After getting teased for a while now, J. Cole finally released his album, The Off Season. His first since the release of KOD back in 2018. So you can only imagine that real Cole fans have been dying for a new album. I couldn’t keep my eyes open yesterday waiting for it to drop, so I had to enjoy it this morning on my way to work.
There is a lot to say of the album, like hearing Camron randomly on there. But the thing that caught my attention the most is when Cole referenced his fight with Diddy on ‘let.go.my.hand’. Mind you this alleged fight happened way back in 2013 at an after party for MTV VMA. There were rumors circulating about the whole thing, but they were denied by both Puff and Cole.
Back then it was crazy to even imagine J. Cole fighting and fighting Diddy at that. But there were too much noise about this going around for it to be totally untrue. But today we got a confirmation from Cole himself.
On the track Cole raps “But sometimes a nigga pulled my card, tryna expose me for a fraud/And with my reputation at stake, I was scufflin’ just to save face. Couple wins, couple losses/Some broken up too quick to call it/My last scrap was with Puff Daddy, who would’ve thought it?/I bought that nigga album in seventh grade and played it so much/You would’ve thought my favorite rapper was Puff/Back then I ain’t know shit, now I know too much.”
So it appears that the rumors were true after all. One thing we need to find out now is what the reason was.
But all is cool between the two in 2021 as Diddy appears on the outro of ‘let.go.my.hand.’
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