When Canibus apologised to J Cole for his diss

Many cultural figures have taken to social media to mock and denounce J Cole for apologising to Kendrick Lamar after releasing a diss observe geared toward him. Throughout a efficiency at his Dreamville Fest in Raleigh, Cole advised the group that he regretted recording the track ‘7 Minute Drill’ which hears the emcee hearth a number of photographs on the LA native. 

Whereas taking a break onstage, Cole defined to the group his emotions about his most recent mixtape, Might Delete Later, stating, “I’m so proud of that project except for one part [but] there’s one part of that sh*t that makes me feel like, ‘Man, that’s the lamest sh*t I ever did in my f*cking life.’”

Nonetheless, amidst the backlash and condemnation, one rapper got here out to defend J Cole, and that’s Bronx emcee Canibus. Born in Jamaica and raised within the Bronx, the rapper (Germaine Williams) is an underappreciated but artistically distinctive East Coast emcee whom Cole has cited as an affect.

Because the Dreamville founder bought lambasted by critics for apologising, Williams revealed that he as soon as apologised for a diss observe. Extra particularly, one geared toward Cole that he launched in 2011.

Within the early 2010s, when J Cole first entered the mainstream, he cited that Canibus had impressed him. Nonetheless, his framing of the Bronx rapper as a at the moment irrelevant artist from the previous infuriated Williams, who launched a diss observe named ‘J Clone’.

Canibus recommended that as an alternative of stating that he was impressed by him and insinuating he was irrelevant, Cole ought to have collaborated with him. On ‘J Clone’ Williams rapped, “If it ain’t a threat, then it must be a promise / You said my name so much, they think you being honest / It’s more than that, we could’ve recorded a track / You could give me a stack for a verse just like that.”

Nonetheless, merely two days after the observe’s launch, Williams apologised to Cole in an identical method to how he’s now apologising to Kendrick Lamar. Commenting about his remorse in 2011, Canibus said, “I’ve seen thousands and thousands of comments about this J Cole track and all of the negativity it’s stirring up. After 48 hours of it, I feel confident enough to say that it’s unanimous. Hip-hop has spoken up loud and clear.”

He concluded, “It’s a Cole world right now, and you’re reigning champ, J. I take full responsibility for my actions, and I apologise for stepping over the line. It comes off as tacky, unsophisticated, and it’s just not G. I love hip-hop too much to further justify my selfish behaviour.”

Though Canibus has come out to defend Cole, many figures such as DJ Akademiks and Joe Budden are nonetheless blasting J Cole for what they understand as a weak manoeuvre to keep away from a rap battle. You possibly can hear Canibus’ ‘J Clone’ beneath.