J. Cole performs onstage during the 2025 Dreamville Music Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on April 6, 2025, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)J. Cole dropped four new freestyles Tuesday, just ahead of his 41st birthday on Wednesday. The tracks arrive as part of a DJ Clue–hosted mixtape titled Birthday Blizzard ’26, where Cole reflects on his controversial public apology to Kendrick Lamar on “Bronx Zoo Freestyle.”Rapping over Diddy’s “Victory” featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, Cole directly addresses the backlash. Birthday Blizzard ’26 is now available on thefalloff.com; a track of the same name appears on the website.