Akademiks Claims Drake Laughed Off the Idea He'd Follow J. Cole's Lead With Kendrick Lamar: 'You Must Not Know Me'

It seems that Drake isn’t following J. Cole’s lead.

On Sunday, the Might Delete This Later rapper apologized to Kendrick Lamar at his Dreamville Festival—and it’s the only thing rap fans are talking about today. DJ Akademiks took to X, where he slammed Cole, who showed remorse towards K.Dot for “7 Minute Drill.”

Drizzy allegedly caught wind of Cole’s redress and discussed it with Ak, who explained on his Rumble stream that he sent the video of Cole apologizing to Drake.

“I [told Drake], ‘Please, don’t do no shit like this. Please don’t apologize and do no weird shit. I’ve defended you, I’ve argued because I've liked your music for over a decade. Please, please don’t do no shit like this,” Akademiks apparently said to the For All the Dogs MC. “[Drake] said, ‘I can't fucking believe you would pull up and say some shit like that to me, you must not know me.’”

Fans were shocked when Cole publicly tried to make amends with Kendrick this weekend. The 39-year-old explained that he thought “7 Minute Drill” was “the lamest shit I ever did in my fucking life.” He also expressed his “love” for Kendrick, 36.

On the diss track, Cole slammed Lamar’s catalog, claiming that the Pulitzer Prize-winning album To Pimp a Butterfly was so boring that it put people to sleep—and fans were definitely livid.

Cole dropped the song in response to Kung-Fu Kenny’s fiery verse on the No. 1 hit “Like That” from Future and Metro Boomin’s March album We Don’t Trust You. Lamar hasn’t yet responded to Cole’s song or apology, and Drake hasn’t said anything outright except for some subliminal shots.