{"id":285467,"date":"2026-02-07T09:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/285467\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T09:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:39:10","slug":"j-cole-raps-from-the-personas-of-tupac-biggie-on-what-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/285467\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Cole Raps From the Personas of Tupac, Biggie on ‘What If’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On J. Cole<\/a>‘s just-released album, The Fall-Off,<\/a> there’s a song titled “What If” where the Dreamville leader raps from the perspective of Tupac Shakur<\/a> and Notorious B.I.G.<\/a><\/p>\n

On Friday (Feb. 6), J. Cole dropped his highly-anticipated project, The Fall-Off. One of the many standout tracks on the LP is a song titled “What If” where he raps from the personas of late hip-hop icons, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G.<\/p>\n

On the Beat Butcha and TaeBeast-produced tune, the Dreamville leader lyrically hypothesizes if ‘Pac and Biggie could have reached out to each other to air out their grievances and set their beef aside.<\/p>\n

“The streets is a bit upset\/You claimin’ that you f**ked my bi**h,\u201d Cole spits on the first verse with almost the same cadence as B.I.G. “But, check, instead of escalatin’\/At a time when ni**as say ‘Big, let’s decimate ’em\/I’m tellin’ em chill ’cause although he violatin’\/In my heart, I could never hate ’em\/I love you.”<\/p>\n

On the second verse, the North Carolina rhymer spits from the perspective of Tupac. <\/p>\n

“Know sh*t got outta hand\/I’ll take the blame for it,” Cole raps. “For my mistakes, I couldn’t take you gettin’ slain for it\/For fallin’ victim to ego, vengeance and dollar signs\/I wanna say from the heart, I apologize.”<\/p>\n

J. Cole’s The Fall-Off arrives as a double-disc album concept,<\/a> which represents his “full-circle” as an artist from a once budding MC to now a much wiser and skillful rapper. The 24-song project boasts guest features from Future<\/a>, Erykah Badu<\/a>, Burna Boy<\/a> and Westside Gunn<\/a> as well as production from T-Minus<\/a>, the Alchemist<\/a>, Boi-1da<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n

Listen to J. Cole’s Song “What If” From His New Project The Fall-Off\"XXL<\/p>\n

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