J. Cole was once asked by Adin Ross to donate money in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina — but he turned it down as he didn’t want the gesture to be filmed for social media.
Ross, one of the internet’s most popular streamers, was spotted sitting next to Cole at an NBA Finals game between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat earlier this month.
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During a recent live stream, the 22-year-old recalled a conversation he had with the Dreamville rapper, revealing he proposed linking up to give out money to his local community and capturing it on camera.
However, Cole politely declined and told him he’d rather do such charitable work away from the public eye.
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“I said, ‘Yo, would you wanna do a video where me and you go to Fayetteville and we give out hella money?'” Ross said. “That’s exactly what I said. And Cole said, ‘I love the idea, like I really appreciate that. That’s real. But I just don’t like doing shit like that on camera.’
“So, you know, that’s what I asked him. I didn’t ask him for a live stream, I asked him something like that. But I respect J. Cole on God ’cause he’s real and he does shit off camera all the time. He’s blessing people.”
Although he prefers to keep his philanthropy out of the news, J. Cole did launch the Dreamville Foundation in 2011 to support kids in his native Fayetteville.
“Since our inception, we have continued to serve children and support their family members who are attempting to overcome obstacles in their social environment in and around Fayetteville. Over the years, we have expanded to other cities and states,” the website says.
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“Overall, we provide these youth and families with the necessary resources for achieving their goals. ‘Obstacles’ have included, but are not limited to financial strain, physical, mental, alcohol, and drug abuse.
“Our mission is to bridge the gap between the worlds of opportunity for urban youth. We are dedicated to providing much needed resources, charitable donations, programs, and events that empower and inspire our youth to achieve success in reaching their dreams.”
During another live stream, Adin Ross revealed that J. Cole also curved his request for “life advice,” but gave him his number and promised to sit down for “a heart to heart talk” in the future.
“Cole sits down, says, ‘What’s up bro? How you been? Where you staying now?’ Etc., etc. We have that cool talk, small talk. We’re watching the game and shit, I’m not really trying to be in his ear a lot. He just came in there to zone out and be in the game and shit,” he recalled.
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“But I had to ask him, you know, I said some shit. I asked about some streaming. He’s like, ‘I don’t really like cameras like that.’ But then I said to Cole, ‘Yo bro, on some life advice shit, I’ve always wanted to talk to you. I’ve always wanted to talk to you about some life advice shit.'”
Ross continued: “He’s the realest muthafucka, he was like, ‘I would be lying. I really, really just wanna watch the game right now, Adin.’ But this is what he said, ‘I feel like this is not the right setting, but one day I’ma give you a heart to heart talk. We can talk about anything.’
“He’s like, ‘Take my number down.’ He just gave me his number like that. J. Cole’s a regular ass human, real-ass muthafucka.”
