At 34 years old and with 12 years in the rap industry, JID finds himself matriculating from a student of the game to a leader. As he does so, the title of his fourth album, God Does Like Ugly, suggests he’s looking to the ultimate one. Despite the enormous successes …
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J. Cole has unveiled the lineup for his 2025 Dreamville Festival. On Monday, the rapper unveiled that he’ll headline the annual North Carolina fest alongside Lil Wayne, 21 Savage, J. Cole, Erykah Badu, and Tems. The two-day festival is scheduled for April 5 and 6 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park. …
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Morray is in a chipper mood at New York’s Quad Studios. It’s a celebratory occasion; his new project, Long Story Short, his first since 2021’s Street Sermons, was set to drop in a few hours. The 12-track mixtape is his return to music and, as he puts it, the first …
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J. Cole is taking it back to 2014. On Friday, the rap star announced that he’ll host a one-night-only show at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec. 16 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his seminal album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. Fans with presale access will be …
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J. Cole‘s Dreamville Music Festival announced that it will return to North Carolina in 2025. The event is scheduled to celebrate its fifth anniversary during the weekend of April 5 and 6 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park. It is also its last, the festival announced on Tuesday, Dec. 10 via …
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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. If the biggest song of the year (Morgan Wallen‘s “Last Night”) has a chance in …
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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. Prestige carries weight in the Best Rap Song category. In the 20 times this particular …
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J. Cole‘s Dreamville festival will make its return to North Carolina in Spring 2024. On Monday, the rapper announced that the music event will celebrate its fourth anniversary on April 6 and 7 in Raleigh. The lineup will be revealed in the lead-up to the festival. “Dreamville Fest 2023 was …
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Lil Yachty, who dropped his psychedelic relaunch Let’s Start Here in January, rolled out his new single “The Secret Recipe” featuring J. Cole on Thursday. The offering pairs a jazz-infused beat against hard-hitting bars that see Yachty deliver the verse: “I don’t smoke weed, already blunt, all of my cars, …
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Over the course of four years and three albums, Atlanta singer-songwriter Summer Walker has developed an incredible talent for detailing the messy epiphanies of Black romance. The 27-year-old artist writes like a student of the late Betty Wright, Mary J. Blige, and K. Michelle, women who describe love with as …
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