The rapper released a diss track against Kendrick Lamar in April, but disavowed it two days later.
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Months after the dust on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud finally settled, J. Cole surprised by dropping a new song early Thursday with lyrics that address his decision to disavow a diss track he had dropped in April as part of the highly dramatic beef earlier this year.Key Facts
In his new song “Port Antonio,” J. Cole addressed dropping out of the feud in its earliest days, rapping he “pulled the plug because I’ve seen where that was ’bout to go” and that “lines were crossed, perhaps regrettably,” appearing to suggest the feud became too personal.
“They wanted blood, they wanted clicks to make they pockets grow,” J. Cole raps, echoing comments he made in April that he felt pressured to release a diss track against Lamar because “the world wanna see blood,” but he raps in his new song that he still “walked away with all they blood on me.”
He said he understands “the thirst of being first that made them both swing,” referring to their clash over status—the feud began with Lamar dissing Drake and J.
