Suge Knight has given J. Cole a light dressing-down after he apologized to Kendrick Lamar for dissing him on “7 Minute Drill.”
In a clip from an upcoming episode of his Collect Call podcast obtained by TMZ, the incarcerated Death Row Records founder shared his disapproval of Cole backing down from the feud, reminding the North Carolina rap star Hip Hop is a “contact sport.”
“Kendrick Lamar… he’s the only muthafucka with a cigar,” he began. “J. Cole, you’re supposed to say what you mean and mean what you say.
“To be the best, you gotta beat the best. It’s a contact sport. As we used to say back in the day, if you don’t want to be a gangsta rapper, go be R&B.”
After claiming Kendrick’s “victory” as a win for the West Coast, Suge slammed Cole’s pacifist approach towards his rivalry with the Compton rapper, claiming Black people “would still be in slavery” had they adopted that mindset.
He also cited other high-profile rivalries, including his own feud with Diddy and Bad Boy in the 1990s.
“When I said what I said about Puffy at The Source Awards and Puffy would’ve tucked his tail instead of getting on me, it would’ve been a disappointment to our people because he would’ve looked like a bitch in front of everyone,” he said.
“When one of us looks bad, we all look bad. When Kobe Bryant played Michael Jordan in the All-Star Game, Kobe showed up and played his best game ever.”
He continued lecturing the Dreamville founder: “I’ma tell you like I tell my son: if you act like a pussy, people gon’ treat you like a pussy. And you know what happens to a pussy? A pussy gets fucked.”
Suge Knight is far from the only rap figure who has reacted to J. Cole’s controversial apology to Kendrick Lamar, which came after they traded shots on “Like That” and “7 Minute Drill.”
50 Cent shared his own thoughts on Instagram earlier this week, and did not appear impressed as he publicly reached out to the Grammy-winning rapper.
“WTF how I miss this, @realcoleworld call my phone [phone emoji] right now!” he wrote.
Meek Mill, Mick Jenkins and TDE President Terrence “Punch” Henderson are among the many others who have also weighed in on Cole’s bold move.
Can’t take advice from him. His mindset led to two dead rappers and him in prison.
This is how Suge pressured Pac into beef
He didn’t have to pressure him to do anything, but he should have been talking him off that ledge at that time.
Pac had beef BEFORE death row lol. But Suge didn’t help. Pac had beef legit in Digital Underground. Dude loved to get into trouble.
J. Cole isn’t a gangsta rapper, and Suge should sit this one out since Pac got killed on his watch beefing with a whole coast. This would have made sense ten years ago, but it’s corny as hell in 2024.
If Suge knight doesn’t approve of what you are doing, keep doing it.
Agreed, this is why I give P Diddy my blessing! And Dre! Like Dre, BEAT THAT WOMAN! She deserve it. Show her how real men hit!
This isn’t the 90s or 2000s when beefing was popular. Beefing is wack because mainstream hip hop is fake. There are too many rappers today. Everybody’s a rapper, and everybody has beef. Hip hop is boring, and that why its in the red. Labels aren’t making profits from rappers anymore. That’s why all of these beefs are happening simultaneously. Labels are down to the controversy sale motto now. We all know that labels executives concocted this fake beef.
Cole ain’t playing your game. Why would he want to?
Man, it’s kinda sad that so many people have a problem with him taking the mature road and they want this to turn into something it’s clearly not. As if there isn’t another form of rapper other than gangster rapper, which was never Cole.
While it is mature to apologize for saying something you didn’t mean, actually being mature would be not releasing a track where you say things you don’t bwleive yourself to begin with. If anything, it’s actually an example of being immature, or being bipolar perhaps.
I don’t know why hiphop media gets takes from a FUCKING PRISON INMATE.
Next time ignore it instead of whining like a little girl.
No, you ignore me next time I feel like ranting. Suge is getting sucked off by Saucy Santana looking, moist n!ggas like you. Might as well make articles about that, right?
Cole is ass but a fat hostile gay troublemaker like Suge shouldnt be giving ANYONE advice about beef from behind a cell 🤣
Yea this contact sport put you in prison. J cole was man enough to step away from it. It’s called being a grown up. People should take notes.