STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island became an unexpected talking point during J. Cole’s concert at the UBS Arena, after the rapper gave the borough a shoutout during a playful exchange with the crowd on August 5.
In a video circulating on TikTok, Cole appears to shout out different parts of the New York area, prompting fans to cheer for the places they were from.
As Cole rattled off shoutouts to neighborhoods across the New York area, the mention of Staten Island drew some boos from the crowd, prompting the artist to quickly come to the borough’s defense…