J. Cole has removed his Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘7 Minute Drill’ from all streaming services after initially releasing it on his surprise album ‘Might Delete Later’ earlier this month. Lamar fired verbal shots at Cole and Drake on the track ‘Like That’, mentioning “Fuck sneak dissin’ / ‘First Person Shooter’ / I hope they came with three switches”, which is a direct call out to a Cole and Drake collaboration track from Drake’s 2023 album ‘For All The Dogs’.
Cole’s response to Lamar’s diss initially featured as the closing song on his surprise album. However, he expressed regret for responding to Lamar’s diss when he was performing at Dreamville Festival in 2024, saying onstage that he thinks his response on ‘7 Minute Drill’ was the “lamest, goofiest shit”. Last week, 50 Cent reacted to Cole’s public apology, urging the rapper to call him.
It is speculated that removing the Kendrick Lamar diss track is part of J. Cole’s effort to clear his name as a versatile artist instead of only famous for his Kendrick Lamar diss track. J. Cole often addresses thought-provoking themes such as social issues, racial inequality, and depression in his music, which is a characteristic that makes him stand out from his hip hop peers. Removing this track would allow J. Cole to return to creating more content in this direction.
But despite the removal of the Kendrick Lamar diss track, it appears that J.Cole is not completely done with addressing other artists in his music. In one of the songs on his album, he mentions his purported obscurity in the music industry while his peers are more successful saying “Damn, what’s another plaque, ooh, your wall lookin’ like a collage / I’m wonderin’ who did it, maybe they all didn’t /‘Ye and Kendrick Lamar, they act like two legends.”
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