J. Cole Talks Quitting Kendrick Lamar and Drake Beef

J. Cole Talks Quitting Kendrick Lamar and Drake Beef.

The rapper surprised fans by releasing a new single titled “Port Antonio.”

The track appears to be about Cole discussing the exit from Drake and Kendrick Lamar's careers. “I pulled the plug because I saw where this was going, they wanted blood, they wanted clicks to grow their pockets.” he rapped.

The verse continued: “I wouldn't have lost the battle, dog, I would have lost a brother, I would have won an enemy, and all that for what?/ Jermaine ain't a king if that means I have to dig up dirt and pay the whole team of Algorithm bot n*****s just to influence the whole thing on social media and compete for your cheap memes.”

Elsewhere in the song, Drake was addressed directly. “Hey Drake, you'll always be my n***a/ I'm not ashamed to say you've done a lot for me, my n***a.” Listen below.

J. Cole previously sent warning shots to Kendrick Lamar in his track “7 Minute Drill.” “Your first shit was classic, your last shit was tragic / Your second shit didn't put the dudes to sleep but they gassed 'em, your third shit was huge, that was your prime / I was right behind it, now I just hit mine .”

At the time, Cole responded to Lamar distancing him on the track “Like That.” Lamar rapped:

“Yeah, get up with me, fuck sneak dissing/'First person shooter', I hope they came with three switches/You think I won't give away the location? I still have post-traumatic stress disorder/Motherf*ck the Big 3, n***a, I’m just big.”

J. COle apologizes:

Cole has since apologized for disparaging Lamar.

“…Man, this is the lamest shit I've ever done. In my fucking life, right?” Cole said about creating the track. “And I know that's not what a lot of people want to hear… I can hear my n***as up there right now like… 'Nah, don't do that.' But I have to stay with you. I almost had a relapse, didn't I? Because you all heard something that happened two, three weeks ago, no matter how long ago it was… you all heard the bazooka being dropped.”

He continued, “I felt conflicted because I was like, 'Bruh, I know, I don't really feel that way.' But the world wants to see blood…so I say all this to say that in trying to put this music out, I moved in a way that feels spiritually bad for me. I tried to push my n***a back and I tried to stay friendly. But at the end of the day, when I listen to it and when it comes out and I see how it's being talked about, it doesn't quite fit me.”