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J Cole’s New Song Addresses His Insecurity in Leading the Black Plight and Beef with Noname

Published
10 months agoon

Last night J. Cole dropped his new song “Snow on Tha Bluff.” Cole addresses that he’s not as smart as people make him out to be just because he has a college degree. With that in mind he calls out who people believe is Chicago rapper, Noname, for being mad at celebrities for not using their platform to speak about black issues.
“My IQ is average, there’s a young lady out there way smarter than me. I scrolled through her timeline in these wild times and I started to read….She mad at my n*****, she mad at our ignorance, she wear her heart on her sleeve. She mad at the celebrities, lowkey I be thinkin’ she talkin’ bout me.“

According to Complex, in a now-deleted tweet, Noname tweeted back in May that, “poor black folks all over the country are putting their bodies on the line in protest for our collective safety and y’all favorite top selling rappers not even willing to put a tweet up. n***** whole discographies be about black plight and they no where to be found.”
lmao the j cole wrote a noname diss track for this tweet 3 years after sayin the only real revolution happens right inside of you.
— Soham Vaidya (@vaidyasoham) June 17, 2020
read the room or at least join the book club @noname started pic.twitter.com/S8CMtwn5ve
In response to that tweet Cole raps, “I’m on some ‘F*** a retweet,’ most people is sheep. You got all the answers but how you gon’ reach.”
Cole acknowledges that he’s not woke or equipped enough to be considered a leader during these times. “Just ’cause you woke and I’m not, that shit ain’t no reason to talk like you better than me. How you gon’ lead, when you attacking the very same n***** that really do need the s*** that you sayin’?”
He wants Noname to change her methods when it comes to critiquing people who aren’t as knowledgable about the black plight. He says, “I would say it’s more effective to treat people like children. Understandin’ the time and love and patience that’s needed to grow. This change is inevitable but ain’t none of us seen this before. Therefore we just gotta learn everything as we go.” The challenging part about that statement is that Noname is constantly talking about black issues and even has her own book club that “highlights books that speak on human conditions in critical and original ways.” Also, it’s not a black woman’s job to teach anyone about the subjects of black history, oppression, police brutality, #BlackLivesMatter. In this day and age there are plenty of learning materials and Google is free.
In a deleted tweet, Noname responded to the song and said, “QUEEN TONE!!!!!!”
This morning Cole addressed the criticisms and critiques of the song and in true Nene Leakes fashion he “said what he said” tweeting, “Morning. I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night.”
Morning. I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night.
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 17, 2020
He lets people assume they know who the song is about and then goes on to encourage people to follow Noname. Cole believes she’s actually out here leading and doing the work while he’s just someone who raps.
Right or wrong I can’t say, but I can say it was honest.
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 17, 2020
Some assume to know who the song is about. That’s fine with me, it’s not my job to tell anybody what to think or feel about the work. I accept all conversation and criticisms. But
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 17, 2020
Let me use this moment to say this
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 17, 2020
Follow @noname . I love and honor her as a leader in these times. She has done and is doing the reading and the listening and the learning on the path that she truly believes is the correct one for our people. Meanwhile a nigga like me just be rapping.
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 17, 2020
The rapper acknowledges that he hasn’t done a lot of reading nor is he equipped to be a leader but he thinks a lot and appreciates Noname for challenging his beliefs.
I haven’t done a lot of reading and I don’t feel well equipped as a leader in these times. But I do a lot of thinking. And I appreciate her and others like her because they challenge my beliefs and I feel that in these times that’s important.
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 17, 2020
We may not agree with each other but we gotta be gentle with each other. ✌?
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) June 17, 2020
Ari Lennox, who is signed to J. Cole’s label, Dreamville, made an appreciation post on Instagram supporting Noname. The post thanked her for constantly caring about Black people and enlightening the community.
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Here our Twitter’s thoughts about “Snow on tha Bluff.”
I don't know who J. Cole is talking about in his new song. But here's what I do know: Black women are getting harassed, assaulted, and murdered. We've seen it in this week alone.
— Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) June 17, 2020
And he thought it was a good time to criticize a Black woman for her tone? What's going on?
If you understand the history of COINTELPRO, you don’t defend J Cole. COINTELPRO was designed to disrupt, destroy, and delegitimize Black radicals. What J Cole did was an attempt to delegitimize the Black radical work that noname is doing. He is doing the work of the feds.
— Free Jalil Muntaqim (@BlakeDontCrack) June 17, 2020
noname: hey guys I just started this bookclu-
— bobby wasabi (@bIondiewasabi) June 17, 2020
j cole: girl fuck you
why can't J. Cole be critiqued? is a critique a cancellation?
— Delaney Vandergrift (@delaneypv15) June 17, 2020
J Cole could have prevented all this by joining the whole ass book club NoName created to prevent him from being just a nigga that raps. But the patron saint of “do the research” rap doesn’t want to do the research.
— LaJethro Jenkins (@LaJethroJenkins) June 17, 2020
Rather than focus on j Cole being grown…. I’m going to focus on him being rich. Which means access. He can buy his way into any classroom, hire any teacher, and get any tools he needs to understand. Rich people get no sympathy for me about not understanding something.
— Breya M. Johnson, MA (@TheBlackLayers) June 17, 2020
J. Cole is basically saying “teach don’t attack”, and is 100% correct.
— ? (@jlivsvision) June 17, 2020
Twitter timeine : we canceling j Cole
— john (@iam_johnw) June 17, 2020
Me : pic.twitter.com/1v8etUshNX
I understand both arguments to this J. Cole situation. pic.twitter.com/Povr73I5HI
— Hai (@haimaker_) June 17, 2020
J. Cole: I think we can do better
— Deepak Okra (@EasyStreetKeys) June 17, 2020
The internet: pic.twitter.com/aUM63xvwVH
Never did I think Lil Baby will drop a more appropriate and fitting song than J. Cole. 2020 has thoroughly kicked my ass ?
— ARREST THE COPS WHO KILLED #BREONNATAYLOR (@Mr_BQC) June 17, 2020
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Rolling Ray Undergoes Surgery After Wig Catches On Fire
Published
3 months agoon
January 19, 2021
Social media star Rolling Ray underwent surgery Tuesday morning to help treat the burns on his body after his terrible wig accident last week.
In a series of IG stories, he let his audience follow along as hot prepped for surgery.
Last week Rolling Ray announced he was hospitalized after his wig caught on fire! During a January 13 Instagram Live session from inside a hospital room, he showed his severely burnt and damaged face telling viewers he burnt his “whole skin, legs, arms, feet, and everything.”
Prayers for Rolling Ray 🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/d6PwlLbrlI
— TheShadeRoom (@TheShadeRoom) January 14, 2021
y’all @DMVMOSTFAMOUS rolling ray is in the hospital because he was in a fire. send him prayer omg it looks so bad.🙏🏽❤️ pic.twitter.com/fm4oGyrzqM
— willow☯️🌙 (@IAMABLACKCHILD) January 14, 2021
In a more recent Live, Rolling Ray explained what happened that led to his whole wig catching on fire. Apparently, it was just an unfortunate smoking accident. “It just, like, lit on fire when I tried to light the cigarette,” he recounted. “So I get to trying to snatch the wig off. B***h, the fire goes to my f*****g shirt, to my feet, to my legs, to my back. It’s a fire everywhere, it’s a fire in the whole room.”
#RollingRay made headlines last week after it was revealed that he accidentally let himself on #fire. Now he says that the incident occurred while he was trying to light a #cigarette. pic.twitter.com/AlkoI8IjGy
— talksandthought (@Talksandthought) January 19, 2021
Of course the internet trolled him in a disgusting display of ableism and heartlessness. Comments like “Rolling Ray should have stopped, dropped, and rolled”and “karma’s a b***h” had social media split about his accident. His social media sensation comes from his harsh and, often, below-the-belt reads (just last month he told Yung Miami to “dig (sic) up” her dead baby father). However, the criticism didn’t stop him from responding on Twitter.
I miss y’all 🥺! See y’all soon, if this what Karma feels like she should’ve came harder because I’m alive while others still dead. God loves me 😍! Imma bounce back
— RollingRay!!! (@DMVMOSTFAMOUS) January 17, 2021
Rolling Ray might be problematic as all get-out, but we do not tolerate ableism here. We wish him well as he heals.
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On Tuesday singer-songwriter and “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino took to social media to reveal that she is having a baby girl, her first child with husband Kendall Taylor.
In a series of Instagram stories, Fantasia showed pink fireworks being shot off during a gender reveal party, to her and the hubby’s excitement! She continued by sharing what her daughter-to-be’s name will be, Keziah London Taylor.
The news comes after the couple revealed they struggled to conceive since their marriage in 2015. During a November episode of her IG Live show “Taylor Talks,” she described continuously praying for a child with her husband. Fantasia, a deeply devout Christian, was obviously elated when she shared the news.
BIG announcement 💜🎉 pic.twitter.com/z8zJAZNZUU
— Fantasia • #SketchbookOutNow (@TasiasWord) November 25, 2020
“God I Want To Thank You!” she said in an Instagram caption. “You Gave Us A Seed even when the Doctor said that one of my Tubes [was] Closed you said Different. @salute1st I Love You King and I can’t wait to see who He or She acts Like.”
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We can see Fantasia and family are all super excited to be welcoming a baby girl into their lives. All congratulations to her.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Are Getting Divorced, Report Says
Published
4 months agoon
January 6, 2021
In a story published Tuesday evening, Page Six is reporting that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are getting divorced, with the two already in settlement talks. The news comes after the couple spent the holiday season separately – Kanye at his ranch outside Cody, Wyoming, Kim and the kids with her famous family in southern California.
A source close to Kardashian was quoted saying, “Kim got Kanye to go up there so they could live separate lives and quietly get things sorted out to separate and divorce. She’s done.” Kardashian, 40, and West, 43, are said to be splitting because of marital problems directly related to Kanye’s very public mental health struggles.

For several years the rapper’s various antics have caused fans to worry. After coming out as a Trump supporter, West then announced his own 2020 presidential bid under a new political party: the Birthday Party. At a campaign rally in South Carolina, he was seen rambling, debating individual audience members, and at times, crying. In various interviews, he has rambled on almost incoherently, and his tweetstorms are now infamous.
For her part, Kim has always supported her husband and has openly discussed the difficulties of their marriage. Back in June, she shared on social media, “Anyone who has [bipolar disorder] or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand… People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgmental and not understand that the individual [themself] have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try.”

It appears she has finally reached her limit in the union with the unnamed source saying, “She is serious about taking the bar exam and becoming a lawyer, she is serious about her prison reform campaign. Meanwhile Kanye is talking about running for president and saying other crazy s**t, and she’s just had enough of it.”
Separately, a source close to Kanye alleges that the rapper is sick of his wife and her family, which might have some truth to it since he has tweeted some pretty nasty things in the past. “I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf [sic] for ‘prison reform,’” he said in a now-deleted July tweet. Recently, he hasn’t been featured on his wife’s Instagram and has largely remained out of the public eye.

With the news yet to be confirmed, the “divorce is imminent” reports are just rumors for now. We’ll be following the news as more information comes out.
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