Over the years, the intersection of αmєrícαn music and kσrєαn music has been prominently promoted as BTS collaborates with many famous US-UK artists. Not only that, many of them also became close friends of BTS later.

But even as BTS strives to prove that music has no distance and f̾i̾g̾h̾t ̾s for Asian rαcιsm, rαcιsm still happens frequently. Recently, a former αmєrícαn rapper has not only expressed racial disdain for BTS but also criticized the famous rapper J.Cole after his collaboration with j-hope.

What he said is receiving huge outrage from the public and ARMYs:

These days, ARMYs are enjoying "On The Street" as a tribute from j-hope to fans. Following the announcement that he will be the next team member to enlist, fans have been extremely supportive of j-hope in his final project before becoming a sold̾i̾e ̾r.

The single “On The Street” was also a huge opportunity for j-hope, as he was able to work with his idol αmєrícαn rapper and record producer, J. Cole. Fans, netizens and many other celebrities love the song and go crazy over the combination of these two true artists.

But it seems not everyone is a fan of J. Cole's work with j-hope. Even his past prejudice seems to have blinded him to recognize such a great work.

On March 8, Joe Budden shared a video titled “Joe Budden FRES at J.Cole For PANDERING After BTS Collab.” Joe Budden is a former rapper and controversial podcast host known for appearing on Love & Hip Hop New York.

At the beginning of the clip, Budden and his co-hosts are talking about J. Cole’s recent release, where the artist used a YouTube producer’s beat for a song, saying that it was “pandering” before mentioning BTS as another example of pandering.

He first refers to j-hope as “the K-Pop guy that’s supposed to be in the ARMY” before they listen to a part of the track. From here, his attitude and words make fans extremely uncomfortable when constantly pointing the nose at j-hope and J.Cole.

The other hosts admit that the song is not bad, while Budden is seen doing som̾e̾t̾h ̾ing off-screen.  He then holds up a board with the word “coons” written on it.

“C00n” is a slur generally used against people of African descent and is rooted in anti-black caricatures. Budden refers to the co-hosts and J.Cole as c00ns for enjoying the music featuring j-hope, challenging their “blackness.”

To make things worse, during the end portion of the video Budden ignorantly tells one of the co-hosts that defended the song that BTS said “n*gga” often in songs. While in fact BTS sings in kσrєαn and the words he considers swear words, it is the kσrєαn word naega (meaning "me") used.

Fans and regular viewers defended J. Cole and j-hope in the comments below the video. Not only that, they also point to j-hope's enduring admiration for J.Cole to counter what Joe Budden had to say:

- Joe is literally the king of saying some negative shít and then saying “it ain’t a bad thing tho” as if he doesn’t mean it as a diss and then when the room doesn’t agree with him he always says “I don’t have a problem with it” then at the end just to try to get the room on his side he says “I guess ya ok with them saying nigga too” as if that had anything to do with this entire topic

- What up with Joe, bts donated a $1m BLM and the fan based matched the amount in 24 hours. Until you are doing the same for our community, please stop the hate!

- Maybe if Joe's old, hating αѕѕ would actually do his research, he'll know that J - Hope said he's a big fan of J.Cole and listened to his early mixtapes, and he was stunned when he met him backstage at a concert. So it's not pandering in any way! It's just one artist who looks up to another artist, both coming together to make a dope song. That's it.

- the funny part is cole doesn’t even diss anyone. He just drops songs and go back to his family. This is envy . Cole ll be forever richer and smarter than Joe Ludden

- It's such a shame when people don't know shít. This song is a goodbye song from J-Hope for his fans before going to the army.. And he gave J-Cole all the space on this song because J-Cole is his idol, he looks up to J-Cole. You don't have to love it, it might not be your taste in music, but still can show some respect for someone's talent and craft.

- J. Hope wasn’t using the N word, and he is a huge fan of J. Cole. If Joe did his research, he would’ve known that. This came off very cringey.

- I'm not even a BTS fan but I gotta defend them here. They say "Nega", which is word with an entirely different meaning in kσrєα. Don't forget, the guys are kσrєαn, they don't really speak English. That was just a straight up lie.

- Jhope has always been a fan of Jcole. He says all the time how Cole inspired him to write after hearing his mixtape Friday night lights. As a matter of fact, that's how he got his nickname, Jhope. He also named his first mixtape, Hopeworld. Cole is his idol, and I am so glad he got a chance to work with him.

- Dear Joe Budden, this is why your music career never took off like Cole's. You ain't know how to navigate the game. But on the flip side, YOU'RE pandering in this take so I guess you learned som̾e̾t̾h ̾ing.

This is not the first time Joe Budden has unintentionally said som̾e̾t̾h ̾ing negative about BTS. In the past, he used to unreasonably express his hatred towards the group while BTS and ARMY did nothing to affect him.

In addition, his Asian rαcιsm has long been rooted when he calls BTS "Chinese people" with disdain. Joe Budden is a "frog at the bottom of the well" and it's hard to understand why until now he can still sit on talk shows and have the right to say such things.