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The Reason J. Cole Got in a Fight With Diddy Back in 2013

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J. Cole famously doesn’t like to get into beef. He apologized for even getting involved in the ugly war of words between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. At the very least, it helped inspire the making of The Fall-Off. “2 years ago, after the events that still feed the algorithm to this day, I became incredibly re-inspired, and the album slowly blossomed into a double disc as the concept expanded,” he shared before the album’s release.

Otherwise, Cole really doesn’t like getting into problems. His biggest enemies at one point were Lil Pump and Kanye West, who made rivals out of seemingly everyone for years. Consequently, it’s really odd to look back and remember that J. Cole got into a scuffle with Diddy back in 2013.

According to a report from Complex, the........

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