I mean, if this is who he’s talking about, he actually knew this dude from from HS and this dude has taken personal shots at him. He’s cool with both Drake and Kendrick. I’m not saying the prerequisite to do a rap battle means you hate the other dude, but I can’t recall anyone rap battle where friends are battling. When Cole put out that diss to Kendrick, it sounded forced…like he was doing it just to have a rap battle on his resume like the other greats. He didn’t mean that shyt which is why he pulled out.
That's his own fault for advertising anyone can catch the fade

never said anything about friends were off the table, Kendrick called all of them out on Control while acknowledging they were friends so your point isn't really a point, they all knew Kendrick was fine battling them back then
There's no reason to still be copping pleas for Cole in 2026, he knows it was an indefensible L.
Im just saying putting a diss track out to a nikka you are CLEARLY punching down on is gonna look a way when people on your level stepped up for the fade and you apologized and went into hiding
Cole should've been smart enough to know nothing even resembling a diss should've been on this project. That's what made me go back to thinking about it