The 36-year-old musician – born Jermaine Lamarr Cole – recently appeared on “LA Leakers” to promote his new album, “The Off-Season.”
Cole began with a brief rap about success, sex, money and more before agreeing to a second freestyle. In the rapid-fire rap, Cole rapped about Cosby and said, in part, if someone is sleeping than “f— em.”
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It wasn’t long after the freestyle was posted that Cosby, 83, began trending on Twitter as fans shared their opinions on the rap, debating whether the comment was appropriate.
The comedian had been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, and he was deemed a sexually violent predator by his trial judge.
He was convicted in 2018 of assaulting a woman in Philadelphia in 2004. Cosby was also accused of drugging the victim, as well as several other women.
J. Cole received both criticism and praise for mentioning Bill Cosby in a freestyle rap. (Getty Images)
“I fw with J Cole, but that Bill Cosby line feels so…” said another.
A third added: “J Cole told us he don’t read and that line about bill cosby is further proof.”
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Others, however, defended the star.
“I see a lot of <needless> debate regarding Cole’s Bill Cosby line; what bothers me is its most prominent by people who from outside the culture who don’t understand hip hop lyricism & intent,” said a fan, sharing screenshots of the definitions of the words “metaphor” and “simile.” “So with that, take these definitions & apply them where they fit, if so…”
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