J. Cole Admits He Was a Soulja Boy Hater, Soulja Boy Fires Back

November 4, 2023 692 59 5

J. Cole admitted in a recent interview that he was a Soulja Boy hater, and now Soulja Boy is firing back.

J. Cole Says He Used to Be a Soulja Boy Hater

On Thursday (Nov. 2), J. Cole went on Lil Yachty and Mitch’s A Safe Place Podcast and spoke about his feature on Drake’s “First Line Shooter,” Lil Yachty’s former diss track against him and much more. Somewhere in the two-hour interview, however, the North Carolina rapper revealed that he used to dislike Soulja Boy’s 2007 hit single “Crank Dat,” after Lil Yachty talked about Cole’s record “Everybody Dies,” which allegedly served as a diss track toward emerging mumble rappers.

In the interview, which can be seen below, Cole states at the 11:51-mark of the video that when the record first debuted, he didn’t find Soulja Boy’s “Crank Dat” sonically pleasing before taking accountability for not being open to the new microgenres in hip-hop.

“Around the time Soulja Boy came out, I don’t know how this happened but, I had a realization within myself ’cause I’m hearing that s**t and I’m like ‘Man this s**t, Soulja Boy tell em”, ” J. Cole stated. “Sounds crazy to say now ’cause it’s such a classic to me. But at that time I had resistance. Similar to when you came out and your class came out, I had resistance., ‘Nah that’s not the thing that I love. Like what? Y’all f**king with this?’ I was one of them.

He continued: “But there was a part of me that had a realization. I was proud of myself for this realization. So I was like ‘Bruh, you a hater. Like, yo you are literally hating. You know you like this s**t.'”

Soulja Boy Claps Back at J. Cole

Despite J. Cole’s changed views on Soulja Boy’s music, the 33-year-old rapper still wanted to air his grievance with Cole after witnessing the interview. On Saturday (Nov. 4), Soulja Boy hopped on X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote a tweet directed at J. Cole and told him not to mention him in any conversation.

“Aye bruh don’t speak on me @JColeNC,” Soujia Boy tweeted, which can be seen below, “I’m not lil pump, drake, or none of these rapper n***az. On God.”