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The rapper J. Cole apologized on Sunday for releasing a diss track about Kendrick Lamar<\/a>, saying he felt \u201cterrible\u201d and vowing to update the song or remove it from streaming services.<\/p>\n The apology followed an exchange of verses that began in October, when J. Cole<\/a> and Drake<\/a> ranked themselves, with Lamar, as the \u201cbig three\u201d in hip-hop in the song \u201cFirst Person Shooter.\u201d In March, Lamar dismissed that comparison in a guest verse on the song \u201cLike That\u201d by Future and Metro Boomin<\/a>, rapping that there was no big three, \u201cit\u2019s just big me.\u201d<\/p>\n In response, J. Cole on Friday released the diss track \u201c7 Minute Drill\u201d on his surprise new album, \u201cMight Delete Later.\u201d It includes the lines: \u201cI got a phone call, they say that somebody dissing \/ You want some attention, it come with extensions \/ He still doing shows but fell off like \u2018The Simpsons.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Two days after the song was released, J. Cole apologized for it while onstage at his Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, N.C., according to videos<\/a> posted on social media. During his headlining performance, he said that when he saw the response to the song after it came out, it didn\u2019t \u201csit right with my spirit,\u201d and that he was speaking about it at the concert to end the beef.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n He also called Lamar one of the \u201cgreatest\u201d to ever use a microphone and said he hoped Lamar would forgive him.<\/p>\n \u201cThe past two days felt terrible,\u201d J. Cole said. \u201cIt let me know how good I\u2019ve been sleeping for the past 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n As of early afternoon on Monday, \u201c7 Minute Drill\u201d was still available on major streaming services.<\/p>\n J. Cole released \u201cMight Delete Later\u201d on his Dreamville Records label, an imprint of Interscope Records, which is owned by Universal Music Group. Universal did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n Lamar does not appear to have addressed the track or the apology publicly. Representatives for Lamar did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n Drake seemed to respond to Lamar\u2019s verse at a concert in Sunrise, Fla., in late March, according to Complex.<\/a> He told the crowd that people had been asking him how he was feeling and that he had his \u201chead up high,\u201d and felt as if no one could mess with him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Lamar, Drake and J. Cole have worked together in the past and have individually received numerous awards for their music, including multiple Grammy Awards and nominations. In 2018<\/a>, Lamar received the Pulitzer Prize in music for his album \u201cDAMN.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n