NBA News: Lakers' LeBron James and Wizards' Russell Westbrook Mentioned in New J Cole Songs

Russell Westbrook and LeBron James were name dropped in different songs on J Cole's new album "The Off-Season".

On Thursday night, music fans may as well have had a celebration, as well-known rapper J Cole released a new album called "The Off-Season."

Many NBA players across the league gave their positive thoughts of the album on Twitter and some of the posts can be seen embedded below.

Cole broke Spotify 😂😂

— Eric Paschall (@epaschall) May 14, 2021

“If I’m bettin on myself then I completely double down”
Heard You Cole💯

— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) May 14, 2021

a l b u m . o f . t h e . y e a r

— Dennis Smith Jr. (@Dennis1SmithJr) May 14, 2021

One of the best surprises on the album was the name drops in multiple songs about NBA players, and some of the name drops J Cole did of players included Russell Westbrook, LeBron James and Ja Morant.

Bleacher Report shared a picture of the lyrics mentioning those three players and which songs they came from in a post embedded below.

.@JColeNC came different on The Off-Season 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1dGoUDBnoG

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 14, 2021

More on the Los Angeles Lakers can be read here. 

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