The reason I picked to write about Jermaine Lamarr Cole is because he is on my top three favorite artist list. I remember back in in 7th grade in 2007 my brother first introduced me to his debut mixtape “The Come Up,” it was love at first listen. My all-time favorite J.Cole album to date is Forest Hills Dr. Forest Hills Dr. to my opinion is one of Coles best work. Another reason I’m a big fan of Forest Hills Dr. is because I attended his Forest Hills Drive tour in 2015. That day was such a perfected day, and a day I definitely will never forget. Listening to an artist is one thing but attending that artists concert is another! Many of you might be familiar with the artist Jermaine Lamarr Cole, or better known by his stage name J.Cole. Cole
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The Black Lives Matter movement is an international activist movement, that campaigns agonists violence and racism towards African American people. The purpose of the movement is to spread positivity and general welfare amongst the black community, in response to police brutality. J.Cole addresses global issues related to race is many different song he writes. One of the most recent songs Cole released that talks about BLM is his song “Be Free.” “Be Free” was dedicated to every young black man murdered in American. There’s a line in the song that reads “Can you tell me why every time I step outside I see my niggas die, I’m lettin’ you know that there ain’t no gun they make that can kill my soul.” Jermaine is talking about how cops are shooting and killing African American people on the regular like it’s their jobs, but no gun can damage him on the inside. Another song that cole has that addresses Black Lives Matter is “G.O.M.D.” “G.O.M.D.” is a song where Jermaine plays a house slave who sparks a revolution on a white owned plantation. In an interview with MTV the artist says, “The video is really more of a commentary on the need for unity and togetherness more so than it is a comment of racism, because [the back community] knows- we all know about
The Black Lives Matter movement is an international activist movement, that campaigns agonists violence and racism towards African American people. The purpose of the movement is to spread positivity and general welfare amongst the black community, in response to police brutality. J.Cole addresses global issues related to race is many different song he writes. One of the most recent songs Cole released that talks about BLM is his song “Be Free.” “Be Free” was dedicated to every young black man murdered in American. There’s a line in the song that reads “Can you tell me why every time I step outside I see my niggas die, I’m lettin’ you know that there ain’t no gun they make that can kill my soul.” Jermaine is talking about how cops are shooting and killing African American people on the regular like it’s their jobs, but no gun can damage him on the inside. Another song that cole has that addresses Black Lives Matter is “G.O.M.D.” “G.O.M.D.” is a song where Jermaine plays a house slave who sparks a revolution on a white owned plantation. In an interview with MTV the artist says, “The video is really more of a commentary on the need for unity and togetherness more so than it is a comment of racism, because [the back community] knows- we all know about