J. Cole's Lyric Controversial removed from Drake's "care package"

Drake's new Care package The compilation, released Friday (Aug. 2), contains old songs, but includes things like the 2013 collaboration with J. Cole, "Jodeci Freestyle." However, the song has undergone a slight change, with a controversial lyric of Cole's verse being suppressed.

Cole's verse on the track is considered one of his best feature films, but the highlight was tainted by a replica of the North Carolina rapper who made others spit.

"Go check the numbers, it's just that I start to start / I'm artistic, you niggas is autistic, lingered," he rapped during his long verse.

The last version removes the last part of the line and leaves a blank space after the word "you" until the next bar appears.

When the song was released six years ago, Cole, who was already spinning and preparing for his next solo project, made the decision to apologize for the lyrics that he spat on the song, inspired by the criticism of the Anti-Bullying Alliance. A petition of the track was even launched with 4,500 signatures.

"In a recent verse of the song" Jodeci Freestyle ", I said something very offensive to people with autism," Cole said in a statement. "Last week, when I first saw an outrageous comment about a song, I immediately realized that what I had said was wrong. Immediately been embarrbaded to say that I would be ignorant enough to say something so hurtful.What aggravates the crime, it is that I should have been better informed. "

Drake, who had already toured early in the year and is currently working on a new album, also released a statement on the situation. "I share the responsibility and offer my sincere apologies for the pain it has caused," he wrote on his blog OVO. "People with autism have a brilliant and creative mind, and their gifts should not be denigrated or discounted, it was a learning lesson for both of us, and I'm grateful that I can try to correct what is wrong. do not go. "

Now everything has been fixed. Check out both versions of the track below.