An notorious 2013 battle between J. Cole and Diddy included the Dangerous Boy founder allegedly threatening to “slit” the emcee’s throat, based on an interview carried out earlier than information of Diddy’s indictment.
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When you can recall, anarchy ensued after the 2013 VMA’s when J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar bumped into Diddy at an after-party. An incensed Diddy reportedly took difficulty with Kendrick dubbing himself the “King of New York” on his viral “Management” verse and a state of affairs popped off inflicting J. Cole to intervene.
On the time of the incident, reviews surfaced that Diddy tried to pour a drink on Kendrick, and Cole stopped him inflicting a scuffle between their respective entourages.
Terrance “Punch” Henderson Doesn’t Title Names However Seemingly Says Diddy Threatened To Minimize J. Cole’s Throat
In current days Prime Dawg Leisure president Terrance “Punch” Henderson‘s story concerning the incident has picked up steam, even earlier than the alarming information of Diddy’s indictment on prices of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking, and transportation to interact in prostitution.
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Punch isn’t the primary to inform the story of this scuffle, nonetheless, HipHopDx reviews that on the R&B Cash podcast, Punch stated that Diddy allegedly threatened to extra than simply his arms on the time.
In the course of the podcast’s “I Ain’t Saying No Names” section, Punch set the scene for hosts Tank and J. Valentine with juuuust sufficient element for us to fill within the blanks.
“The homie simply did this music, proper?” he stated referencing Kendrick Lamar. “Piss the gang of individuals off. All people was mad at it. When the music got here out, he was abroad, then he got here again to the States. First place we stopped in was New York Metropolis and the very first thing we do is say, ‘Let’s go to the membership’ as a result of we wish to verify the temperature, see what everyone was on — L.A. stuff,” Punch added about Kendrick’s industry-shaking “Management” verse.
“We get to the membership. One of many homies approached us and [was] speaking about this explicit report. So we’re going backwards and forwards: ‘Oh, it’s not private. It’s simply this, this and that. It’s cool, no matter, no matter,’” he continued.
“One other one of many homies stroll up, he look drunk [and] stated, ‘Yeah, y’all n***as must trip and preserve it on wax or no matter, no matter, no matter.’ So the 2 dudes who approached, they get into a bit of backwards and forwards, little argument with one another now. What we didn’t know is that they obtained into an argument earlier than we obtained there. They have been persevering with it,” Punch stated, seemingly referring to Diddy and J. Cole.
See what Punch seemingly stated about Diddy and J. Cole going from exchanging phrases to alleged cutthroat threats after the flip.
Punch Seemingly Says Diddy Threatened To Minimize J. Cole’s Throat Earlier than A Battle Broke Out
A number of reviews from that night time claimed that Diddy was misplaced within the Ciroc sauce, which could have escalated the state of affairs. Punch stated they have been surrounded by “the entrance row of the Grammys” in VIP. “The ratio from superstar to common particular person was like 70-30, possibly. Each part was stuffed with celebrities. Music folks, film folks, no matter,” stated Punch.
“The homie that obtained into it with the opposite one, he’s sitting two steps down from me on the sofa,” he descrbed. “Then they got here again to him, those who obtained an altercation earlier. He was like, ‘Yeah, and should you ever say what you stated to me earlier, n***a, I’ll—’ and he grabbed a bottle from the desk trigger he obtained all the alcohol. And he stated, ‘What you gon’ do? Hit me on my head with a bottle?’ ‘Like nah, I’m gonna break [it] on the desk, I’m gonna reduce your throat,’” Punch recalled.
The movie-like second solely obtained extra heated from there.
“It was getting tense. So the n-gga standing on the bottom reached up and tried to seize dude by the neck. So dude reached round and fired on him and so they each fell on the desk, knocking all of the drinks over. All these celebrities are right here in a single spot. It’s a scuffle now, an enormous scuffle,” Punch stated.
When Punch spilled the tea about this second again in 2022, he named names on My Knowledgeable Opinion.
The previous foes reconciled and even joked concerning the battle in 2021 with a playful reenactment. In a since-deleted Instagram publish, Diddy jokingly squared up with J.Cole whereas posing for photographs collectively.
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Cole additionally addressed the altercation with Diddy and their mended relationship on The Off Season.
“My final scrap was with Puff Daddy, who would’ve thought it?” he raps on the music. “I purchased that n-gga album in seventh grade and performed it a lot/You’d’ve thought my favourite rapper was Puff/Again then I ain’t know shit, now I do know an excessive amount of,” he rapped on “Let Go My Hand.
Diddy additionally graced the album on the outro, formally ending the meat with a prayer. The reunion is much more spectacular after Punch added one other element about how severe that battle was.
