Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With seven No. 1s, J. Cole moves out of a tie with Nas for the sixth-most No. 1 albums among rappers, after Drake and Jay-Z (14 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive hits 550 weeks on the Billboard ...

With the release of The Fall-Off, J. Cole delivers his seventh studio album and what has long been billed as his swan song before officially hanging up the mic. The magnitude of Cole stepping away ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The internet doesn’t ask questions. It delivers verdicts. A photo hits the timeline. Two people, one moment, a vinyl record changing hands at a Heat game. Before the image has even ...

Meek Mill is calling on J. Cole to hit the studio with him for his upcoming album. The Philadelphia rapper is known for ...

J. Cole should have been an academic and not an artist. Listen to his latest album, “The Fall-Off,” and you’ll hear his familiarity with a thesaurus. As a student of rap with a formidable lexicon, he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2007, a young J. Cole ventured out into the middle of North Carolina A&T University’s homecoming celebrations and began selling ...

At age 41, the J. Cole of “The Fall-Off” is a far cry from the young rapper who arrogantly proclaimed “You’re listening to the future” on his second mixtape, “The Warm Up.” Instead, his latest album ...