J Cole and his manager and Dreamville cofounder Ibrahim Hamad continue to bring fans a compelling experience via their Inevitable audio series chronicling the former’s career. They brought fans a lot of interesting reflections and revelations so far, with one alleged interaction in particular driving a lot of fan interest. Moreover, the North Carolina rapper and Ib claimed that Jay-Z once told Drake to give Cole a hit single. This was at Hov and LeBron James’ Two Kings dinner during NBA All-Star Weekend in 2011, and Cole wanted to find a hit single before the release of his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story.
“We having a conversation. Me, Cole, Drake, Future [The Prince],” Ibrahim Hamad said of Jay-Z and J. Cole. “I don’t know who else but there were a couple more people. So then Jay walks in and he sees all of us together. He goes ‘Yo!’ and he looks at Drake and he says ‘Yo, give the boy one,’ points at Cole like basically ‘give him a hit.’ We’re all like ‘what?’ I even remember Future’s face being like, that’s embarrassing.”
J Cole & Jay-Z Performing In 2014
Jay Z Told Drake Give Him Hit Single Inevitable Story Hip Hop News” class=”wp-image-864674″ srcset=”https://wp.hnhh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/J-Cole-Jay-Z-Drake-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://wp.hnhh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/J-Cole-Jay-Z-Drake-300×240.jpg 300w, https://wp.hnhh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/J-Cole-Jay-Z-Drake-768×615.jpg 768w, https://wp.hnhh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/J-Cole-Jay-Z-Drake-1536×1229.jpg 1536w, https://wp.hnhh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/J-Cole-Jay-Z-Drake-2048×1639.jpg 2048w, https://wp.hnhh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/J-Cole-Jay-Z-Drake-1968×1575.jpg 1968w” sizes=”(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px” />“He’s looking at Drake and pointing at me and going, ‘Give him a hit, give my boy a hit,’ basically,” J. Cole remarked during the new episode. “What I do remember is being at the dinner after that and I’m just looking at Cole and he looks pissed,” Ib added. How they spoke on the meaning behind all this is that the two MCs were at a highly competitive point and had just collaborated on the song “In The Morning.” Not only that, but Cole had allegedly failed to put out a hit single before this album cycle despite previous attempts like “Blow Up” and “Higher.”
Apparently, J. Cole actually confronted Jay-Z about this situation later into the night, claiming hypocrisy over this demand for a hit single when Reasonable Doubt didn’t have that expectation. What’s funny is that not only did Cole World: The Sideline Story become his biggest album at that time, but “Work Out” proved to be a massive hit. So it all worked out in the end…
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