J Cole says he “felt terrible” after releasing a track aimed toward fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar final week, and vowed to tug the track off streaming companies.

Titled 7 Minute Drill, Cole’s track was a reply to Lamar’s verse on the hit single Like That, wherein the star asserted his dominance of the rap sport.

Cole hit again by saying Lamar had “fallen off like the Simpsons” and known as his newest album “tragic”.

But talking on Sunday, Cole apologised for his “lame” and “goofy” response.

“I ain’t gonna lie to y’all the past two days felt terrible,” he advised an viewers on the Dreamville Festival in North Carolina. “I damn near had a relapse”.

He requested for forgiveness from Lamar, calling the track a “mis-step” and mentioned he hoped to “get back to my true path”.

The disagreement began final 12 months on the track First Person Shooter, the place Cole steered that he, Drake and Lamar had been the present “big three” names in hip-hop.

Lamar took exception to that description. In a fiery verse on the track Like That, he declared there was no “big three – it’s just big me”.

He went on to name Cole’s greatest verses insubstantial – “a light pack” – and claimed he was the Prince to Drake’s Michael Jackson.

Speaking on stage on Sunday, Cole mentioned he had felt pressured to put in writing a comeback.

“Y’all heard that bazooka that was dropped on the game, right? Boy, I must have had a thousand missed calls. Texts flooded.”

Friends and colleagues had been calling it “war time” and mentioned they needed to “see blood,” he defined.

“I was conflicted because… I know how I feel about my peers, these two [rappers] that I’ve been blessed to even stand beside… But the world want to see blood.”

Although he tried to maintain the tone of his verse pleasant, the tip end result “didn’t sit right with my spirit”.

He went on to reward Lamar’s again catalogue, calling him “one of the greatest”, and hoping that he hadn’t taken offence.

“And if he did, I got my chin out. Take your best shot, I’ll take that on the chin.”

Cole went on to vow that 7 Minute Drill could be eliminated, or up to date, from streaming companies.

Appropriately sufficient, the album it seems on known as Might Delete Later.

It’s uncommon, however not remarkable, for rappers to retract diss tracks after their launch. In truth, this is not even Cole’s first brush with the phenomenon.

In 2011, initially of Cole’s profession, veteran New York MC Canibus launched a track known as J Clone, accusing the up-and-comer of disrespect.

But 48 hours later, he posted an apology video, saying: “Hip-hop has spoken up loud and clear, it’s a ‘Cole world’ right now, and you’re reigning champ”.

“I take full responsibility for my actions and I apologise for stepping over the line. It comes off as tacky, unsophisticated, and it’s just not G. I love hip-hop too much to further justify my selfish behaviour.”