{"id":482361,"date":"2019-02-18T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=796092"},"modified":"2019-02-18T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T14:07:00","slug":"watch-meek-mill-j-cole-perform-during-the-2019-nba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-meek-mill-j-cole-perform-during-the-2019-nba-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Meek Mill, J. Cole Perform During the 2019 NBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MeekMillNBAAllStars.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/meek-mill\/\" id=\"auto-tag_meek-mill\" data-tag=\"meek-mill\">Meek Mill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/j-cole-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_j-cole-2\" data-tag=\"j-cole-2\">J. Cole<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/anthony-hamilton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anthony-hamilton\" data-tag=\"anthony-hamilton\">Anthony Hamilton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/carly-rae-jepsen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_carly-rae-jepsen\" data-tag=\"carly-rae-jepsen\">Carly Rae Jepsen<\/a> performed during the 2019 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, which was held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Meek Mill, who was backed by six dancers and a DJ, delivered a medley of pyro-punctuated songs from his most recent album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-meek-mills-championships-places-him-up-there-with-the-greats-762746\/\"><em>Championships<\/em><\/a>, including \u201cIntro,\u201d \u201cGoing Bad\u201d and \u201cUptown Vibes\u201d as well as his 2012 track \u201cDreams and Nightmares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZbFuyOWZoE?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>J. Cole repped his home state for his halftime show appearance. Backed by a band and backup singers and moving between platforms that provided close proximity to fans, he performed a medley of songs, including \u201cMiddle Child,\u201d \u201cATM,\u201d \u201cLove Yourz\u201d and \u201cNo Role Modelz.\u201d He also gave a shout out to 21 Savage, who is in the midst of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/21-savage-ice-arrest-legal-situation-791267\/\">immigration legal battle<\/a>. \u201c21 Savage we love you,\u201d J. Cole said before rapping lines from 21 Savage\u2019s \u201cA Lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KKboUqwND1Y?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another hometown artist, Anthony Hamilton, took on the National Anthem duties. Backed by two acoustic guitar players, Hamilton delivered a soulful rendition of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner.\u201d Carly Rae Jepsen represented her home country with her performance of the Canadian National Anthem. Jepsen sang an a cappella rendition of \u201cO Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FOGs_gqndx0?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><br \/><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M9_g7wuPqq8?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/meek-mill-j-cole-perform-2019-nba-all-star-game-watch-796092\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meek Mill, J. Cole, Anthony Hamilton and Carly Rae Jepsen performed during the 2019 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, which was held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Meek Mill, who was backed by six dancers and a DJ, delivered a medley of pyro-punctuated songs from his most recent album, Championships, including \u201cIntro,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 05:28:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}