J. Cole Faces Backlash for Transphobic Lyric on New Project
J. Cole Called Out for Transphobic LyricOn Friday (April 5), J. Cole dropped the surprise project Might Delete Later. On the offering, the Dreamville head honcho links up with Ab-Soul and Daylyt on the track “Pi,” which finds Cole spitting lyrics many people deem transphobic.
“Is you a demon or is that demeanor for the ‘Gram? Tell us/They plead the fifth, I’m seeing hints of a trans fella,” Cole raps. “In cancel culture’s vicinity, he’s no killer, trust me/Beneath his chosen identity, there is still a p*y, period.”
People on X, formerly known as Twitter, have been sounding off about the line.
“J. COLE YOU HAVE TRANS FANS AND YOU ARE LETTING THEM DOWN,” one X user wrote.
“We gonna look back at this one day and say ‘Damn J Cole really went after a random trans man cause of a Kendrick diss,'” another person opined.
We gonna look back at this one day and say
“Damn J Cole really went after a random trans man cause of a Kendrick diss”— S.L.T.D. (Intuition Era) (@Solitude1x) April 5, 2024
“J Cole using trans bars against Kendrick is not smart considering Kendrick had a whole song dedicated to his trans family members on his last album,” another post reads. “He told us his Auntie is a man now & he popped off on the pastor for bothering his cousin… so? Hmm not very smart. Sad actually!”
J Cole using trans bars against Kendrick is not smart considering Kendrick had a whole song dedicated to his trans family members on his last album. He told us his Auntie is a man now & he popped off on the pastor for bothering his cousin… so? Hmm not very smart. Sad actually! pic.twitter.com/0WjzyCgbh7
— Tori Nicks 2.0 (@MajestyRia) April 5, 2024
J. Cole Disses Kendrick Lamar on “7 Minute Drill”While fans are presuming the trans line is a shot at Kendrick Lamar, Cole left little doubt he was talking about Kendrick on the song “7 Minute Drill,” a response to K-Dot’s diss on “Like That.”
“He still doin’ shows, but fell off like The Simpsons,” Cole spits. “Your first st was classic/Your last st was tragic/Your second st put n*as to sleep, but they gassed it/Your third st was massive and that was your prime/I was trailing right behind and I just now hit mine/Now I’m front of the line with a comfortable lead/How ironic? Soon as I got it, now he wants something with me.”
Listen to J. Cole’s “Pi” and see reactions below.
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Kendrick did a whole 7 minute epic about accepting his trans relatives
J Cole just did 8 transphobic bars
— the ghost of dan (@DanielLaRiva9) April 5, 2024
why is J COLE worried about whose trans when the only thing he need to be worried about is a RETWIST
— J (@thecuspofcooli) April 5, 2024
Woke up to J. Cole calling Kendrick a trans man. May the rest of your day be better than J. Cole.
— silly goose magoo 🧸 (@ShowinmadLov) April 5, 2024
kendrick lamar: youre a bum
j. cole: i hate the trans community and you— Dontavious Cheeks (@Succmoody) April 5, 2024
J. Cole really had to resort to dissing trans women to diss Kendrick? 😷
The dirty DL look makes all the sense in the world now. You better go girl
— July Daly (@DalyJuly69) April 5, 2024
