From The Sound Live:
This was the photo tweeted to J.Cole and the sender threatened to pull the trigger. Chances are that the gun is fake as well as the situation but as no one can verify, you must think and assume the worst. Cole called this , “The Craziest S*** I have seen on twitter.”
TMZ reports:
Rapper J. Cole was extorted by a sick fan who tweeted a photo of a little girl with a gun to her head … and claimed he would shoot her if Cole did not respond to his message. The fan tweeted last night “@JColeNC retweet me and I’ll buy Born Sinner. Don’t retweet me and I’ll kill my lil sister.”
Shortly after the threatening tweet, which refers to Cole’s new album … Cole did indeed retweet the message. It’s unclear if the gun is real or where the twisted bastard behind the tweet actually lives. The account, which we’re not revealing, claims to be out of Saudi Arabia — but the truth is it could be anywhere in the world.
We reached out to police in North Carolina — where J. Cole lives — to see if they were investigating … but they hadn’t heard anything about it. We also contacted Twitter headquarters … a rep said the company doesn’t comment on individual accounts to protect privacy This morning J. Cole commented about the incident, saying … “Wildest s**t I ever seen on twitter.”
We learned later that the gun was a BB Gun but still a scary situation for the young rapper.
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