Have you heard of J. Cole? He's going to play professional basketball. Saying this name, I am afraid that most fans will not be unfamiliar. As a rapper with the same name as Drake and Lamar, J. Cole has been red at home and abroad in the past two years. Unlike many of the foreign Rappers in our impressions, his lyrics rarely appear in the eighteen forbidden, and in terms of wearing, he has abandoned many of Rapper's favorite big gold chains and small gold watches, so it is also known as: the clear stream of the rap circle.
Most fans are impressed by him as a Rapper with excellent business ability and mature ideological realm, but what you don't know is that this well-known rapper has always had a basketball dream in his heart. At the age of twelve, J. Cole was introduced to rap for the first time, and to the dream that accompanied him all his life.
Like all the children who have struggled with whether to go to "Tsinghua" or "Peking University", he has seriously considered whether to become a professional basketball player or a professional rapper. Two childish-sounding dreams kept taking root in the heart of young J. Cole. At that time, the young man did not know that his own life had begun.
At the age of fourteen, he laid a solid foundation for his future by teaching himself music production, and at the same time, he freed up a lot of time every day for basketball training, and the young J. Cole set himself a small goal: to wait until college, he must play on the varsity team. Children who like to play basketball and do rap must have poor academic performance, right?
Not necessarily, J. Cole did not fall behind in studying at all under the premise of taking into account rap and basketball, and even relied on excellent results to be admitted to St. John's University. At first, he studied computers, and when he learned about the poor and destitute situation of his mentor, he resolutely decided to change majors, and had to admit that Xueba was Xueba, and he not only successfully passed the test of transferring majors, but even spent one year less than others to complete the dual majors of communication and business.
By this time, he was already an excellent rapper, and at the same time, he joined the St. John's University team and became a member of the varsity team. Graduation comes, when students are struggling with what kind of job to find. He was thinking about whether to do professional basketball or become a full-time Rapper.
Reality helped him make his choice, and in 2009, J. Cole signed his first album contract, basketball is good, but he needs to earn money to support his family. He went farther and farther down the path of rap, and his lyrics spread to thousands of households, and even NBA All-Stars invited him to sing in the halftime and play in the Celebrity Game.
Dreaming back in the middle of the night, the accomplished J. Cole could not forget the wish he had made in his youth, and he decided to rush again for the dream. Nine months ago, the Detroit Pistons sent j. Cole a trial notice, but unfortunately only the notice, not the following. Until yesterday, the news came that J. Cole joined the league BAL, which is jointly organized by the NBA and FIBA.
The league is made up of twelve teams, most of whom are professional players who have retired from the NBA, as well as marginal men who are ready to storm the NBA. J. Cole can join such a league, and his usual training intensity can be imagined. J. Cole said: "At the age of thirty-six, I am not young, but I still believe that those crazy and beautiful dreams will come true. ”
Congratulations to J. Cole, and I wish you and me the same crazy and beautiful dreams will come true.
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