J. Cole committed the ultimate crime in the rap game – he apologized for releasing a diss track.
The song, titled “7 Minute Drill,” was a response to Kendrick Lamar’s verse from his hit single “Like That.” In a diss, J. Cole said Lamar “fell like the Simpsons” and called his latest album “tragic.”
“I feel like I did 10 years ago when I was making the wrong move. I pray that God would restore my purpose,” J. Cole told the audience on the show. . “I’m not going to lie to you guys, I’ve felt terrible the last two days,” he added.
Jason Whitlock believes this “sounds like maturation is happening in the rap music industry,” and Christian gospel rapper Dee-1 agrees.
“I heard a lot of growth and maturity from J. Cole. I heard a brother admit he was trying to be driven by his God-given purpose and not his ego,” Dee-1 said. To tell.
However, this opinion is not reflected in the rap-loving public.
“What you see on social media is not what people want to see. People want hip-hop to be a blood sport,” Dee-1 told Whitlock, adding that this He pointed out that it is not good for the black community as a whole.
“What would happen if two mainstream black artists who are considered conscious artists were to sit here and fight? That would be scary for us in the black community,” says Dee-1.
Unfortunately, fans watching the beef unfold are more concerned with being entertained than doing the right thing.
“Sometimes you have to ask yourself: Does the desire to be entertained have to come at the expense of peace and progress within the hip-hop community?” Dee1 says.
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