{"id":13811,"date":"2024-10-11T01:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T01:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/j-cole-breaks-silence-on-kendrick-lamar-and-drake-beef\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T01:20:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T01:20:19","slug":"j-cole-breaks-silence-on-kendrick-lamar-and-drake-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/j-cole-breaks-silence-on-kendrick-lamar-and-drake-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"J Cole breaks silence on Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef"},"content":{"rendered":"


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J Cole’s new song Port Antonio features a number of references to the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Just when you thought the biggest beef in rap had gone quiet, J Cole has accused rivals Drake and Kendrick Lamar of chasing clicks and money.<\/p>\n

The rapper was one of the “big three” involved in the war of words, but has been quieter than the other two men, who’ve released 10 diss tracks between them.<\/p>\n

That changed overnight, when J Cole dropped new single Port Antonio, which is filled with references to the beef.<\/p>\n

Neither Drake nor Kendrick has responded to the new track, but Drake liked J Cole’s Instagram post revealing it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The feud was lit when J Cole collaborated on Drake’s First Person Shooter, saying they made up the “big three” of hip-hop alongside Kendrick.<\/p>\n

Animosity between Drake and Kendrick goes back years but the track prompted a new war of words, with Kendrick saying there was no “big three – it’s just big me”.<\/p>\n

J Cole, who was born in Germany and raised in North Carolina, initially doubled down after Kendrick’s response but later pulled back. <\/p>\n

He apologised for a follow-up track<\/a> he released promising to “humble” Kendrick, saying it was the “lamest, goofiest” thing he’d recorded and was a “mis-step”.<\/p>\n

In Port Antonio, he suggests he “pulled the plug” because he saw where the beef was heading. <\/p>\n

“They wanted blood, they wanted clicks to make their pockets grow,” he raps.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t have lost a battle, I would’ve lost a bro, I would’ve gained a foe, and all for what?”<\/p>\n

Drake and Kendrick got a lot of attention for their warring songs.<\/p>\n

Their diss tracks have been streamed millions of times – Kendrick’s Euphoria was even used in an official TikTok video for US President Joe Biden’s election campaign, before he dropped out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Drake and Kendrick’s verses became increasingly personal, with both artists taking swings at each other’s families and appearances as well as their talents. <\/p>\n

In June, Kendrick performed Not Like Us, in which he accuses Drake of having relationships with underage women, five times back to back at a concert in Los Angeles<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Drake in turn has accused Kendrick of domestic violence. Both have denied the allegations levelled at them. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Drake has denied the serious allegations levelled at him by Kendrick <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The beef also spilled over offline and Drake’s OVO store in London was vandalised with graffiti referencing Kendrick’s lyrics.<\/p>\n

One of his security guards was also shot outside his Toronto mansion in May<\/a>, however it’s not clear whether this was as a result of the row. <\/p>\n

But neither Drake nor Kendrick have released new diss tracks since.<\/p>\n

In his new single, J Cole says the rappers started the beef “because it’s profitable… but singin’ ‘stop the violence’ tunes when dudes in hospital”.<\/p>\n

“I understand the thirst of being first that made ’em both swing,” he raps.<\/p>\n

“Protecting legacies, so lines got crossed, perhaps regrettably, my friends went to war, I walked away with all they blood on me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The hip-hop community was divided between backing Drake or Kendrick and in the end, J Cole confirms his position on Drake’s side.<\/p>\n

“I ain’t afraid to say you did a lot for me,” he raps.<\/p>\n

Seeming to address the Canadian rapper directly towards the end of the track, J Cole says making music isn’t for “beefing”.<\/p>\n

“It’s for speakin’ our thoughts, pushin’ ourselves, reachin’ the charts,” his lyrics say. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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