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Rapper J. Cole Makes An Appearance At Miami Heat-Charlotte Hornets Game

Cole has developed a strong relationship with Heat forward Caleb Martin

Shandel Richardson

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The Miami Heat are no strangers to having famous rappers sitting courtside at games. 

From Rick Ross to Pit Bull to Trick Daddy, the Heat have had plenty. On Thursday, it was J. Cole. The Heat gifted him with one of the new City Edition jerseys. 

The night was even more for J. Cole, who has a strong relationship with Heat forward Caleb Martin. Last season a story by Roderick Boone in the Charlotte Observer details how J. Cole, who has an extensive basketball background, played a role by alerting Heat assistant Caron Butler of Martin's talent.

“Yeah, that’s my man,” Caleb Martin said in the interview. “It shows that even though he’s accomplished a lot of things ... and he’s got so many other things to worry about, he worries about his people. And it’s dope he considers me one of his people, that he takes into account and he knew my situation. He saw me working in the gym every day and you could just tell he appreciates guys who grinds like he does and so that’s a blessing for him to lend a hand out there and do what he could.”

The full story of Martin's journey to Miami can be READ HERE. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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