Meek Mill and Mick Jenkins are among the many Hip Hop figures who have shared their thoughts about J. Cole‘s apology to Kendrick Lamar for his diss track “7 Minute Drill.”
On Sunday (April 8), Cole said he was sorry for the aforementioned song while performing at Dreamville Festival. He also claimed he would take the track off of streaming services, though that has not happened as of this writing.
A number of the culture’s participants have since expressed their disappointment in the North Carolina native for backing down from his own diss record. Among that crew is Jenkins, who said he was “surprised” and “disappointed” at the turn of events.
Check out his tweet below:
Also expressing his feelings about how the 39-year-old let the rap world down was comedian Lil Duval, who asked: “How you give up in a rap beef…?”
Hot 97 co-host Ebro Darden looked back a few decades and even cited a comparable moment, namely when JAY-Z apologized for his graphic Nas diss, “Super Ugly,” though he also claimed that his mother forced him to do it.
“Jay Z apologized too and lost that battle,” the media personality wrote. “And look where he ended up.”
His radio compatriot Peter Rosenberg had a similarly positive outlook, saying that Cole “turned an L into a W” with his apology.
The “Wet Dreamz” hitmaker’s labelmate Ari Lennox is on his side as well, saying that she admired her peer’s “self awareness” and “self reflection.”
“You made history tonight,” she commented. “I love you brother.”
IDK, for his part, was caught up in the drama of the whole thing as he subsequently wrote: “This is the craziest moment in hip hop.”
R.A. the Rugged Man gave himself some credit for prescience, resharing his own observation from before the aforementioned apology that reads: “right now Cole and Kendrick rapping at each other like they wanna make sure they’re still friends after the battle.”
Taking a different approach to the ordeal, Meek Mill even suggested turning the beef into a collaboration album since “it’s only words.”
As for K.Dot’s affiliates, Top Dawg Entertainment president Terrence “Punch” Henderson went back on his succinct “lol” response to the drama and eventually re-thought his position.
“Cole is a very genuine guy. I respect it,” he wrote. “We often give in to external pressures and outside influences and act out of our own character. It’s rare to have enough heart to make the correction. It didn’t align with HIM so he fixed it in the same manner he engaged. Salute.”
“I’m so proud of [Might Delete Later], except for one part,” Cole said during his headlining set at his own festival last week. “It’s one part of that shit that makes me feel like, man that’s the lamest shit I did in my fuckin’ life, right? And I know this is not what a lot of people want to hear.
“I was conflicted because: one, I know my heart and I know how I feel about my peers. These two n-ggas that I just been blessed to even stand beside in this game, let alone chase they greatness. So I felt conflicted ’cause I’m like, bruh, I don’t even feel no way. But the world wanna see blood. I don’t know if y’all can feel that, but the world wanna see blood.”
He went on to praise Kendrick: “That shit disrupts my fucking peace. So what I want to say right here tonight is in the midst of me doing that, trying to find a little angle and downplay this n-gga’s fucking catalog and his greatness, I want to say right now tonight, how many people think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest motherfuckers to ever touch a fucking microphone? Dreamville, y’all love Kendrick Lamar, correct? As do I.
“I just want to come up here and publicly be like, bruh, that was the lamest, goofiest shit. I say all that to say it made me feel like 10 years ago when I was moving incorrectly. And I pray that God will line me back up on my purpose and on my path. I pray that my n-gga really didn’t feel no way and if he did, my n-gga, I got my chin out. Take your best shot. I’ma take that shit on the chin, boy. Do what you do.
He concluded: “All good. It’s love. And I pray that y’all forgive a n-gga for the misstep and I can get back to my true path. Because I ain’t gonna lie to y’all, the past two days felt terrible. It let me know how good I’ve been sleeping for the past 10 years.”
J Cole is unfortunately a bitch for this move smh. That is what is wrong with these new age guys. Man when you are in a rap battle you are lyrically going for someone’s neck. Cole got punked by Kendrick Lamar yet Cole is the one apologizing. Stay out of the lion’s den cause you damn sure ain’t Simba. Cole is more like Nala, Simba’s girlfriend smh. Very sad day for hip hop. He apologized…get outta here man lol
thanks i had no idea who nala was
Scar had Nala’s mama working the corner too!!!
you quoting The lion King but calling someone else a bitch lol.
Jay Cole calls himself Simba. Nice
Meek get diddys dick out ya butt first before you say anything about two grown men you dickchaser
Mfer like you …boy boy boy
Exactly. Meek is glad people are Not Talking about him for a Minute.
My GOAT would never do this. Love or not, nobody has carried Music over the past 10 years except 6God. TheBoy checks all boxes. Nobody in rap can give you a Middle of the ocean and turn around give you a Slime me out. Also, let’s keep it real Duppy freestyle Washed Pusha T. Unfortunately, the lightskin hate is Real. 6God is gonna wash KDot.
My GOAT would never do this. Love or not, nobody has carried Music over the past 10 years except 6God. TheBoy checks all boxes. Nobody in rap can give you a Middle of the ocean and turn around give you a Slime me out. Also, let’s keep it real Duppy freestyle Washed Pusha T. Unfortunately, the lightskin hate is Real. 6God is gonna wash KDot.
You believe it do yo homework
My GOAT would never do this. Love or not, nobody has carried Music over the past 10 years except 6God. TheBoy checks all boxes. Nobody in rap can give you a Middle of the ocean and turn around give you a Slime me out. Also, let’s keep it real Duppy freestyle Washed Pusha T. Unfortunately, the lightskin hate is Real. 6God is gonna wash KDot.
Your goat rather have someone else write the diss for him. J. Cole >>> Drake
Aubrey ain’t built for this!! He gonna wash Kendrick??! 🤣🤣🤣 This is what kendrick WANTS..Drake & Cole don’t WANT this!!. That’s why your Aubrey is quiet at a fuccin MOUSE🐀!! He wants NO parts of this, & all it can do is HURT his career, not IMPROVE it. Drake cares about NUMBERS! Kdot doesnt!! It’s a LOSE-LOSE situation for Aubrey!! If he don’t respond, he’ll be a bitch, but his BRAND stays the same… However, when he DOES, itll make Kendrick drop his *NO Vaseline* part TWO, & its gonna tarnish drakes brand & be played all over the world & make Aubrey look like a fool… If he DROPS a diss to Kendrick, he’ll get RESPECT for responding, but he’ll be RIDICULED. The ONLY way to avoid being RIDICULED & protect his MONEY, is to not respond.. Kendrick wanna kill his career & destroy his BRAND & fan base.. If Drakes responds he’s gonna get MUSICALLY FUCKED UP. Which effects his brand…. Just like with COLE, a response call kill your status & brand…Kendrick has this PLANNED.. They are playing RIGHT into KDOT hands🤲🏽, & he gonna destroy their STATURE… If they respond, they D-O-N-E.. No more Big 3.. Therefore, they will be diminished.. NOT responding is the **ONLY** way to maintain there arguable status.. They are being PLAYED!😅
I’m sorry I guess I’m just Ole School, you diss me on a track you getting dissed back period. Now maybe years down the line when we the OG’s then yeah I might say that was some dumb out of character $hit but right now nah. Carry on!!!
This is like when someone says something truthful, then backs down because of cancel culture.. but no one told Cole to back down. What a bitch lol. He was right about Kendrick being overrated AF, but he hurt his legs with this hoe shit lol.
Jay lost period. No apology takes that L away. N@s won and NYC spoke on this. MOney can’t buy the GOAT status, Nas forever wins that debate. Cole takes the L fo rthis one too.
My problem is how quickly he folded. If the shot was that trivial, maybe don’t shoot or you look like a grown punk.
Finally someone acting like the grown person he is. Rap ‘beef’ is so corny. Like a bunch of school kids point scoring by calling each other hurtful names.
A whole bitch……. Don’t release the record if you gonna get scary later.. The apology wouldn’t have been necessary if you weren’t in your feelings and felt you had to say something. Could’ve just picked up the phone and talked to that fool directly.
Battling is part of hiphop culture. If he doesn’t want to engage, cool, but stfu about being the best then.
Two overrated rappers beefing when they have nothing to lose. Brave and interesting.
real weak to drop a track then apologize for it. this is the last days of this music business. going to be serious changes over the next few years and different artistes are going to rise. I’ve noticed Gen Z has taken a very definite interest in 80s music and oldies – they are sick of the bullshit as well.
Light skint nonsense
Imagine how many black men would still be alive, if we could sometimes eat our pride and not give in to outside influences. Rap beef is not the same any more. Name one recent rap beef the was not boarder line escalating to violence. All of Drakes rap beef ends up getting J Prince and his family involved and you know where that can lead. Maybe not even from the artist but some knuckle head that he feels he is putting in some work for that artist