Childhood home of J. Cole vandalized

Someone defiled the childhood home of J. Cole, the grammy-nominated rapper, over the weekend by scrawling a sentence across the front of the split level house in the Forest Hills neighborhood off Cain Road.

"J Cole ... do you even care about the ville?" the spray-painted graffiti said.

It was removed by Monday afternoon.

Fayetteville police said they received no report of vandalism at the house.

The home at 2014 Forest Hills Drive is where Cole and his brother moved to after their mother remarried. Cole's father was military and the family lived in military housing until the couple split. Cole was 4 when his mother moved her two sons into a trailer park in Spring Lake.

Cole used the address as the title of his third studio album that was released in 2014. The cover showed Cole sitting on the roof of the house.

Cole has maintained ties with his hometown including creating his nonprofit, The Dreamville Foundation, which was established in October 2011, according to the the organization's website.

It was created to "bridge the gap" between opportunities and Fayetteville's youth, the website said.

In 2016, kids taking part in the Fayetteville Urban Ministry's Find-A-Friend program got a big surprise when Cole stopped by and visited with them for a couple hours. He returned the next day to meet with high school students.

In 2015, Cole announced plans to use the 1,600 square-foot Forest Hills Drive house as a rent-free home for single-mother families.

The house was bought in June 2014 by Cole's Dreamville Foundation for $121,000.

A staff report