J. Cole showed once again that he is a man of the people by showing up at a New York City budding rapper’s listening session.
On Wednesday (March 22), the Dreamville boss was seen hanging out with an upcoming rapper named Ty Trilly in his NYC housing developments. He took some time out of his day to listen to the rapper’s new music.
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“Cole pulled up on me To hear my new shit, No Meetings in the city straight Raw block shit,” Trilly wrote on Instagram next to a video of Cole listening to his music in the packed-out lobby of his apartment building. “Appreciate You @realcoleworld , It’s up From Here !!”
In the video, J. Cole could be seen nodding and paying close attention to one of Trilly’s tracks before imparting some advice and inspiration to the budding rapper.
“I ain’t even put a second verse on it yet,” Trilly says at one point, to which Cole replies: “You don’t even need it, n-gga. Shoot the shit, put that bitch out, next! ‘Cause they gon’ feel it. And they gon’ feel the next one, I swear to God.
“I know what you mean like, ‘Man, I probably need a second verse.’ No, n-gga. Just that! Shoot the video, put that bitch out, it’s gon’ land on the people it’s supposed to land on.”
Ty Trilly posted a different video on his Instagram Stories of J. Cole lively talking to him in his ear along with the caption: “Soaking up some game!”
The Queens rapper seemingly heeded Cole’s advice and released the song in question, “Adapt,” on SoundCloud.
Additional video from the North Carolinian’s unexpected journey to Queens shows him rapping outside Ty Trilly’s apartment building with the rest of the group and giving them advice on how to launch their movement.
“I’m shooting that shit, I’ma go with my n-gga — what is it? Pasta on the what? Pasta On Da Lenz. And I’m taking it to the crib, we gon’ edit this shit and I’m putting it out, bro!
“Y’all n-ggas got a whole fucking — it’s already a network over here. You n-ggas just gotta come together, you know what I mean? There’s too many people right here to not have the network.”
“The Truth came thru the Trenches and showed loved you gave all of us recognition & motivation and that shit is priceless but worth so much,” photographer Pasta On Da Lenz captioned the clip on his Instagram Stories.
After graduating from high school, J. Cole chose to attend St. John’s University in New York City because he believed that there, his prospects of making it big in the music industry would be stronger.
Today in New York, J. Cole gave these young men some sound advise.
One of them was a photographer, and in the video, he talks about working with him on an upcoming project.📸 pic.twitter.com/qKbto65cSP
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) March 23, 2023
After graduating from high school, J. Cole chose to attend St. John’s University in New York City because he believed that there, his prospects of making it big in the music industry would be stronger.
Today in New York, J. Cole gave these young men some sound advise.
One of them was a photographer, and in the video, he talks about working with him on an upcoming project.
“This song should live on your channel and serve as a thank you to you and every producer out there cooking up and sharing their work with the world,” Cole wrote in a text message to Bvtman. “It’s a million artists out there right now just like me, hungry and searching every day for something to spark a word, a melody, a hook, a verse, a punchline, a way to vent, or a way to CUT THROUGH.
“On a day when I couldn’t find much motivation, I was looking for anything to inspire me. Out of curiosity, I typed in ‘J. Cole type beat’ into YouTube. Yours was the first I saw. I pressed play, focused, and wrote this. This is some shit that would normally stay in the vault, but I don’t want to hold onto the music like that no more.”
He finalized: “This is for you and whoever else need to hear it. God bless bro and keep doing what you do!”
