{"id":405138,"date":"2022-09-03T04:35:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T04:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=405138"},"modified":"2022-09-03T15:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T15:07:31","slug":"is-j-cole-in-the-nba-rappers-cover-image-on-nba-2k23-has-fans-puzzled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/is-j-cole-in-the-nba-rappers-cover-image-on-nba-2k23-has-fans-puzzled\/","title":{"rendered":"Is J Cole in the NBA? Rapper&#8217;s cover image on NBA 2K23 has fans puzzled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to the newest release from NBA 2K23, which features J Cole on the cover if you enjoy purchasing the most costly, deluxe versions of video games imaginable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A non-basketball player has never before been on the cover of an NBA 2K game. Numerous NBA and WNBA players have previously been developed for particular markets, but J Cole is on another level entirely. His collaboration with Puma to create the &#8220;Dreamer&#8221; basketball shoes and his Dreamville business are both referenced in the &#8220;Dreamer Edition.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JColeNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JColeNC<\/a> as our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA2K23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBA2K23<\/a> DREAMER Edition Cover Athlete \u2601\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Coming this Fall <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OgtaMV735f\">pic.twitter.com\/OgtaMV735f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA 2K (@NBA2K) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA2K\/status\/1565338728171593728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The &#8220;Dreamer Edition&#8221; of the computer game NBA 2K23 features J. Cole in the clouds. The Dreamville boss, who earlier this year agreed to play for the Scarborough Shooting Stars in the Canadian Elite Basketball League, will also serve as a playable character in the MyCareer storyline and executive produce this year&#8217;s game&#8217;s soundtrack, which is scheduled to be released in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year&#8217;s soundtrack will debut with 36 songs from artists including Drake, Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion, Joey Badass, Ski Mask the Slump God, Rod Wave, Lil Tecca, Doja Cat, 21 Savage, Masked Wolf, Snow Tha Product, BlocBoy JB, Polo G, Lil Baby, one of Cole&#8217;s Dreamville artists, JID, and more; three new tracks are expected to be released every Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Alfie Brody, vice president of global marketing strategy at NBA 2K, \u201cthe sheer scale, depth, and talent included in this year&#8217;s MyCAREER delivers an unrivaled experience within NBA 2K23.\u201d The most talented person on that list is our first cover star, who genuinely lives at the nexus of music and basketball. NBA 2K23 has become a pillar of culture, which is demonstrated by bringing visionary like J. Cole and DREAMER into the creative process for both the game and the soundtrack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cole tweeted a picture of the game&#8217;s heavenly cover art along with the words \u201cThis s-t crazy\u201d and seven exploding head emojis.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This shit crazy.  NBA2K23 cover. \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f         DREAMER        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA2K?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA2K<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x42onadqMq\">pic.twitter.com\/x42onadqMq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; J. Cole (@JColeNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JColeNC\/status\/1565344080703369218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cole added in a statement that \u201cNBA 2K has long been a venue to find fresh musical talent through their game and continues to be a gold standard for displaying everything basketball culture. It&#8217;s been an incredible experience to be a part of the MyCAREER storyline, and soundtrack, and introduce the Dreamer brand into NBA 2K, in addition to being featured on the cover of this year&#8217;s game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More NBA news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/how-many-nba-rings-does-steph-curry-have-in-comparison-to-michael-jordan\/\">How many NBA rings does Steph Curry have in comparison to Michael Jordan?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/steph-curry-savagely-trolls-kendrick-perkins-for-doubting-warriors-winning-another-nba-championship\/\">Steph Curry savagely trolls Kendrick Perkins for doubting Warriors winning another NBA Championship<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/klay-thompson-calls-grizzlies-star-jaren-jackson-jr-a-bum-in-shocking-outburst-after-warriors-win-nba-championship\/\">Klay Thompson calls Grizzlies star Jaren Jackson Jr a \u2018bum\u2019 in shocking outburst after Warriors win NBA Championship<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Follow our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0page for more key NBA updates and news<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the newest release from NBA 2K23, which features J Cole on the cover if you enjoy purchasing the most costly, deluxe versions of video games imaginable. A non-basketball player has never before been on the cover of an NBA 2K game. Numerous NBA and WNBA players have previously been developed for particular markets, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":405139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2965,9,2966],"class_list":["post-405138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-j-cole","tag-nba","tag-nba-2k23"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}