The rapper used his surveillance video of the raid as his music video for Neighbors, which he released yesterday (May 1).
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Cole Cole from the judgment of neighbors and police, who sent a SWAT team to his North Carolina studio under suspicion that he and fellow artists were growing and selling marijuana. Because of obvious racism from the neighbors, the police were called and a raid took place. Wealth and fame did not shield Jermaine J. He’s out here doing extremely positive things for the community and for young artists. Cole is the last person to do anything like that. It’s just crazy ironic because out of anybody, they picked the wrong person. “They go downstairs and all they see is a studio, and obviously they felt stupid. “They flew helicopters over, sent an entire SWAT team armed with weapons, broke down the door and searched the whole house,” he said. The incident led to the creation of “Neighbors” on 4 Your Eyez Only, Dreamville producer Anthony “Elite” Parrino told Complex in December 2016. Cole uses the track to describe the time the SWAT. “They think because we’re black we don’t own surveillance cameras,” he said. The incident happened in March 2016 after neighbors suspected the rapper of selling or growing drugs at the home. If you have listened to J.Coles album 4 Your Eyez Only the track Neighbors probally stood out to you.
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raid to a studio in North Carolina he was renting. 15) the rapper provided narration to home surveillance footage of a S.W.A.T. Cole’s decision to sport an orange jumpsuit during his performance goes further into his message of mass incarceration with his “Neighbors” video providing the perfect opportunity to lay out his recent presentation.ĭuring his show at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA Saturday (Jul. Kicking off earlier this month, the tour has explored the school to prison pipeline, racial profiling and the rapper’s reflection of male maturity. J.Cole Opens ‘4 Your Eyez Only’ Tour In Orange Prison Jumpsuit