The word is Schoolboy Q told him to stand down.
We all know that Cole didn't and doesn't have a real issue with Kendrick and that's why he backed out.
Not because he was smart, not because he was scared, not because he saw the future.
He didn't have an issue with Kendrick and fed into the bullshit so he made a diss song. Realized it was a mistake. Apologized and stood down.
EXACTLY. I think Cole is up for sparring with any emcee. He spent the last year and change destroying every feature he had. But this was set out to be different. This was a decade in the making. Good on Q for that phone call. Good on Cole for risking the ridicule to do the right thing.