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J. Cole Comes for Kanye West: Is the Hip-Hop World Turning on Pro-Trump Yeezy?

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The North Carolina rapper’s new diss track “False Prophets” takes aim at ‘Ye for his recent fall from grace. It’s a low blow—and hints at the coming divide over Kanye the Firebrand.

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The diss track is having a renaissance. Earlier this week, reformed actor Shia LaBeouf debuted the ultimate lo-fi diss track: a modest recording emailed to radio presenter Charlemagne Tha God.

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