J. Cole may be one of the biggest names in Hip Hop, but that doesn’t stop him from supporting up-and-coming artists.
NYC rapper Paris Bryant once reached out to one of his heroes, Cole, and got a response from him offering advice and praying for his success.
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“Yoooooo, just heard your song,” J. Cole wrote to Bryant in an Instagram direct message. “I love it. I have a note that I feel like might be helpful. Also saw all your messages from before. Crazy how life work !!!
“Much love young brother and I pray for all the best for you. Send me a number and I’ll give you a call to share the note I had.”
Bryant replied: “YOU RESPONDED… no way I appreciate that bro that’s soooo real my heart stopped I was just texting you again to ask if you wanted to hear my applying pressure freestyle but that’s crazy bruh … that’s soo real like man.”
Paris Bryant revealed J. Cole was his biggest influence and the person who made him want to rap during an interview in 2021. He also said that Cole had reached out to him, with their conversation now out in the open.
“The biggest influence to me was definitely J. Cole,” he told KAZI Magazine at the time. “He actually made me want to rap and stuff like that. He actually reached out to me a few months back and it was so cool to have someone you look up to reach back out to you.”
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Bryant dropped his latest single “2 DOORS” earlier this month, while his most recent project A Trip to Paris arrived in May 2022 via Cinematic Music Group.
J. Cole was spotted alongside another up-and-coming MC called Ty Trilly in his NYC projects in March, taking time out of his day to lend an ear to his new music.
“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 his apartment building. “Appreciate You @realcoleworld , It’s up From Here !!”
In the clip, J. Cole nodded his head and listened to one of Trilly’s songs before giving him some words of wisdom.
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“I ain’t even put a second verse on it yet,” Trilly said, to which Cole replied: “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.”
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At the top of the year, J. Cole also showed love to an unknown producer by dropping a surprise song called “Procrastination” using his production.
Cole searched “J. Cole type beat” on YouTube and found a beat from Brooklyn producer Bvtman, which ended up being the instrumental for the track.
