seem like something is a big deal.
in breaking news : water is wet
The media has to do it’s part overhype this bullshit culture war any way it can otherwise the masses might wake up and start asking real questions and the powers that be can’t have that
I bump me some Lil Trans, Young Dumpsta, Baby Diarrhea, Flipped Up ToiletSeat, ButtPlug Boi, and Lil Yatchy.
Stop it!!! He didn’t say anything wrong. It is a freestyle. Be careful before y’all make Cole disappear again for another 5 years lol.
krit was freestylin on there, cole was written re written and produced
They aren’t Hip Hop fans if they think that. I was talking with some guy on twitter who loves Cole but never heard of Czarface or MF DOOM.
Play em some RA The Rugged Man and tell em to sit down.
LOL backlash for that line which was dope???
there’s no such things as “questionable lines” or “first drafts” with real hip hop.
a questionable bar is a bar that sucks or is whack, not one that is offensive.
get that soft ass shit out of here
People too sensitive these days
real rap is for underground people not for internet clowns. fuck a fan. get off your ass and do something with your life other than work a remote control
I liked the freestyle, but I thought the constant use of the N word and the slavery line was in bad taste. If a white person says the N word black people get mad so it shouldn’t be used by anyone.
That was a stupid dope ass bar and anybody thats mad is just jealous they cant do what he did and that they dont get half the appreciation for anything they do in life as he did for just this one simple freestyle. lol
The title says, J. COLE FACES BACKLASH FOR SPITTING CONTROVERSIAL BILL COSBY LINE DURING L.A. LEAKERS FREESTYLE. proceeds to shot ONE tweet. Whoever Maxaveli is, he can eat a dick!
That Cosby sh*t was an OPEN SECRET in Hollyweird 4 YEARS!!!! DECADES!!!!! What are We here for???
Disgraced actor my ass bill cosby getting all kinds of love when he get out