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J. Cole will grace the cover of NBA 2K23’s special edition.The Grammy-award-winning rapper was officially unveiled as the the face of the video game’s DREAMER Edition, which sports an expanded MyCAREER mode that allows players to add music, fashion and business ventures to their career journeys off the court. “NBA 2K has long been a place to discover new musical talent through their game and continues to be a gold standard for showcasing all things basketball culture,” Cole said of the collaboration in a statement. “It’s…

Ari Lennox is about to release her heavily anticipated sophomore album, age/sex/location, on Sept 9., and when Dreamville leader J. Cole asked what this project means to her, Ari sent a long, touching message outlining how it’s really an album about healing.Cole shared the text Ari sent him on Instagram, explaining how excited he is for the world to hear her message as well.“I asked Ari what this new album means to her,” Cole writes in the caption of the post. “I needed to know cuz I fuck with it so heavy. What I hear is…

J.I.D has blessed fans with “2007,” a deeply personal cut featuring his father as well as J. Cole and Dreamville president Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad.The ATL rapper announced the release on social media Thursday night, confirming it was supposed to be the outro of his fast-approaching album The Forever Story but was ultimately cut because of clearance issues.“As we draw near to The Forever Story, I wanna give insight on the process of trying to put together a solid body of work,” he wrote. “Initially I wanted to create an album…

Screenshot: HBO MaxOlivia Cooke plays Alicent Hightower, daughter of the Hand of the King, opposite Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra. The first episode focuses on their childhood in the Red Keep, where they’re played by Milly Alcock (Rhaenyra) and Emily Carey (Alicent). Those scenes help inform the older versions we follow, in building their characters.Cooke shared while didn’t visit during shoot, they did watch their scenes. “We were being really respectful of their process. We’re like, we don’ t want to impose…

50 Cent has explained why he decided against signing J. Cole around the arrival of his debut mixtape The Come Up in 2007.“That was so early bro, this is before…at that point I don’t think we had a lot of representation on the street end, like we were the representation,” he explained at the 32:50 mark of his Breakfast Club interview when Charlamagne tha God asked why he didn’t sign Cole. In ’07, G-Unit records had a roster that included the members of Mobb Deep, Lil Scrappy, and M.O.P. among others.“To me J. Cole,…

Tony Yayo maintains he was an early believer in J. Cole, and even brought him to 50 Cent, before Jay-Z had the opportunity to sign the Fayetteville native.  In a new interview with VladTV, Yayo claimed he was early on a number of artists, including Max B, French Montana, Danny Brown, and Nicki Minaj. “That’s one of my talents is finding the next ones, it’s easy,” he said around the 2 minute mark of the video above. The former G-Unit member recalled going to 50’s home in Connecticut with Cole, where he played “Simba,” off…

Joey Badass has declared himself among the world’s best rappers, alongside his previous collaborators Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole.The Pro Era made the bold claim in the Diddy-assisted “The Baddest,” the opening track of his newly released album, 2000.“N***as know who greater, fuck your favorite, I’m the greatest,” he spits in the first verse. “… I paved the way for a lot of these rappers you see today/So act like you know, bitch, I’ve been had the flow, penetrating souls/Who the best emcees? Kenny, Joey, and Cole/The holy…

It’s never easy for brands to go viral, but the Minions might have just set the new blueprint.“Minions: The Rise of Gru” smashed a Fourth of July record at the box office, bringing in a whopping $125 million during the holiday weekend. Much of that is thanks to Yeat, the buzzing rapper who concocted a woozy, Minions-themed anthem.The song doesn’t appear in the movie, but it soundtracks a movie trailer created by Cole Bennett and his multimedia company, Lyrical Lemonade. Over undulating synths, Yeat counts his money while…

If you came across a pack of suit-wearing teenagers this weekend, quietly discussing the artistic merits of Minions and muttering about “counting money,” you weren’t alone. In movie theaters across America, self-described Gentleminions have been dressing up in suits, buying tickets to Minions: The Rise of Gru, and treating the animated children’s film like it’s a sophisticated Broadway play.Wait a minute. You might be wondering when the Minions franchise became high-brow entertainment. Well, it didn’t. This is the work of…

Vanessa Hudgens is trying to make her boyfriend’s birthday more special! The High School Musical actress shared a heartwarming message to the Arizona Diamondbacks player, Cole Tucker. The actress also shared a series of loved-up snaps on her Instagram. Alongside a series of photos with Tucker, Hudgens penned in the caption, “Who’s a big birthday boy?! @cotuck is.” Hudgens then referenced lyrics from Elton John’s “Your Song,” writing to Tucker, “I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words… how about wonderful life is…