🎵 J. Cole Tries to Get the Last Word in Kendrick-Drake Beef

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It’s been five months since the Kendrick and Drake beef came to a head. We wrote about it here and here, but we’ve since moved on. So much time has passed that we often forget J, Cole was once tangled in the feud before bowing out in the most disappointing way. Yet, while everyone else has moved forward, Cole seems stuck in the past.

Despite taking shots at Kendrick on “7 Minute Drill” from the rather awful mixtape Might Delete Later, Cole exited the beef in early April — almost as soon as it began — in what was likely an attempt to show maturity. But now, his authenticity is in…