Generation gap?

Today, a freshman walked into class singing, "Straight up, now tell me, do you really want to love me forever?" Without thinking, I finished the line to the song: "Or I am caught in a hit and run?"

The student looked at me, eyes wide with wonder and excitement. "You know J. Cole, Ms. Cepler?!"

"Who?" I asked. "I thought we were singing Paula Abdul."

To this, my student responded, "Who?"

Turns out, this J. Cole sampled the two lines from the song Paula Abdul made famous in 1988.

Boy, do I feel old...