<p class="MOdxS "><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll ">BIA made quite the impression on J. Cole! He gave her all the flowers in a recent post about their song <em>London</em>.</span></p>
<h6><em><strong>It&#8217;s BIA BIA! </strong></em></h6>
<p>BIA&#8217;s name and sound isn&#8217;t just the talk, she&#8217;s the leading rapper with features from some of the industry&#8217;s greats. We&#8217;re talking co-signs from Queen Nicki Minaj with her ‘Whole Lotta Money (Remix) and the elusive Cole! Hours before the release of the music video to <em>London</em>, she expressed her own wonder at her <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/bia-shares-her-excitement-at-being-in-the-studio-with-hip-hop-a-listers-including-nicki-minaj-j-cole/">recent collaborations</a>. She also shouted out Russ for their 2019 hit &#8216;Best On Earth.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8220;Bro, I went to the actual studio, and got in the actual booth and rapped with RUSS, NICKI, and COLE!!! That’s f**king legend,&#8221; she tweeted. &#8220;I’m shook with myself honestly.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now, J. Cole <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcE4wf5PnUQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">confirmed equal excitement</a> for their new track. He took to Instagram with a rare paragraph post filled with insight into how <em>London</em> came to be. Cole started by admitting he didn&#8217;t want to share the posted one-minute clip of their music video. In his words, &#8220;everybody need to hear this sh*t PURE.&#8221; Then, he told the story of how he first came across the song.</p>
<h6><em><strong>Flowers For BIA </strong></em></h6>
<p>&#8220;I Asked BIA to come through the studio for some whole other sh*t. First time meeting her. We chop it up. She plays me this new song she had just did,&#8221; J. Cole wrote in his caption. Mannnnnnn in that moment I was blown away.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I thought about this song for a month straight, it was my favorite song and I only heard it one time. She hit me recently and sent me the song (she musta knew I wanted to hear it again!!!) and I was just grateful to have it in my possession.</p>
<p>Roommates, when it comes to Cole, the compliments will be poetic. C&#8217;mon BIA BIA and <em>London.</em></p>
<p>He continued, &#8220;When the thought and conversation came up about me adding a verse, I was excited but genuinely nervous cuz I didn’t even see how the song could be better after what she did to it. I didn’t want to f*ck nothing up! I’m grateful I Ended up <a href="https://genius.com/Bia-london-lyrics">catching the right wave</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Thank you BIA for having me on this record with you, love this sh*t and love your energy and spirit,&#8221; Cole wrote.</p>
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<h6><em><strong>Shade Room Exclusive </strong></em></h6>
<p>We <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcEs0nilIMz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">broke the first look</a> at the music video with a short, exclusive clip. By Friday evening, the preview had over one million views. Peep the full vibe BIA and Cole brought on their joint <em>London.</em> Less than 24 hours out, the views collected sat at 680,000 plus.</p>
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