J. Cole and Diddy re-enact notorious VMAs after-party altercation
J. Cole and Diddy have re-enacted their notorious 2013 VMAs after-party altercation in a brand new social media video.
Diddy took to Instagram on Wednesday (June 9) to share a video of him and Cole jokingly squaring up to one another on a balcony.
The pair began off by posing for {a photograph} collectively when Cole positioned himself right into a preventing stance catching Diddy off guard. The pair then laughed in regards to the incident with clenched fists as they stared one another down.
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The clip comes after Cole confirmed the long-rumoured altercation, which passed off at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2013, on new observe ‘Let Go My Hand’, that includes Bas and 6LACK.
Taken from his new album ‘The Off-Season’ – his first LP since 2018’s ‘KOD’ – Cole raps: “Saved a tricky manner on the floor however was principally simply pretendin’/ Fortunately my bluff was workin’ manner as a rule.
“However typically a n***a pulled my card, tryna expose me for a fraud/ And with my fame at stake/ I used to be scufflin’ simply to save lots of face/ Couple wins, couple losses, some damaged up too fast to name it.
Cole then says: “Final scrap was with Puff Daddy, who would’ve thought it?”
“I purchased that n***a album in seventh grade and performed it a lot/ You’ll’ve thought my favorite rapper was Puff/ Again then I ain’t know shit, now I do know an excessive amount of.”
Diddy later ends ‘Let Go My Hand’ with a prayer, suggesting that he and Cole had buried the hatchet over the incident.
Rumours on the time of the incident claimed that the altercation passed off as a result of Cole was defending Kendrick Lamar. Cole’s supervisor and Dreamville Information co-founder Ibrahim “IB” Hamad, not too long ago debunked these theories on an episode of the Say Less podcast.
“It was undoubtedly not like he was defending Kendrick or one thing,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t like, ‘Don’t discuss to Kendrick like that!’ Kendrick was there, Prime was there, [Jay-Z] was there, Beyoncé was there. Me and Cole. You understand, grown males received a bit heated. All I keep in mind is, me and [JAY-Z] taking a look at one another like, ‘Oh, these n***as ‘bout to struggle.’ After which simply being like, ‘Oh no that is ‘bout to occur.’ I’ll depart it at that.”
He continued: “You wanna know the humorous half? That was a VMA celebration, everybody was there. Angela Yee was actually on the desk. I fuck with Yee, however she received Rumor Report and shit. Strolling out of there I’m like, ‘Oh this about to be baaad.’ However for some purpose nobody had a digital camera out, a pair individuals was speaking about it, however you realize.”
In the meantime, final week, J. Cole shared a video for his new observe ‘Punchin’ The Clock’ – you’ll be able to watch it right here.