J. Cole has signed a lot of things during his time as a rapper, but this latest fan request might be a new one for him.
A recent clip captured by @tuuliaisabella shows the North Carolina rapper holding and signing a stack of CDs while standing in front of a fan holding a baby.
"I’m not signing your baby, bro," Cole can be heard saying to the fan, before quickly changing his mind and proceeding to sign the infant’s white shirt.
Cole has been dominating headlines since dropping his latest — and allegedly last — album, The Fall-Off. Released on February 6, the offering followed 2021's The Off-Season and became his eighth consecutive chart-topping album.
Following the project's arrival, Cole embarked on his "trunk sale tour," which has seen him sell physical CDs of The Fall-Off from his old Honda Civic. In addition to signing physicals and fans getting face time with him, Cole has even picked up some lucky fans to listen to the album in his car.
Earlier this week in Phoenix, the Honda Civic decided it needed some repairs. "Tried to make it to LA before we go back home, the Civic said it had enough and broke on us!" Cole posted on X on Monday (February 23). "Phoenix, we here now while the car is getting fixed. Gonna mob around the city in the sprinter selling CD’s in the meantime."
Cole fans pulled up to the auto shop in droves, cheering the rapper as he emerged from the garage, and chanting "J. Cole!"
Not everyone was as happy for Cole. Joe Budden revealed he wasn’t impressed by the rapper’s decision to drive his old car as part of the album’s rollout.
Speaking on a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the former rapper shared his blunt reaction to the news.
"Nobody in the world that could not be happier that J. Cole Civic broke down, it’s me," Budden said. "I jumped for joy when the news came across my feed that J. Cole and this stupid performative ass Civic broke down."
Cole’s Honda Civic is the same car he owned early in his career before becoming a global star. Budden, however, questioned the authenticity behind the gesture.
"That was fake humble," he said. "Stop with this 'I’m rich, but I relate to you' … You selling a lot of records and lying to my face in the process with this Civic shit."