Last night, J. Cole returned to Letterman’s late-night spot for the first time since his 2011 promo run for Cole World: A Sideline Story. Watch Jermaine perform his current TLC-assisted single “Crooked Smile” below.
Last night, J. Cole returned to Letterman’s late-night spot for the first time since his 2011 promo run for Cole World: A Sideline Story. Watch Jermaine perform his current TLC-assisted single “Crooked Smile” below.
Backstage after his performance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival this weekend, MTV caught up with J. Cole to discuss the very emotional video he put together for his TLC-assisted single, “Crooked Smile.” The visuals tell the sad tale of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, and below, he explains why he chose to do so.
Yesterday, J.Cole performed at The iHeart Music Festival in Las Vegas. For the first time, he brought out TLC to help him perform “Crooked Smile”. Later on, Miguel joined to perform “Power Trip”. Cole has come a long way from his performances at St. John’s back when he was a student! You go boy! To check it out the pics, click below!
Pictured is Charles Jones holding an image of his slain 7-year-old daughter, Aiyana Stanley-Jones. In case you didn’t know, these two are who J. Cole’s Crooked Smiles video is loosely based on. Well, on December 4th, the officer responsible for her tragic, untimely death will be back on trial. For some odd reason, his trial back in June regarding the murder, went without a verdict.
It’s FINALLY here! We’ve waited, he created a second version, but J. Cole finally releases the video for, “Crooked Smile,” featuring TLC. Drop down bottom and check it out.
J. Cole already had a video in the can for his TLC-assisted single “Crooked Smile,” but revealed a couple weeks back that the reason behind the delay was because he’d decided he to scrap it, hoping to create something better. Looks like that ‘something better’ has come to fruition, as I’ve gotten word the Born Sinner rapper has shot an entire short film for the track this past week. It will pay homage to Aiyana Stanley Jones, who was shot to death in a police raid during the taping of an episode of The First 48. Be on the lookout for this one soon!