Diddy & ‘Jay Z’ MOCKS Kendrick Lamar On Instagram… You’re a JOKE!!!! [SEE PHOTO]

The backlash against Kendrick Lamar is in FULL SWING … with Diddy putting the rapper on blast on Instagram … and he’s even dragging Jay-Z into the attack.

Lamar has been under fire for the past 24 hours for the lyrics he spits out against other rappers on Big Sean’s new track, “Control” … in which KL refers to himself as the “King of New York.”

Naturally, Diddy took issue with the lyric … considering, well, you know … he thinks HE’S the king of New York. So Diddy fired back with an image on Instagram, showing himself and Jay-Z, another New York boss, laughing … along with a caption that MOCKS Kendrick’s lyrics.

Diddy ain’t the first to fire back at Kendrick — 67-year-old NBA legend Phil Jackson dropped some knowledge Kendrick’s way yesterday … after KL shouted his name in the same song.

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