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Jermaine Lamarr Cole, better known as J. Cole, has set the internet ablaze with his fiery freestyle on the LA Leakers radio show, ahead of his new album release, "The Off-Season". But some fans weren't so impressed by his rhythmic catchphrases after one line, in specific, raised the alarm for referencing Bill Cosby.
On May 10th, J. Cole appeared on the radio show to promote his upcoming album and began spitting bars at the hip hop station.
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DJ Sourmilk and Justin Credible can be heard giving the artist a warm welcome, calling his appearance “Long-awaited”, as J. Cole begins rapping to the beats from Soul Of Mischief’s “93 Til Infinity”.
J. Cole's freestyle lyrics reference Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction
After listening to a fiery first verse by J. Cole, Sourmilk says, “I wanna keep going though,” and Justin Credible says, “I would love to man, we got a front row seat.”
Sourmilk quickly switched to “classics” and played Mike Jones’s 2005 “Still Tippin." In the video, J. Cole can be seen starting with a breathless wordplay and after building momentum, the rapper spits the line,
“No Bill Cosby sh*t, if they’re sleeping then f*ck em.”
It didn’t take long for Cosby to get on Twitter’s top ten trending topics after the freestyle video went viral.
Judging from social media reactions, Bill Cosby's line caught fan’s attention the most, with some calling it “wild” while others felt it was controversial to loosely throw around bars on Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.
However, the rap line has become the topic of debate among hip-hop fans as many argued it wasn’t the most controversial line by a rapper. Readers can check out the reactions below.
Regardless, J.Cole’s freestyle managed to get his upcoming album all the hype it needs. "The Off-Season" is set to release this Friday, May 14th.
The star recently made news after becoming the first artist to be featured solo on the cover of SLAM Magazine.
The singer is set to sign a professional basketball contract with Rwanda-based basketball club, Patriots BBC, who play in the Basketball Africa League.
For now, it remains to be seen how fans will respond to the long-awaited album.
