In a Billboard cover story last week, knapsack enthusiast J. Cole admitted that he didn’t vote in the 2016 presidential…

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Rapper J. Cole’s childhood home in Fayetteville, N.C., was vandalized over the weekend. The house, which was on the…

I’m not Wale’s biggest fan, but the man can make a hit song. He has several of them. If you listened to the radio at…

Rapper J. Cole’s new album, KOD, has reignited a recurring discussion about the appreciation of “real” hip-hop between…

It’s no secret that Jermaine “J. Cole” Cole is one of the most polarizing artists in hip-hop. Possibly ever. He’s got a…

Kid Cudi is one of my favorite artists ever. I still think Man on the Moon, Vol. II: The Legend of Mr. Rager is one of…

On Oct. 27, 2017, Meridian, Miss., rapper-producer Big K.R.I.T. released his third official “studio” album, 4eva Is a…

I'm not a fan of Jeremih. I’m also not not a fan of Jeremih. In fact, Jeremih exists in a space where I typically…

To say that Nia Long is a national treasure is an understatement. Long has been a part of most of our  lives since at…

Last Thursday, I sat on a panel at The New School with Jamilah Lemieux, Johnetta Elzie, Terrell Starr, and Chris…

If you know like I know, then you woke up to an alert on your phone telling you that the Grammy nominations came out…

I've never had more people ask me how I feel about an artist than I have about J. Cole. It's interesting, really.…

After a 20 year dip in popularity and social capital — spearheaded by Nino Brown's now infamous shanking of Christopher…

One thing I have stopped doing over the years is looking at hip-hop artists to be a voice for our social conscious. Of…