On the track set to appear on his upcoming album, the rapper blasts white musicians in hip-hop, saying they've 'snatched the sound' of black artists.
- December 4, 2014
AceShowbiz -
J. Cole takes aim at several white rappers on his new song called "Fire Squad". The track, along with other cuts off the upcoming "2014 Forest Hills Drive", leaked online just one week before the album arrives on December 9.
On the track, the rapper name drops the likes of Eminem, Macklemore, Justin Timberlake and Iggy Azalea as he talks about white musicians having their music atop the charts and winning all the awards.
"History repeats itself and that's just how it goes/ Same way that these rappers always bite each others flows/ Same thing that my n***a Elvis did with Rock n Roll/ Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and then Macklemore," he raps at one point. "While silly n***as argue over who gone snatch the crown/ Look around my n***a white people have snatched the sound."
"This year I'll prolly go to the awards dappered down/ Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile," he adds and concludes his complaint with, "I'm just playin/ But all good jokes contain true s**t/ Same rope you climb up on they hang you with."
Cole's "2014 Forest Hills Drive" album was titled after his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina which he recently bought for $121,000. To promote the LP, the 29-year-old performer recently invited his new neighbors for private listening parties at the house.
