Today (June 18th) is an epic day in music, and J. Cole‘s album Born Sinner is one of the reasons why!
If you’ve heard the follow-up to Cole World: The Sideline Story, then you know one of the standout tracks is “Let Nas Down,” a song that pays homage to Cole’s rap idol Nas.
In a recent interview with BET, the Roc Nation rapper recounts the story of how he ran into Nas at the airport, and let him take a listen to it.
“I played him the song, gave him my headphones. I was trying to hear what part of the song he was on because he was behind me,” he shared. “And then, like a minute into the song he was like, ‘Wooo,’ beatin’ my chair, bangin’ my chair. Just overall, he was wowed. The look on his face was like, honored that I would make that and then also highly impressed. That was a huge moment for me.”
He also added:
“Soon as I seen him, I knew this was fate,” he explained of his coincidental encounter with Nas at the airport. “This album had so many moments that connected to let me know I was doing the right thing. That was one of them. This was a moment.”
Yeah, we have to agree, that was definitely a moment right there.
Check out the full interview down below!
SOURCE: HipHopDX
