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BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 04: NBA star LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers meets fans at a Nike store on September 4, 2017 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 04: NBA star LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers meets fans at a Nike store on September 4, 2017 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)
LeBron James might not have a great start to his season. He is going through a rough patch, but that doesn’t stop him from enjoying his life outside of the basketball court. A photo of King James and J. Cole with a cheeky caption is roaming around the walls of Twitter. In the photo, LeBron James was seen whispering something in the ears of J. Cole, which grabbed the attention of the fans. The photo picked up more attention when another rapper named J.I.D retweeted the photo with a caption stating what he was whispering.
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Just like LeBron James, the hip-hop world is currently going through a rough phase too. The dark clouds of tragedy are not moving from the hip-hop universe. The death of Takeoff and Hurricane G shocked the hip-hop universe and distressed the fans from nowhere.
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However, it seemed after a sad time, the hip-hop fans were once again laughing and enjoying themselves. The photo of King James and J. Cole posted with a cheeky caption on Twitter found the fans guessing what they were talking about. The photo grabbed more attention after J. I. D the rapper retweeted the post with a caption of what might LeBron be saying to J. Cole.
Here are some of the reactions of the fans:
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— nick : (@nickrodrigguez) November 9, 2022
😂😂😂😂
— Team DREAMVILLE (@TeamDreamville) November 9, 2022
dont delete this one 😭
— brice (@bhb_02) November 9, 2022
LeBron next day: “I knew this guy JID since Cakewalk, I was bumpin him hard with the Heat”
— L (@l18cp) November 9, 2022
“I told Jermaine this kid is fire, I grew up on The Never Story. Stars is my favorite from the album💯”
— 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖓 🦂🪐🎮 (@MartinBeamsss) November 9, 2022
Shoutout to lebron for letting j Cole know about the goat. Don't know what I'd do without jid music in my life
— Darkus0_0 (@darkus0220) November 9, 2022
“I was listening to The Forever Story before game 7 of the 2016 championship, real talk”
— Nich (@NichhciN) November 9, 2022
The fans commented on many things and mostly tried to guess what the Los Angeles Lakers superstar whispered in the ears of the rapper. Mainly the post got hilarious reactions due to the face-making of Cole, while King James was whispering in his ears.
J. Cole and his relationship with LeBron James and basketball
J. Cole is the stage name of Jermaine Lamarr Cole, who started to gain popularity with the release of his first mixtape, ‘The Come Up’ in the early months of 2007. After getting success, he intended to become a rapper and went on to release two more mixtapes in 2009. He released his last album on December 2016, which got debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. The song also got certified as platinum in April 2017.
Cole is also closely associated with basketball. He used to play basketball in his school but never played a single Division I game. He always knew he had the talent to play professionally. But never took it seriously and shifted his focus on his music career.

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However, the rapper played basketball professionally for the first time in 2021 for Rwanda’s Patriots BBC in the Basketball Africa League. This year he got the chance of playing in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The Scarborough Shooting Stars of the CEBL signed the 37-year-old rapper back in May of this year.
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J.Cole also shares a good relationship with King James. King James also said once, “By the way #J. Cole is my favorite new artist.” J. Cole also came to watch several matches of King James. Especially, he was found congratulating LeBron James after LeBron’s match against the New York Knicks in 2020.
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