Kevin Hart, Damian Lillard & More Praise J. Cole Following "The Off-Season" Release

BYCole BlakeUpdated onMay 14, 202110.0K Views

J. Cole, The Off-Season

A bunch of celebrities showed huge love for J. Cole on social media following the release of "The Off-Season."

A number of celebrities celebrated the release of J. Cole's new album, The Off-Season, with praise for the North Carolina rapper on social media, Friday. Athletes, fellow musicians, and more all couldn't get enough of Cole's new sound.

Comedian Kevin Hart gave Cole major props in particular: "J Cole is in a class of his own....giving my brother all the flowers that he deserves....the work that he puts into his craft is crazy special....focused as hell and it shows....major salute KING!!! Proud of you and your accomplishments," Hart wrote on Twitter. "100mill and I’m still on my grind....still getting better after all of this time... TALK YO SHIT KING.... @JColeNC."

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A large number of NBA players also gave Cole shoutouts. "Cole a real one," wrote Damian Lillard, whose postgame comments after he dropped 61 points last year on the Mavericks are sampled on the album.

"'Ja Morant I'm on my grizzly " heard you," wrote Ja Morant referencing a line on the track “my.life."

Cole, a big NBA fan in his own right, is set to play in the Basketball Africa League for Rwanda's Patriots B.B.C.

Check out more reactions on social media to Cole's album below.

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Cole Blake

Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.