After Kendrick Lamar referenced Phil Jackson in one of the most controversial rap songs of the year, the former Los Angeles Lakers coach responded back with some advice for the rapper.

Lamar, 26, made headlines Tuesday after his verse on Big Sean's Control song indicated that he was the best rapper alive.

The lyric in question says, "If Phil Jackson came back, still no coachin' me. I'm uncoachable, I'm unsociable."

Jackson sent a message to Lamar via Twitter in response:

"It's okay to be cocky and sure, but we all need somebody to lean on. Let's just call it mentoring."

After Jackson's first job as the Lakers' head coach, he branded Kobe Bryant as "uncoachable."

On the 7-minute song that features also features Jay Electronica, Lamar, says he rules New York, and seems like he's trying to crown himself as the best rapper alive.

"I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York/King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both," he raps.

He also called out some of his friends on the track.

"I'm usually homeboys with the same n----s i'm rhymin with / But this is hip hop and them n----s should know what time it is / And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller / I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you n----s / Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you n----s," he says.

Listen to Control here:

In an interview with MissInfoTv, Big Sean said that he was prepared for the amount of attention that the record was going to get because of Lamar's verse, adding that the song is great for hip hop music.

"I knew what it was for the culture of hip-hop. You see how excited people are, and I wanted to do that for music-make that play happen. It gave me like the feeling of how hip-hop was. How it used to be," Big Sean said.

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