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Amid the rollout of his seventh studio album, The Fall Off, J. Cole has embarked on a cross-country road trip that he has dubbed the Trunk Sale Tour. The rap star has revisited his early roots. Driving his 2007 Honda Civic to various cities to sell physical CD copies directly to fans for $1.
Budden Calls Out Cole For Being ‘Performative’ Amid Trunk Sale
However, with the car being over two decades old, Cole revealed that the Civic recently broke down en route to Los Angeles. Temporarily stalling the trunk sale tour. While it was a disappointment to many fans, one person who was happy to see the Civic break down was rapper turned podcaster, Joe Budden.
During a recent episode of his self-made podcast, Budden said he “jumped for joy” when the Civic broke down. He also accused Cole of being “performative” with the entire trunk sale tour.
“If there’s anybody in the world that could not be happier that J. Cole’s Civic broke down, it’s me/ It’s me, I’m not gonna hide. I can’t, I jumped for joy when the news came across my feed that J. Cole and this stupid, performative ass Civic broke down like J. Cole knew it would,” Budden said. “He came out and said, ‘This is the Civic from ’96 when I got my first–‘ That’s a Civic you shouldn’t be driving, Jermaine. Go get a new Civic. Stop with this f******g, ‘I’m rich, but I relate to you, college, this is the first car I drove when I had dreams.’ You’re talking about going from one side of the country to another side of the country in a car.”
Budden continued: “Then, he’s got the nerve to tweet like he’s disappointed that it broke down. Nobody was happier than I that that car broke down. He is talking about, ‘I guess I’ll just get a sprinter now in Utah. We’re still rolling, we got them in the sprinter for sale.’ Yes, the sprinter holds more than the stupid f*cking Civic you’ve been driving around in.”
Joe budden says it’s nobody more happy than him that J.Cole Honda civic broke down . He says he was tried of the fake humble gimmick pic.twitter.com/IYLEqlkPwB
— joebuddenclips/fanpage (@chatnigga101) February 25, 2026
At the time of writing, J. Cole has not responded to Budden’s comments.
