J. Cole shouts out Markelle Fultz, Dennis Smith Jr. on new track

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Rapper J. Cole is throwing his support behind Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz following the second-year player's diagnosis with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.

Cole is featured on 21 Savage's latest album, "I Am > I Was," which dropped Thursday night, and name-drops Fultz and the Dallas Mavericks' Dennis Smith Jr. on the track "A Lot," according to Genius:

I pray for Markelle 'cause they f----- up his shot
Just want you to know that you got it, my n----
Though I never met you, I know that you special
And that the Lord blessed you, don't doubt it, my n----
Dennis Smith Jr., stay solid, my n----
I'm on a tangent, not how I planned it

Cole and Smith are good friends who both grew up in Fayetteville, N.C.