First, Nicki Minaj received her Barbz to back off. Then, she received Soulja Boy to apologize to J. Cole.
Soulja Boy, 33, issued a “mea culpa” late on Monday, November 6, after going off on Cole, 38, over a perceived slight. Cole just lately mentioned he was first a Soulja Boy “hater,” however now’s an “appreciator,” which prompted Soulja Boy to spend a couple of days clapping again. Nevertheless, he had a change of coronary heart after happening Instagram Dwell with Minaj, 40, on Monday.
Minaj jumped on Soulja Boy’s reside to debate their very own perceived falling out, and it seems the 2 chatted after the session. “Nicki simply advised me I took what he mentioned unsuitable,” wrote Soulja Boy on X (previously Twitter), “and that he was exhibiting love. So, I’m gonna let it go. My unhealthy, y’all. I actually thought the dude was hating on me.”
Soulja Boy sent a public message to J. Cole quickly after. “My unhealthy, dawg. [J. Cole] sorry for the confusion. Preserve doing all your s—t. We [are] from two totally different worlds,” he wrote. “I stand on what I stand on [and] it’s laborious coming from the place I did, man. I handled loads of hate my complete profession, so it was simply messed [up] to assume it will come from you [100 emoji].”
The tiff between Soulja Boy and Cole started earlier this month after the latter appeared on Lil Yachty and MitchGoneMad‘s “A Secure Place” podcast. “My actual buddies [were] taking part in Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon when he got here out,” mentioned Cole. “Regardless of the f—ok was poppin, no matter new rendition of Black tradition was penetrating — like, music arising, within the South, they was on.”
Cole mentioned that he had “resistance” to that music — together with Soulja Boy’s — till he heard it blasting on the events. Listening to it turned him round.
“I turned from a hater to an appreciator. Like, what can I discover that’s superb about this? What can I discover that’s good about this? What can I discover that’s happening?” mentioned Cole. “That s—t modified me as an artist. I grew to become a greater artist.”
Soulja Boy solely picked up on a part of the dialog. “Aye bruh, don’t communicate on me [J. Cole],” he posted on X (previously Twitter) on Saturday, November 4. “I’m not Lil Pump, Drake, or none of those rapper n—s. On God.” Soulja Boy additionally mocked Cole’s age by stating he was “2 away from 40.” He additionally mocked J. Cole for having a 360 deal and the way Drake gave him his first No. 1 (“First Individual Shooter”), whereas he had a solo No. 1 record.
He went on Instagram Dwell to fireplace off a profane rant in opposition to Cole. “It don’t matter what the f—ok you want, J. Cole,” mentioned Soulja Boy. “You silly bitch. It don’t matter should you don’t just like the track at first, now you prefer it now, who offers a f—ok? Who the f—ok is you, n—, you ain’t God. You ain’t no one, n—. You ain’t purchased my album, you ain’t signal me. You ain’t put me on. You ain’t put no cash in my pocket, you ain’t do a function with me.”
“I ain’t know you,” he continued. “We ain’t ever met. We ain’t by no means collabed. You ain’t by no means gave me no recreation, you ain’t by no means name me and say, ‘Hey Soulja, let’s hop within the studio and work.’ N—, f—ok you.”
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Soulja Boy went on to say that Cole didn’t do something to learn his profession. “S—t, not a verse, a function, or a observe, a tweet, bitch. I don’t even know you, n—. I ain’t by no means spoke to you a day in my life. However you wanna get on a motherf—king podcast with Lil Yachty … Who offers a f—ok? You was a lame n—. No one by no means listened to J. Cole the place I’m from. Easy. You was like a Jay-Z ass, n—. No one by no means listened to Jay-Z, n—. No one by no means hearken to you lyrical ass n—s. No one give a f—ok.”
After taking a second to overview what Cole mentioned (with some assist from Minaj), Soulja Boy took it again.