Charlamagne Tha God Calls Out J. Cole For His Bars About JID

Charlamagne Tha God mentioned J. Cole‘s new Birthday Blizzard ’26 venture on the most recent episode of The Breakfast Club, weighing in on the Dreamville rapper’s bars about JID. On the track, “99 Build Freestyle,” Cole raps, “If hip-hop is again, JID ought to chart platinum / Anything lower than that, it means y’all cappin’.”

Charlamagne started by praising JID’s newest album, God Does Like Ugly. “It is attention-grabbing to listen to the proprietor of a label speak like that when the advertising and the promotion, he will help with that,” he continued. “J. Cole may’ve executed extra appearances with JID. He may’ve put his arm round JID much more, most likely do some extra information with him. There’s methods J. Cole may’ve used his gentle and his stardom to amplify God Does Like Ugly.”

JID dropped God Does Like Ugly again in August 2025. It peaked at No. 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart and secured a nomination for Best Rap Album on the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

J. Cole might be releasing The Fall-Off on Friday, February sixth. He lastly introduced the venture, earlier this month, after years of anticipation. He additionally put out the primary single from his new album, “Disc 2 Track 2.”

His bars about JID aren’t the one lyrics from Birthday Blizzard ’26 which were inflicting headlines. On the track, “Golden Goose Freestyle,” he seemingly references Drake. “Lotta rappers make dough then be liable to lose it / For crumbs, dumb n****s offered their soul to Lucian… N****s cheatin’ and I received’t еxcuse it / If I stated it then I wrote it, silly,” he raps, referencing Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge. Drake is at present pursuing a lawsuit towards the corporate.

He additionally raps: “If the streams say you winnin,’ why your excursions is losin’? / When the maths ain’t mathin’, after all you’re juicin’ / That imply the bots is boostin’ / Cut the robust man picture, it’s not conducive / To breathe and don’t gamble together with your life ‘trigger the opps is cruisin’ / Word to Mike Vick, your canine may get sh*t for losin’.”