Overview
- Fat Joe criticized J. Cole’s brief run on the Joe and Jada podcast during a segment with WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes, saying Cole “donuted” and that they “ran him out of China.”
- J. Cole signed with the Nanjing Monkey Kings in April and appeared in one eight-minute game in China’s top pro league, the Chinese Basketball Association.
- The Monkey Kings lost 95–81 to the Guangzhou Loong Lions in that game, and Cole finished with 0 points on 0-for-5 from three with one rebound and one assist.
- Cole later wrote in his Inevitable blog that work-visa delays cut a planned three-game stint to a single appearance before he had to leave.
- He has suggested he might return for a longer run after The Fall-Off World Tour and said he would stay in shape to be ready.