As the community in Ferguson, Missouri and worldwide still mourns and protests the murder of Michael Brown, J. Cole took time to visit the spot where the 18-year-old was gunned down by local police last Saturday. Arriving with members of his Dreamville Records label, the Roc Nation MC spoke with local residents and activists, as they all mourned the loss of Brown during a chaotic time where a community is still shaken following the incident.

“J Cole at #mikebrown’s final resting place. #ferguson,” says Deray McKesson, who captured this photo of J. Cole paying his respects in the exact spot Michael Brown was killed. On Friday, the North Carolina rapper released the song “Be Free,” inspired by the tragic moment, pleading an end to violence. “Rest in Peace to Michael Brown and to every young black man murdered in America, whether by the hands of white or black. I pray that one day the world will be filled with peace and rid of injustice. Only then will we all Be Free.”

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(Just got off a call with @JColeNC who is in Ferguson right NOW) RT @tweeting4us: have you had other entertainers tell you they're in?

— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) August 17, 2014

Quote from @JColeNC in Ferguson right now- "man there's so much LOVE here!"

— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) August 17, 2014

Photos via Deray McKesson, idts_the_baby, BelAmour_, thefentybarb, TERROREYEStv, thisisdscott and John Eligon

Previously: J. Cole – “Be Free”