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Assuming Snowmageddon doesn’t postpone N.C. State’s trip to North Carolina on Saturday night (8 p.m., ESPN), the rivalry game represents a challenge for superstar J. Cole.

The 31-year-old Fayetteville platinum-selling rapper is a lifelong fan of the Tar Heels. That was until this season. Cole, whose current album “4 Your Eyez Only” finished 2016 at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, is good friends with N.C. State freshman guard Dennis Smith Jr., who is also from Fayetteville.

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