Wale has J. Cole to thank for once helping him overcome a bad case of writer’s block.
Taking to social media, the Washington, D.C. rapper revealed that Cole was responsible for assisting him in ending his creative struggles.
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He wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Music friends .. how do yall cure writers block ….over the years I’ve had different methods. Curious what yall do.”
The former MMG representative then added: “I done talked to Cole bout the block a rack of times .. one time we try teach me how to meditate.. it worked a lil .. we made ‘my boy’ right after,” referencing their 2018 collaboration.
Music friends .. how do yall cure writers block ….over the years I’ve had different methods . Curious what yall do
— Wale (@Wale) April 14, 2025
I done talked to Cole bout the block a rack of times .. one time we try teach me how to meditate.. it worked a lil .. we made “my boy ” right after https://t.co/Z5UXbqU8JO
— Wale (@Wale) April 14, 2025
J. Cole and Wale have had a complicated relationship over the years, but the duo did reunite last year at the 40th birthday party for the former’s longtime manager Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad.
Hamad shared photos from the big bash on Instagram, including one of him with Cole and Wale.
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The XXL Freshmen were close friends early in their careers and first worked together in 2009 on “Rather Be With You (Vagina is for Lovers)” and “Beautiful Bliss.”
However, in 2016, Cole released the song “False Prophets” which featured a verse seemingly about Wale.
“I got a homie, he a rapper and he wanna win bad / He want the fame, the acclaim, the respect that’s been had / By all the legends, so every time I see him, he stressin’ / Talkin’ ’bout n-ggas don’t fuck with him, this shit is depressin’ / And I know he so bitter he can’t see his own blessings,” he rapped.
Just two days later, Wale replied with “Groundhog Day” on which he spat: “I remember me and Cole would open for Hov / Everyday a star is born, I guess I died in the womb / I ain’t make it on Blueprint, so made me a blueprint / You got you a nice watch, my minutes was finished.”
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The two later reunited in 2018 for the aforementioned “My Boy (Freestyle)” and again three years later for “Poke It Out,” from Wale’s album Folarin 2.
On the song, Cole celebrated their reunion by rapping: “Cole World and Folarin co-starrin’ / We both flexin’, Bo Jacksons, bogartin.’”
