J Cole, Drake, Kendrick, Metro, Future, The Apology & We still don’t trust you, Rap beef?| The Pivot 

How you lose a fight but think you won? 😭

"To thy own self be true". Nothing but respect for Cole. He said the comments was toxic from what fans was taking from the beef. If "you" were the catalyst for toxic behavior of others, what would you do.

Hip hop was birthed on MC battles. In the spirit of hip hop J. Cole played himself.

The hardest thing to do in this world is be yourself. Cole chose himself. You don't like it, don't listen to his music anymore. He had to know that bowing out would cause him to get all the ridicule, so to say he's weak is crazy. To deal with all this backlash he has to be a pretty strong individual. I think his idea of proving he's the best is doing verses on tracks together as opposed to rap battles where you have to get your hands dirty. And what's the point of that if you really don't have a personal beef? He jumped out the window too quickly listening to everybody and got himself into something everyone wanted but him. Internet never loses.

Coles is just not thick skinned enough, the relationship might not be close after lyrical warfare enough, he might not think hes good enough or he doesn't really want the crown enough. I do believe he is capable enough to defeat kendrick and drake for the crown, if he truly was competitive.

That was weak homie

From this point forward, he can't rap about being the Best

Stop saying j cole is peaceful, have you been listening to what he been saying in his raps

Seeing how drake responded i really don't think cole was ready for that back and forth yes yes battling yes yes saying hes the best but from already how the line is divided so far and the potential for more people to jump in I think does further the possibly of something bad happening again hope this just rap but after listening to the drake diss and ross going right after don't know how much peace would be going on with cole in the middle of it

Right now, this generation it’s not ready for a real rap culture, they won’t respect it for what it’s, Cole did the right thing because the powers it be want to seeus nothing but divided!

I come from a different era .can't claim the thrown an get a real challenge an step down .rap is a sport an about the craft an lyrics an bars .got to comfortable Doing sub shots big 3 but Really Wanna be up under the actor with ghost writers an keep his pop fan base also .no hate just stay in your lane Theres enough money to go around

This ain’t even yall damn lane why even talk about this shit yall dont know hiphop like that 🚮🗑️🗑️🗑️ oh yeah I know yall clout chasing 😂 boo‼️ 🍅 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅

J Cole Changed rap for the worse I swear anybody taking up for Cole a goofy bro made a whole diss song then said im sorry why record it why hop in the both its not beef it’s a battle nothing more 2 guys going head to head for years Cole been talking his shit waiting on smoke then he taps out cuz it a feel write but you still wrote and recorded and released that’s weak asf Cole should he is weak he fold to peer pressure lol Drake a say a word yet same thing Cole should have did. Now now all of a sudden people talking bout peace and tearing each other down like wtf man Cole is a coward