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J. Cole experienced a positive version of the saying “when it rains, it pours,” when several of his songs received new RIAA certifications on Wednesday.  Dreamville co-founder and Cole’s manager, Ibrahim Hamad, tweeted that the rapper now has 12 new plaques to his name. All of these new certifications come from tracks featured on J. Cole’s acclaimed album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. […]

J. Cole explained that he decided to focus his attention on addressing social issues in his music after he grew tired of talking about himself following the release of his third studio album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. In a panel for MLK Now, the fifth annual event celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which was hosted by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and featured […]

2014 Forest Hills Drive celebrates its five-year anniversary today. To commemorate the occasion, Dreamville co-founder and J. Cole manager Ibrahim Hamad took to Twitter to share a few tidbits of information, some of which were previously unknown, about the rapper’s third studio album.  Hamad revealed that the “platinum with no features” meme that was spawned by the fact that 2014 Forest Hills Drive, which was certified platinum […]