J. Cole revealed that he had originally planned for Kendrick Lamar to feature twice on his album, “The Fall-Off”, but those plans were derailed after their relationship took a turn for the worse in 2024.
He opened up about their widely discussed feud during an appearance on Cam’ron’s “Talk With Flee” show on Tuesday (March 24).
During the interview, Cam’ron brought up Lamar’s diss aimed at Cole on Metro Boomin and Future’s track “Like That” and asked for Cole’s thoughts on hearing it for the first time.
He recalled: “My first reaction is, ‘That sh*t is hard.’ Like, it’s a hard ass verse. Undeniably. The beat crazy, the song is ill. He went crazy. That’s my first reaction. I don’t know what I’m listening for. I’m like, ‘That sh*t is tough.’ My second reaction is, ‘Not now, n***a.’ My second reaction is like, ‘No, n***a. This is inconvenient for me.'”
“Right at that time, I had just got off tour with Drake. I had went on tour with Drake. We did that, and I had Might Delete Later in the chamber… as a mixtape. And then, I had The Fall-Off finished. I probably had to tweak a couple mixes, but I had this album finished.”
From that point, he shared that Kendrick Lamar contributed to two separate tracks on the album.
J. Cole later reworked “The Fall-Off” and officially released it on February 6, 2026. The project featured collaborations with Burna Boy, Erykah Badu, Future, Morray, Petey Pablo, PJ, and Tems.
During the discussion, Cole also opened up about his current relationships with Kendrick Lamar and Drake. While he expressed that he still cares deeply for both artists, he admitted that they donāt communicate as frequently these days.
“I genuinely love these n****s, but I’m not gonna act like we’ve been communicating and talking,” Cole admitted.
“I’ve had conversations with them post-everything, but it’s not like it’s a lot. That’s me not knowing where they at, me assuming because I’ve heard X, Y, and Z, but it has nothing to do with how I actually feel. I genuinely love these n****s, I be wanting to shoot off a text. I ain’t gon’ lie. Even saying that on the mic is kinda lame to me, but it is my truth.”
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