J. Cole has made more headlines for his onstage antics after forgetting some of his lyrics while performing with fellow Dreamville rapper Bas.
Bas had a show at Irving Plaza in New York City on Tuesday night (April 9) and brought out Cole as a surprise guest.
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During his appearance, the North Carolina rap star attempted to perform his verse on Basā 2018 hit āTribe,ā but seemingly struggled to remember his rhymes.
āYāall go ahead and help me out,ā Cole said on stage, while looking to Bas and the crowd to give him a helping hand.
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Fans were quick to react to the viral moment, with some jokingly blaming the mishap on his controversial apology to Kendrick Lamar.
āDelete this bro idk how much more I can take,ā one fan wrote.
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Another said: ā@kendricklamar you gave the boy concussion!!! This Kendrick fault 1 punch. Our goat got cte,ā while someone else joked: āBruh really āfalling off.'ā
J. Cole made his entrance at Basā show after the Too High to Riot rapper welcomed a fan on stage to perform Coleās verse on their 2013 collaboration āLit.ā
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Halfway through the verse, Cole caught the fan and the rest of the crowd off guard by appearing on stage without warning.
As well as āTribeā and āLit,ā Bas and J. Cole also performed their latest collaboration āH.Y.B.ā off Coleās Might Delete Later mixtape, which dropped last week.
J. Cole surprised a fan during Basā show at Irving Plaza tonight š¤© pic.twitter.com/6fVQO7tRrP
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J. Cole and Bas perform āH.Y.B.ā off āMight Delete Laterā at Irving Plaza pic.twitter.com/Y9aurW1JYt
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Itās the closing track on that project that has made J. Cole the center of attention lately, with the Dreamville boss firing back at Kendrick Lamar on ā7 Minute Drillā in response to his blistering verse on Future and Metro Boominās āLike That.ā
However, just days after its release, Cole retracted his diss song and issued an apology to Kendrick during his headlining set at Dreamville Festival ā drawing criticism from fans and peers alike.
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āIām so proud of [Might Delete Later], except for one part. Itās one part of that shit that makes me feel like, man thatās the lamest shit I did in my fuckinā life, right? And I know this is not what a lot of people want to hear,ā he told the crowd.
āI was conflicted because: one, I know my heart and I know how I feel about my peers. These two n-ggas that I just been blessed to even stand beside in this game, let alone chase they greatness. So I felt conflicted ācause Iām like, bruh, I donāt even feel no way. But the world wanna see blood.ā
He continued: āThat shit disrupts my fucking peace. So what I want to say right here tonight is in the midst of me doing that, trying to find a little angle and downplay this n-ggaās fucking catalog and his greatness, I want to say right now tonight, how many people think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest motherfuckers to ever touch a fucking microphone? Dreamville, yāall love Kendrick Lamar, correct? As do I.ā
āI just want to come up here and publicly be like, bruh, that was the lamest, goofiest shit. I say all that to say it made me feel like 10 years ago when I was moving incorrectly. And I pray that God will line me back up on my purpose and on my path. I pray that my n-gga really didnāt feel no way and if he did, my n-gga, I got my chin out. Take your best shot. Iāma take that shit on the chin, boy. Do what you do.
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āAll good. Itās love. And I pray that yāall forgive a n-gga for the misstep and I can get back to my true path. Because I aināt gonna lie to yāall, the past two days felt terrible. It let me know how good Iāve been sleeping for the past 10 years.ā