Kanye West can't stand J. Cole or his music. He already dissed him in the recent past and continued to bash him during a livestream with Top5.
Ye had bad things to say about Kendrick Lamar as well.
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"I hate J. Cole, it can't even be called music."
"Anybody that has Kendrick as one of their favorite rappers don't know about rap." pic.twitter.com/VMVXI2gPSq
"I hate J. Cole. It can’t even be called music. I hate J. Cole," said Ye. "And it’s something about both J. Cole and Kendrick that kinda, that leaves me sorta like, it reminds me of each other and sh*t like that. It’s just not that sauce to me ... Anybody that say Kendrick is one of their favorite rappers, don’t know about rap, doesn’t know about real rap."
Ye's Cole and Kendrick hate could be genuine. Or, it could be his way to get back on Drake's good side since he's been kissing up to him lately.
A third theory, which is probably the most probable, is that Ye wants to say the most controversial things he can think of.
What do you think is behind his Cole and Kendrick rant?