“I love and honor her as a leader in these times. I accept all conversation and criticisms.”Ĭole went on to directly reference Noname and double down on his assertion that he’s not educated enough to be seen as a leader. That’s fine with me, it’s not my job to tell anybody what to think or feel about the work. Some assume to know who the song is about. “Right or wrong I can’t say, but I can say it was honest. “I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night,” he wrote on Twitter. As backlash to Cole’s song mounted on Tuesday night, Noname briefly tweeted “QUEEN TONE,” before deleting this, too.Ĭole resurfaced on Wednesday morning to explain his intentions with the song.
“Poor black folks all over the country are putting their bodies on the line in protest for our collective safety and y’all favorite top selling rappers not even willing to put a tweet up,” Noname tweeted in late May before later deleting. The Chicago artist has been skeptical of her peers’ lack of response as protests across the country call for justice after the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. The response was quick and brutal, with fans across social media connecting the dots to decide that “Snow On Tha Bluff” was a roundabout shot at rapper, activist, and book club organizer Noname. Cole is upset that a woman didn’t expend enough energy and sympathy to teach and critique him as if he were a child. Then the kicker arrives at the song’s climax: “If I could make one more suggestion respectfully/I would say it’s more effective to treat people like children.” At 35 years old, J. Being rich is actually hard, because he feels guilty that he’s not doing enough with his wealth. Despite going to college, he suggests, he’s not as deep or intellectual as everyone thinks he is. At the 48-second mark, the North Carolina rapper introduces his plight: “It’s something about the queen tone that’s botherin’ me.” From there, Cole unravels a tale about an unnamed woman upset at a variety of worthy targets - “crackers, capitalists, police,” but most importantly, in Cole’s case, “celebrities.”Īcross the four-minute song, Cole makes a litany of excuses. It was called “ Snow On Tha Bluff,” and it entered the world with all the confidence of a celebrity who feels they are of the people, while being above their reproach. Cole decided to release a song that he must have meant as a salve for this contentious moment. Source: InstagramĬam and Harry documented the snow chase in a video that captured their elation as they ascended to the rare sight of snow-covered ground in Western Australia.īluff Knoll typically sees at least one snowfall each year and can draw large crowds hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare spectacle.On Tuesday night, J. Images: Snow on Bluff Knoll in WA on Tuesday, August 11, 2021. That is until they got high enough and got hit by a flurry of flakes. But even as they made their way up the mountain, they weren't sure. The pair knew from the forecast that snow was possible on the Bluff. Source: on Instagramīut while most people were huddled inside trying to escape the characteristic bite of a Western Australia cold front, two hikers were heading straight for the coldest part of the state.Ĭam Bostock, an Aussie adventurer and outdoor enthusiast, joined photographer Harry Rout on a hike up Bluff Knoll on Tuesday afternoon. Image: Small hail in Seville Grove, Perth, on Tuesday. By Tuesday, frigid winds and showers were spreading across the state's southwest and hail was falling in Perth. The wintry air mass arrived late on Monday, ushered in by a blustery cold front. What started out as an afternoon trek up the notoriously steep slopes of the Stirling Range turned into a rare Western Australian snow chase for two excited hikers earlier this week.Ī blast of cold air from the Southern Ocean sent temperatures plummeting as it surged across southwestern Australia on Monday and Tuesday.