{"id":133707,"date":"2025-11-13T22:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/133707\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T22:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:46:07","slug":"wale-recalls-j-cole-getting-really-mad-on-jay-z-tour-ill-never-forget-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/133707\/","title":{"rendered":"Wale Recalls J. Cole Getting &#8220;Really Mad&#8221; On JAY-Z Tour: &#8220;I&#8217;ll Never Forget That&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/j-cole\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J. Cole<\/a> may have a reputation for being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMauzzIt4rj\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a chill guy<\/a>, but even he can lose his cool every once in a while \u2014 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/wale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on the latest episode of UPROXX\u2019s Sound Check series, the D.C. rapper recalls watching his longtime friend and collaborator get \u201creally mad\u201d during <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/nas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JAY-Z<\/a>\u2018s The Blueprint 3 Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoy, I got some stories. You know Cole \u2014 he might hate me for this \u2014 he\u2019s so calm. Nobody has ever seen Cole lose his temper. Ever. Oh, boy!\u201d says Wale, who was an opening act on the 2009\/2010 tour alongside Cole, <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/jeezy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeezy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/nerd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">N.E.R.D.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/trey-songz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trey Songz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last day of tour, we go to Jay\u2019s suite or something, everybody\u2019s up there. We had to leave \u2014 it was me, Ib [Cole\u2019s manager], Trey [Songz] and somebody else. We get down by the bus and all I remember is Cole going at it with the tour manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBro, to this day I\u2019ve never seen him that mad! He was really mad. I\u2019ll never forget that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Wale doesn\u2019t divulge what made J. Cole so angry, he does add: \u201cAll I know is I was just in shock. This guy\u2019s always telling me I\u2019m crazy. Like, you crazy too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the episode, Wale picks between classic songs from JAY-Z, <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/the-notorious-b-i-g\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biggie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/lauryn-hill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lauryn Hill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Future<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/juvenile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juvenile<\/a> and more as host Jeremy Hecht attempts to grasp his music taste and figure out his \u201clifetime anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Folarin fans may fall in love with their own new favorite song on his eight album Everything is a Lot, which hits streaming services this Friday (November 14).<\/p>\n<p>Led by the singles \u201cBlanco,\u201d \u201cCity On Fire\u201d and \u201cBelly,\u201d the 18-track project boasts an eclectic supporting cast that includes Leon Thomas, Ty Dolla $ign, Shaboozey, BNYX and Nino Paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the underlying things is how heavy everything is in the world around me, my personal life, and the industry,\u201d he said of the album in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/wale-announce-everything-is-a-lot-album-interview-1236048208\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>. \u201cI carried all of that with me and got it out of my system through this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"J. 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