Kevin Durant appears to have thrown some shade at Kendrick Lamar as he heaps praise on J. Cole.
Durant, who has been firmly in the corner of Drake during his beef with the Compton superstar unlike other NBA stars such as LeBron James and DeMar DeRozan, took to X (formerly Twitter) to take a swipe at Lamar.
Commenting on J. Cole’s acclaimed new single “Clouds”, Durant wrote: “I don’t care bout none of that fake tough guy shit. This is mastery.”
Most people thought that Durant’s post was a clear reference to Kendrick and Durant started getting into a back and forth with fans on the social media platform.
I don’t care bout none of that fake tough guy shit. This is mastery https://t.co/OAXUuGAxTT
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) February 23, 2025
After one user commented “fake tough guy?!” the former NBA MVP responded by saying: “U took that as a personal shot towards your favorite?”
Durant then said he was “dissing all yall fans who can’t listen to Jcole without saying hes ‘soft'”.
Another fan said to Durant “I bet you asked for permission from the boy if you could show support for Cole, but ONLY if you throw shade at the Boogeyman,” which caused the Phoenix Suns star to hit back with “I’m throwing shade at fans like you, been hatin on Cole this whole time. Just listen to the music and stfu.”
I’m throwing shade at fans like you, been hatin on Cole this whole time. Just listen to the music and stfu
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) February 23, 2025
U took that as a personal shot towards your favorite??
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) February 23, 2025
I’m dissing all yall fans who can’t listen to Jcole without saying hes “soft”
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) February 23, 2025
Durant previously played down Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show performance, saying: “It meant nothing to me. No thoughts — I didn’t really pay attention to it to be honest. It was a little boring day for a Super Bowl. The game got out of hand. The Super Bowl Halftime Show — I didn’t pay attention to it. I kinda skimmed through the whole thing, to be honest.”
Durant even had an A&R credit on Drake’s For All The Dogs with him later explaining the reasoning for the role: “I’m just there for him whenever Drake wants to talk about life, and he just gave me that title.”
Drake has also paid homage to him in various songs, like “Weston Road Flows,” where he raps: “Shout out to KD, we relate, we get the same attention / It’s rainin’ money, Oklahoma City Thunder.”
Well, he’s not wrong.. What am I missing?
Everybody is entitled to have his own opinion right? But nobody can deny that Drake got his ass spanked and that J. Cole apologized like a little bitch before catching fire from Kendrick. Yes, Kendrick is a 5’2 midget who would probably get stomped in a physical fight with J. Cole. But artistically, his talent speaks for itself unlike Cole’s music which is boring as fxck. Like Fifty said: “An ill flow with no beat, is incomplete, it’s like a stickup kid runnin’ round without no heat”. Facts.
Rapping is about words, but actions still carry weight.. ti and flip was barking ti showed up in Houston.. he moved like a king bcuz he said he was king… Cole say he the best with words.. ok his actions didn’t even back that up.. I salute drake for trying to compete.. but actions of walking away.. I watch url king of the dot never seen anyone say hey.. I apologize for battling you 😂
I’m not sure if you know the full facts of that T.I snd Flip situation. T.i went to Houston got on the radio dissing Flip and then went to Flip hood. T.i and his people got beat up. This made T.i look more like a clown then a king. He underestimated Flip and he also put his people in danger by broadcasting on radio where they were going.
Winning a rap beef doesn’t make you tough, it just means you won a rap beef.
my money is on DOT… whoopin feet and wiping ’em down in front of they… #30for30
Somebody needs to call out these dickriding fans. That’s why this hip hop shit is in tatters. Fuckers be talking about what other people think about shit rather than if they like it. Old need permission to like some shit mofos. They’ll be like is it tight? Go listen for yourself and make your own opinion.
The guy that ran to the team that whooped them the previous year.. no wonder why draymond called him a B… and now he defending a guy that apologized over words.. in a field where your tools are words.. fake tough is saying your the best with words then competition comes and you flee? Are we defending that? Where draymond at? 😂
Cupcake
KD is wack.
Most talented failure in NBA history. Never could be the real face of a championship team.
One of the softest guys in NBA history. He’s for sure a buttercup. All-time great…and also a buttercup.
If you’re an all time NBA great, you literally can’t be soft. Those two things don’t go together. He’s just on the internet too much, that’s it.
This is the same guy who used FAKE accounts to defend his b*tch moves
A 7 foot tall athlete is being a keyboard warrior against a guy who’s 5’6 tall. Talk about being a fake tough guy
Kendrick is a real blood. He alludes to having killed someone when he was a young blood in his earlier music.
Shut up no he’s not he’s so fake and has his mexican artist write for him and his untalented cousin while his closeted mentor Dre bends Eminem over and beat his wife
Cole is trash so is Drake and honestly Kendrick isn’t great either he’s better than them though. This is coming from Durant the same guy who said 50 Cent is better than Lil Wayne he doesn’t know these NBA players don’t know. Ignore them Steph racist Curry, LeBron Diddy Party James, and Mr sensitive over here. Kyrie and Ja the only real ones.
Fake tough guy, I guess every mirror in your house is broken or doesn’t exist because you should take a look at yourself. Carry On!!!
Since when has kdot ever been the boogeyman of hip-hop all because of a over played club/diss track he made
midget man can’t even fake tough believably💯…and Drakes a F@G