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J. Cole Uses Summer Walker Song to Confirm The Fall Off Album

[ad_1] J. Cole is using a new Summer Walker song to confirm the release of his next album, The Fall Off. On Friday (May 19), J. Cole offered up his elite MC skills to Summer Walker on the intro track for her new EP, Clear 2: Soft Life. With Summer on the hook, the project's opening song, "To Summer, From Cole - Audio Hug," finds the Dreamville rhymer-exec rapping a heartfelt lyrical letter to his dear friend to set the tone for the following eight tracks.However, with a slick double entendre, J. Cole used the sentimental song as a platform to announce that his next album, The Fall Off, is on the way."I'm thinkin' about ya,"...

Lil Durk, J. Cole ‘All My Life’ – Listen

[ad_1] Lil Durk and J. Cole teamed up for the enlightening song "All My Life."On Friday (May 12), Lil Durk dropped his new single and video for "All My Life," which features the Dreamville Music leader J. Cole. The song appears on the Chicago rapper's upcoming album, Almost Healed. On the Dr. Luke-produced song, Durkio raps introspectively about his rise to fame and his determination to change the public's perception of him as some type of a menace."I decided that I have to finish/But the media call me a menace/I done sat down with the mayor and politicians, I'm tryin' to change up the image," he spits over melodic keyboards. "You can't...

J. Cole Goes to the Projects, Hears Aspiring Rapper’s New Song

[ad_1] J. Cole is not afraid to go to the hood to hear an emerging rap artist's music. The North Carolina rapper was recently spotted in the projects listening to an aspiring rapper's new song.On Wednesday (March 22), an up-and-coming rapper named Ty Trilly posted a video on his Instagram page of J. Cole hanging out in what appears to be inside a project building in Queens, N.Y., listening to his new song called "Adapt." In the clip, Cole is listening intently to Trilly's hardcore lyrics about his tough upbringing in the streets of New York. The booming beat is pounding inside the lobby of the rapper's apartment building while everyone is...

J. Cole Admits He Started Smoking Cigarettes Regularly at 6

[ad_1] J. Cole recently admitted he was smoking cigarettes on the regular at the age of 6.On Tuesday (March 21), ESPN aired a new interview where J. Cole sits down with Bob Myers to talk about his childhood, rap career and future. During the sit-down, the Fayetteville, N.C. rapper revealed he was a nicotine fiend years before he even hit puberty."At 6 years old, I was smoking cigarettes regularly around the neighborhood," J. Cole explained at the 3:55-mark of the interview below. "I was always hanging around the older kids in the neighborhood that [my older brother] was hanging around and they were smoking. And I was young and fearless and trying to...

J. Cole Explains Why 2014 Forrest Hills Drive Didn’t Need Grammy

[ad_1] 2014 Forest Hills Drive is J. Cole's biggest-selling album to date and widely considered his best LP. Though the project lost to Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly for the 2016 Best Rap Album award at the Grammys that year, Cole doesn't believe the project needs Grammy validation.On Tuesday (March 21), ESPN debuted a new interview with the North Carolina rapper on Lead by Example With Bob Myers, where Cole touched on his upbringing, hoops, rap and his goals. During the talk, Cole spoke about finally winning a Grammy Award in 2020 for 21 Savage's "A Lot.""It was so important to me," J. Cole said of wanting to win a Grammy when he...

BTS’ J-Hope, J. Cole ‘On The Street’ Lyrics – Listen to New Song

[ad_1] BTS rapper J-Hope just dropped a new single with J. Cole called "On the Street."On Friday (March 3), globally accomplished K-pop star J-Hope turned a dream into reality by releasing a song alongside his favorite rapper, J. Cole. The new collab comes just one day after the renowned BTS member unveiled to his staggering 44.4 million Instagram followers that J-Hope and the Dreamville boss had something cooking.In a cryptic video clip posted on Thursday (March 2), simply captioned "X @realcoleword," J-Hope can be seen walking along a high-rise rooftop with his back to the camera wearing a vintage Avirex leather jacket. As the beloved K-pop rapper-singer approaches the edge of the building, a pensive-looking J. Cole...

J. Cole’s Basketball Skills Are Better Than Drake’s, Raptors Say

[ad_1] Drake and J. Cole's basketball skills were recently rated my members of the NBA's Toronto Raptors who majority voted that Cole has more game than Drizzy.On Jan. 28, Canadian sports network SportsNet aired a segment on their Instagram page where they got seven members of the Toronto Raptors basketball team to sit down and watch recreational basketball highlights featuring each MC and give their honest opinions. Cole was first up, with the North Carolina rapper getting high praise for his hoops game."You can tell he been putting in a little work in the gym," Chris Boucher opined upon seeing video of J. Cole hooping."He's actually one of the artists that knows how to play...

J. Cole Makes Song From YouTube Producer’s ‘J. Cole Type Beat’

[ad_1] J. Cole just released his first song since 2021 using a beat he found on YouTube.On Wednesday night (Jan. 18), a new J. Cole track dropped on the YouTube channel for a producer named bvtman. The new song is a slow burn, with the N.C. MC pacing out lyrics over a groovy soundscape highlighted by syrupy chords and an acoustic baseline."Uh, don't you dare run from it/There's no bogeyman, it ain't comin' to hurt you," J. Cole raps. "I think acceptance is somewhat of a virtue/To look your truth dead in the face/Without tryna escape the regret or disgrace/I write these words aimlessly/But not without hope/That somehow I'll stumble on somethin' that's dope/A...

Lil Pump Responds to If He Thinks J. Cole Predicted His Falloff

[ad_1] Lil Pump has responded to being asked whether or not he thinks J. Cole predicted his fall off back in 2018.During an interview on The Bootleg Kev Podcast that aired on Thursday (Oct. 27), Lil Pump was asked if he feels as though J. Cole was accurate on his 2018 song "1985," when he implied that the then-current generation of rappers, such as Pump, would not stand the test of time in the music industry. In his own roundabout way, Bootleg Kev basically asked Lil Pump if he believes that the Miami rapper's own career has reached its peak and is currently on the decline."Nope," Lil Pump swiftly replied in the video clip below. "’Cuz...

Trevante Rhodes Speaks on J. Cole’s Song ‘Applying Pressure’

[ad_1] ChampionThe best thing about hip-hop to actor Trevante Rhodes is the lyrics.Interview: Aleia WoodsEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands soon.One of the most captivating facets of an entertainer is their ability to be multidimensional. Trevante Rhodes shares that side of himself with the roles he picks. The Louisiana-born, Texas-bred actor is known for his breakout role in the groundbreaking 2016 movie Moonlight and other films including The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Bird Box, The Predator and more. Now, the 32-year-old actor showcases his talents on television by playing Mike Tyson in Hulu’s Mike. While Tyson has had longstanding ties to the hip-hop community,...