J. Cole is Now a Pro Basketball Player

J. Cole has signed with the Rwanda Patriots, the Athletic's Shams Charania reports.

Rapper J. Cole has signed on to be a pro basketball player, Shams Charania of the Atheltic reported on Monday.

The famous rapper is now a member of the Rwanda Patriots in the Basketball Africa League and will play three-six games, Charania reported.

Sources: American rap star J. Cole is signing a deal in the Basketball Africa League with Rwanda's Patriots B.B.C. J. Cole will play 3-to-6 games, the first of which on Sunday vs. Nigeria.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 10, 2021

Cole has been known as a hooper and has been seen working out with NBA trainer Chris Brickley many times, and he has also played in the NBA's Celebrity game at All-Star weekend before. 

Complex Sports posted back in 2019 about Brickley and his training mentioning Cole.

■ Going on tour with Travis Scott, chillin' with Quavo
■ Training NBA stars & J. Cole
■ A segment in NBA 2K20

Chris Brickley has gone from college walk-on to a star NBA trainer.

We spoke to @Cbrickley603 about his rise: https://t.co/idMj4TZ07P pic.twitter.com/1kmXyGndH8

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) September 23, 2019

One of the times that he worked out with Brickley can be seen in a post below.

J COLE IS PLAYING PRO BASKETBALL 🔥

He is signing a deal in the Basketball Africa League with Rwanda’s Patriots B.B.C 🌍

First game on Sunday 😎 @JColeNC
(per @ShamsCharania) pic.twitter.com/2SpSMFiXGv

— Overtime (@overtime) May 10, 2021

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