“J. Cole Removes Kendrick Lamar Diss Track from Streaming

J Cole don’t want any rap beef. Instead, he doubles down on his apology Kendrick Lamar.

Cole, 39, took on the title of his latest album: Could be deleted laterseriously, by removing his now-infamous dissident about the 36-year-old Lamar, titled “7 Minute Drill,” from streaming services, they say pitchfork. The song, which was originally the final track on Cole’s mixtape, is no longer available on Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music as of Saturday, April 13th.

“7 Minute Drill” contained lyrics directed at Lamar, such as “He averages a heavy verse every 30 months or so” and “He’s still doing shows, but he’s fallen off.” The simpsons.” The decision to remove the song from streaming comes days after Cole publicly apologized for the dissident track during his performance at the Dreamville Festival in Raleigh on Sunday, April 7.

“I’m so proud of it [Might Delete Later], except for one part,” Cole told the crowd last week. “It’s some of that shit that makes me feel like, ‘Man, this is the lamest shit I’ve done in my fucking life, right?'” Cole added that he “almost relapsed” due to the stress .

“The last two days have felt terrible. It showed me how well I’ve slept over the last decade,” he said. The musician apologized for his “misstep” and asked for forgiveness so he could “come back [his] true path.”

He concluded: “I want to say tonight, how many people think that Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest motherfuckers to ever touch a King mic?” The question was greeted with cheers from the audience.

Cole and Lamar have had a long-standing rivalry, but in October 2023 their feud escalated drake and the “No Role Modelz” rapper dropped the song “First Person Shooter,” in which they referred to themselves and Lamar as the “big three” of rap.

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Since Lamar was annoyed by this, he shot back with his verses Future And Metro BoominIn his song “Like That,” he claimed that there were no “big three” and rapped, “I’m just big.” (The song appeared on Metro Boomin and Future’s collaborative album We don’t trust you which was released on March 22nd.)

On Friday, April 12, Cole appeared as a guest feature on the track “Red Leather,” released on We still don’t trust you, a sequel to Future and Metro Boomin’s March release. “Red Leather” is another 7-minute song, but this time it seems to be more of a dig at Drake than Lamar.