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"&lt;img alt=\"0618_JCOLE_TWEET_twitter\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/06/18/0618-jcole-tweet-twitter-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rapper &lt;strong&gt;J. Cole&lt;/strong&gt; was basically extorted by a sick fan who tweeted a photo of a little girl with a gun to her head ... and claimed he would shoot her if Cole did not respond to his message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fan tweeted last night \"@JColeNC retweet me and I'll buy Born Sinner. Don't retweet me and I'll kill my lil sister.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shortly after the threatening tweet, which refers to Cole's new album ... Cole did indeed retweet the message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's unclear if the gun is real or where the twisted bastard behind the tweet actually lives. The account, which we're not revealing, claims to be out of Saudi Arabia -- but the truth is it could be anywhere in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We reached out to police in North Carolina -- where J. Cole lives -- to see if they were investigating ... but they hadn't heard anything about it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also contacted Twitter headquarters ... a rep said the company doesn't comment on individual accounts to protect privacy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning J. Cole commented about the incident, saying ... \"Wildest s**t I ever seen on twitter.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3:33 PM PT &lt;/strong&gt;The fan's Twitter account appears to have been taken down. It is no longer loading.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11:15 AM PT&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160; The fan is now downplaying his tweet by claiming it's a BB gun in the photo -- apparently, oblivious to the fact even a BB gun could seriously harm a child at that range."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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