Drake‘s recent For All the Dogs album spawned numerous hits, including one featuring J. Cole: “First Person Shooter.” This track notably secured J. Cole his first-ever Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper — though he suggests that it’s no biggie, as he mentioned he’d “almost feel better” if the accomplishment wasn’t technically off of a Drake bop!
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J. Cole Says He Would’ve Been Fine With The Yeat Feature Securing The Top Spot
The North Carolina-bred rapper spoke on the matter throughout a sit-down with Lil Yachty for the A Safe Place podcast.
While chit-chatting, Lil Yachty introduced up the track’s efficiency on the Hot 100, and J. Cole famous that he would’ve been high quality with not hitting primary.
“If it would’ve went number 2, it wouldn’t have [mattered].”
He went on to share that he would’ve been “cool” with “the other song” — Drake’s hit with Yeat, “IDGAF” — taking the highest spot. In truth, J. Cole added, “I [would] almost feel better not having my first number one be off a Drake alley-oop.”
The “No Role Modelz” artist laughingly reiterated his level to followers, assuring them that he was “grateful” for the expertise. After all, he famous that he wasn’t in any respect pushing for individuals to pay attention or rigorously attempting to spice up streaming numbers.
“I’m still grateful I’m a part of it. I wasn’t at home like, ‘Come on, y’all! Pick up the streams, man! We gotta beat this mother**ker Yeat!’ I wasn’t doing that.”
The Rapper Credits iTunes Sales For The Win: “I Don’t Know Who Still Buying Them B***hes”
Additionally, J. Cole spoke on the way it wasn’t essentially streaming numbers that led to the event.
Instead, he famous that his and Drake’s diehard followers’ dedication to buying the digital single (versus solely streaming it) helped probably the most.
“What got ‘First Person Shooter’ to number one was me and Drake fans still buy iTunes. Still buy singles.”
Humorously, he added, “I don’t know who still buying them b***hes, but, y’know, appreciate y’all!”
Catch a clip of J. Cole’s commentary beneath.
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