Music artiste, Wiz Khalifa, has shared his thoughts on hip hop in general, and J Cole’s legacy in the industry in particular, after appearing on Club Shay Shay.
Wiz Khalifa came up during the same blog rap era that produced the likes of Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and J Cole, and though he may no longer be as relevant as the “Big Three,” he’s uniquely qualified to speak on their careers.
When Shannon Sharpe asked Wiz Khalifa how he felt about Cole’s apology, the Dreamville veteran infamously took down his diss against Kendrick Lamar and deemed it the “wackest sh*t” of his career.
Wiz admitted that, as a rapper, he wasn’t very into what J Cole did. “In hip hop, according to the rules,” Wiz Khalifa posited. “Nah, hell nah. You’re not supposed to do that.” However, the Pittsburgh legend felt that what J Cole did was a smart move on a human level. “In real life, you can take back some sh*t that you said,” he admitted.
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Wiz Khalifa also felt J Cole proved himself to be the “bigger person” by apologizing. “It takes a bigger man to actually be like, ‘I don’t want no problems,'” he explained. “In real life, I f*ck with it… I’ll let other people do the hip hop thing.” Wiz Khalifa falls into the majority of rappers when it comes to assessing J Cole’s apology.
While it was generally frowned upon at the time, Cole’s decision to apologize has since been praised for being a mature decision.
Wiz Khalifa also weighed in on Drake, the third person in the “Big Three” discussion. He was asked what he thought about the 6 God’s motions against UMG and Spotify. Without missing a beat, the rapper argued that Drake has always been the same person. “Naw, it sounds like a Drake move to me,” he quipped. He, however, did praise the rapper’s business acumen, though. “He’s a musician and a businessman in my eyes,” he added. “I mean it’s a smart thing to do.”
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