Watch J. Cole Get Emotional Before Dedicating Performance to Mac Miller

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J. Cole says goodbye to a friend

On Friday, September 7th, J. Coletook his KOD tour to Las Vegas. There, he dedicated the show to rapper Mac Miller, who died of an apparent overdose earlier that day.

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Before performing "Love Yourself," Cole delivered an emotional speech, saying:

As you grow up, you go through some traumatic shit...You leave it alone and you ignore it, and before you know it, youre 20 fucking years old and youre walking around with all this shit thats accumulated. Every day, Vegas, people die.... And they never got a chance to deal with their shit.... Im not trying to wait till I die to deal with my shit. Im trying to deal with my shit right fuckin now.

Here is the video of the touching moment:

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J. Cole, who produced Hurt Feelings on Macs last album,Swimming, sent out a couple of tweets about the rapper right after the news broke:

J. Cole wasn' t the only artist to dedicate their show to Mac Miller. During a performanceon Saturday night, John dedicatedhis performance of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me to Mac:"

OnFriday night, G-Eazy got emotional before performing"Everything Will Be OK," sayingI swear, life is so fucking fragile. Appreciate the moment, be present in it, tell people you love you care about them."

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