Ye - formerly Kanye West - blasted J. Cole and his music during another X rant on Tuesday night (April 1), but it didn't seem ...

J. Cole grew up in nearby Fayetteville and uses this music festival as an opportunity to shine a light on the place that ...

J. Cole apologized to Kendrick Lamar just two days ... and her work has previously appeared in Entertainment Weekly and the New York Daily News. Arturo Holmes/Getty; Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more. Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty; Vaughn Ridley/NBAE via Getty J. Cole has some words for Kendrick Lamar.

He debuted a new song that finds him calling out The Big 3. "I ain't on J. Cole, I ain't on Drake, I ain't on Kendrick side/I choose homicide, they gon' see a different side," Rocky raps on the ...

With his final Dreamville Festival less than two weeks away, Fayetteville-raised rapper J. Cole has been busy ... (This story was updated to add new information.) ...

He was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2012 Grammys, losing to Bon Iver. In total, Cole has been nominated for 17 Grammy Awards and seven Billboard Music Awards. J. Cole performs Saturday ...

The surprise drop arrived on Thursday (March 6) via Cole’s new blog, The Algorithm. “Wiz skating. TGOD. And he been on a wave,” Cole wrote, referencing Wiz’s recent onslaught of mixtapes ...

J. Cole was raised in Fayetteville and graduated ... Cole was first offered a record deal by Jay-Z in 2008, after the New York rapper heard Cole’s song “Lights, Please." In 2011, after a ...