J. Cole Responds to Kendrick Lamar Diss on Hard-Hitting ‘7 Minute Drill’

J. Cole has offered a reply to Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That,” which saw the rapper taking shots at Drake and J. Cole. Drake sort of responded to the diss on his current tour, but Cole took a more direct approach with “7 Minute Drill.”

The track, which closes out his surprise drop Might Delete Later, sees Cole addressing Lamar’s verse. “I got a phone call, they say that somebody dissing / You want some attention, it come with extensions,” he raps. “He still doing shows but fell off like ‘The Simpsons’ / Your first shit was classic, your last shit was tragic / Your second shit put n-s to sleep but they gassed it / Your third shit was massive and that was your prime / I was trailing right behind and I just now hit mine.”

He later references Lamar’s “The Heart” series, rapping, “He averaging one ‘Heart’ verse like every 30 months or something / If he wasn’t dissing, then we wouldn’t be discussing nothin’ / Blood don’t make me have to smoke this n—a ’cause I fuck with him / But push come to shove on this mic I will humble him.”

“Like That” appeared on Future and Metro Boomin’s album, We Don’t Trust You, which dropped last month. On the track, Lamar hops in to take undeniable aim at Drake and J. Cole, declaring, “Yeah get up with me, fuck sneak dissing / ‘First Person Shooter,’ I hope they came with three switches/ Motherfuck the big three, n—a, it’s just big me.” While Lamar’s diss was the most blatant, fans have speculated that both Future and Metro had also taken some shots at Drake on the album. 

The rapper’s “Like That” verse has galvanized rap fans and inspired numerous social-media explainers on Lamar’s references. Earlier this week, the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

Might Delete Later features 12 tracks, with guest appearances by Ari Lennox, Gucci Mane, Bas, Central Cee, and Cam’Ron. It follows Cole’s 2021 LP, The Off-Season.

From Rolling Stone US