Joe Biden Draws Comparisons to J. Cole After Dropping Out of 2024 Presidential Race
Social media had a field day with President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the upcoming presidential election on Sunday (July 21). A contingent of hip-hop fans even compared Biden to J. Cole when the rapper backtracked from a Kendrick Lamar feud in April.
The floodgates opened on X, with some using the Dreamville boss as a way to explain Biden dropping out in rap terms, while others capitalized on the news by Photoshopping Biden onto Cole’s image during the rapper’s Dreamville Fest speechrevealing he’d be walking back his Kendrick Lamar diss “7 Minute Drill.”
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“Biden watched what backing out of a battle did for J. Cole and said y’all go have fun,” one person tweeted
Others weren’t too happy with the comparisons: “F–k all y’all disrespecting J Cole and photoshopping him on Biden that s–t lame lol y’all wild and I’ll fight y’all.”
Just a couple of days after attacking Kendrick Lamar and his discography on Might Delete Later‘s “7 Minute Drill,” Cole pulled the troops back and called the move “the lamest s–t” he’s done in his life in front of thousands of fans at his Dreamville Fest.
“I’m so proud of [Might Delete Later], except for one part. It’s one part of that s–t that makes me feel like, man that’s the lamest s–t I did in my f–king life, right? And I know this is not what a lot of people want to hear,” he began. “I was conflicted because, one, I know my heart and I know how I feel about my peers, these two n—as that I just been blessed to even stand beside in this game, let alone chase they greatness. So I felt conflicted ’cause I’m like, bruh I don’t even feel no way. But the world wanna see blood. I don’t know if y’all can feel that, but the world wanna see blood.”
Cole continued: “That s–t don’t sit right with my spirit. “That s–t disrupts my f—ing peace. So what I want to say right here tonight is in the midst of me doing that and in that s–t, trying to find a little angle and downplay this n—a’s f—ing catalog and his greatness, I want to say right now tonight, how many people think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest motherf–kers to ever touch a f—ing microphone? Dreamville, y’all love Kendrick Lamar, correct? As do I.”
Days later, the unofficial “Like That” response “7 Minute Drill” was removed from streaming services, as if it had never happened, and cleared the way for Kendrick and Drake to spar in battle.
In recent weeks, Biden faced mounting pressure from the Democratic party to drop out of the presidential race, after what many critics had called a disastrous performance in his debate against Republican nominee Donald Trump in June.
Up until Sunday, he had insisted that he wouldn’t be leaving the race. After revealing his decision to step aside, the president gave his full support to his Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place in the upcoming election.
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