Song 33

6.22.20

NoName Song 33

Last week, J. Cole shared with us a new track entitled, Snow on tha Bluff. In this song, J. Cole essentially shares with us that he has been quiet for so long throughout these protests against police brutality, because he does not feel he has the proper education to speak on what is happening in the right way. He goes on to say that although he does not have all the answers, he feels that certain people who do, are wrong for talking down to others, like him, who are not so confident in the space. After questioning the tone and mannerisms of a female in his industry, J. Cole tweeted, confirming this song was about NoName. Though he praised her and requested his followers to follow her as well, he stands by his comments that he does not agree with the way she has been handling this situation.

NoName took notice of these remarks, and she retaliated with Song 33. The title simply seems to be a sequel off of her last two singles, Song 31 and Song 32. Though this song is just three quick verses laid out over sixty seconds of a beat, there is a lot to this song. NoName talks about woman dying, black men being found in trees, trans woman being abused, George Floyd, and many other horrific events that we have seen unravel over the past few weeks. She goes on to question J. Cole, without saying his name, with all this going on, you chose to write about me?

Though we really cannot blame NoName for feeling some type of way about J. Cole questioning the way she uses her own platform, we may question why she rebutted with a diss track, when she is telling J. Cole in the very song to put his time and energy to better use. NoName since has apologized on Twitter, saying her ego got the best of her, and she is not proud of the song. Though she was trying to steer attention back on the tasks at hand, the song became more of a distraction.

People like Royce Da 5’9 have spoken out suggesting that NoName has done an incredible job using her platform, J. Cole will remain a top tier talent of all time, but we should not concentrate on rap beef at this point in time. These are distractions to bigger and more important causes that the country needs everyone’s support in.

J. Cole retweeted NoName’s song, and I do not believe it was out of bad blood. NoName said she will keep the song up, and donate her portions of the funds to various mutual aid funds. It seems the two are fine with each other, and back to business. I certainly did not anticipate this rap beef in 2020, what a shocking year it has been.