The running J. Cole joke, at least on social media, is that the North Carolina rapper is so blue collar and relatable that he finds a way to relate nearly every subject matter to paying off student loans or puppy love scenarios. Of course, the joke is only one the people who crack those jokes, considering Cole wrapped up a sold-out stadium tour last year, and is less than 2 years removed from a platinum-selling album. (Cole fans catch wreck for reiterating ad-nauseum that Cole is the first rapper to go platinum with no features in a quarter-century. Listen, if your favorite rapper did that, you’d keep talking about it too.)

The truth is, Cole is blue collar. He performed a sold-out Madison Square Garden concert and appeared in an HBO special in a black t-shirt and sweats, and he quit maintaining his clean-cut hairstyle in favor of a barely controllable, twisted mane. That said, the following should come as a surprise to no one: J. Cole rides the city bus.

How often? That remains to be seen, but a picture of a bus rider snapping a selfie with J. Cole on a Queens city bus surfaced on Instagram recently, and the rapper didn’t appear to be pulling a publicity stunt or surrounded by security.

J Cole was seen riding the public bus in Queens. This man is as humble and down to earth as they come. He sold over 1 million records and has well over a million dollars in his bank. But he understands our struggle from which he came. The game hasn’t changed him. There’s a lot of people who aren’t rich and wouldn’t ride public transportation. J Cole is a one of a kind artist. We may never see an artist for the people like this again. *Check out the rest of my page, you’ll enjoy what you see*.

A photo posted by /Aarun-nīyah/✍ (@aaronya_) on Jul 17, 2016 at 7:57pm PDT

Imagine that, going platinum with no features and riding the bus. (Couldn’t help it.)