J. Cole was a surprise addition to Jelly Roll‘s recent pick-up basketball game — one that just happened to take place on an NBA court.
The day after Jelly Roll’s show last Sunday (October 27) at Charlotte, North Carolina’s Spectrum Center, also home to the Charlotte Hornets, the Nashville native got a chance to become part of the hive and play basketball on the Hornets’ actual court.
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He and his crew were joined by a real Hornet, forward Grant Williams. Another North Carolinian joined them too: Cole.
In an Instagram video showing the day’s events, Jelly Roll seems to be surprised by Cole’s entrance to the arena.
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“You doing this with us is true to the legend of who you are as a human,” Jelly Roll told Cole.
Check the video out below.
A pickup game with Cole hasn’t been Jelly Roll’s only major win lately. He is set to appear on Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre‘s forthcoming Missionary album, and now that the news is out, he’s sharing the story of how it came about.
Talking with Bootleg Kev for his eponymous podcast in an episode published on October 24, an excited Jelly recalled the FaceTime that sparked it all.
“I won’t say anything about the record because he didn’t, but man, it’s special. It is really good,” he gushed. “I’m legitimately on the Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre album. It’s crazy. It’s unreal. Dude, Jimmy [Iovine] hits John [presumably Jelly Roll’s manager John Meneilly] and says, ‘Can we get on a FaceTime with Jelly Roll and Dre?’ I’m like, ‘Dr. Dre?!’ I get on a FaceTime from my back porch. I’m like a kid! Jimmy’s there and I’m already like, ‘I cannot believe it’s Jimmy Iovine.’”
When Dre got on the phone, according to Jelly: “[He said,] ‘I got this crazy idea. I can send you something, or you can write something and send it back, or you can come here and we can write something.’ When he said that, I was like, there’s no way he expected me to do any other option. I was like, ‘If coming and writing with you is an option, I’m coming.’”
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He continued: “It was the most awesome session I ever did. I walked in was just like, the biggest warm hug. […] It was really fun. […] I had a moment where I was like, I belong in those rooms! [In my mind], I’m still the kid coming to the lunch table. I wanna prove that I deserve the table and I came in with that kind of attitude and it was really cool.”
