{"id":302086,"date":"2026-02-25T22:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/302086\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:21:08","slug":"joe-budden-says-he-was-happy-j-coles-honda-civic-broke-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/302086\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Budden Says He Was \u2018Happy\u2019 J. Cole\u2019s Honda Civic Broke Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/joe-budden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Budden<\/a> wasn\u2019t impressed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/j-cole\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J. Cole<\/a>\u2019s decision to drive his old Honda Civic as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/tracewilliamcowen\/j-cole-trunk-sale-tour-charts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trunk Sale Tour<\/a> rollout for his new album, The Fall Off.<\/p>\n<p>The podcast host even admitted he was pleased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/jaelaniturnerwilliams\/j-cole-swarm-fans-phoenix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when the car broke down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the former rapper shared his blunt reaction to the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody in the world that could not be happier that J. Cole Civic broke down, it\u2019s me,\u201d Budden said. \u201cI jumped for joy when the news came across my feed that J. Cole and this stupid performative ass Civic broke down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole has been using an old-school Honda Civic as part of his recent rollout, saying it\u2019s the same car he owned early in his career before becoming a global star. Budden, however, questioned the authenticity behind the gesture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was fake humble,\u201d he said. \u201cStop with this \u2018I\u2019m rich, but I relate to you\u2019 \u2026 You selling a lot of records and lying to my face in the process with this Civic shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Budden also reacted to reports that fans visited the mechanic shop while the car was being repaired in Phoenix, turning the breakdown into part of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJ. Cole fans going to make me hate them too,\u201d Budden said. \u201cJermaine Cole in this Civic is stupid. I\u2019m glad it broke down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Budden praised Kendrick Lamar for how he incorporated a vehicle into his narrative, pointing to Kendrick\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/markelibert\/gnx-kendrick-lamar-album-name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">use of the Buick GNX<\/a> for his most recent album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Kendrick wanted to put a car in the story, boy did he pick a cool one,\u201d Budden said. \u201cKendrick story that he put to the GNX was gangster.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Budden wasn\u2019t impressed by J. Cole\u2019s decision to drive his old Honda Civic as part of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-302086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}