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J. Cole and Dreamville Records’ annual festival is set to return in Spring 2023. On Monday, the label confirmed the show will return to Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 1 and 2, 2023. The festival made its post COVID-19 lockdown return last year following a three-year hiatus. Early-Bird ticket sale registration […]
Ari Lennox has offered up her anticipated sophomore studio album, age/sex/location. Prior to the release, Dreamville Records head honcho and labelmate J. Cole shared a thoughtful message Ari sent him about the project after he asked what it meant to her. “Transitional space. Very vulnerable codependent and validation seeking part of my life,” she wrote back. “I remember the countless […]
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 […]
Nearly four years after the release of his last full-length solo offering DiCaprio 2, JID returns with his third studio album The Forever Story. The 15-track project features the previously released singles “Dance Now” featuring Kenny Mason and “Surround Surround” with 21 Savage, and is highlighted by guest appearances from Lil Wayne (“Just in Time”), Lil Durk (“Bruddanem”), […]
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 […]
Drake’s new album Honestly, Nevermind has been divisive for his followers—but he clearly still has a fan in J. Cole. The Dreamville leader took to Instagram following the project’s arrival to share a screenshot indicating he was listening to “Liability,” writing, “Man. This album is phenomenal. Point blank.” Not everyone has praised Honestly, Nevermind, which borrows from a […]
J.I.D has dropped off the video for his Christo-produced song “29 (Freestyle).” “Is it Kool if I drop this freestyle cuz I miss yall and I care :)? Let me know,” the Dreamville artist wrote shortly before sharing the track and its accompanying video. “we pushing these envelopes of sound and flow and pockets and all that shit in […]
J Cole continues to be a class act. On Wednesday, the Grammy-winning rapper was spotted at the graduation ceremony for Rowan University’s class of 2022. Cole was there to celebrate the achievements of graduate Cierra Bosarge—a die-hard fan whom he had met nearly a decade ago. Bosarge previously told Complex she first spoke to Cole in 2013, after she […]
Just a few weeks after appearing on Dreamville’s D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, Bas returns with his new EP [Bump] Pick Me Up. The four-track project includes Bas’ previously released single “The Jackie” featuring J. Cole and Lil Tjay, as well as guest appearances from Gunna (“Admire Her”), Ari Lennox (“The Others”), and Galimatias (“Eyes on You”). On Twitter earlier this […]
In theory, fandoms are supposed to feel like families, even if each of the individuals have nothing in common besides their shared love for the same artists. And this weekend, J. Cole’s second annual Dreamville Festival was a family reunion. I’ve only been to North Carolina one other time in my life, for an actual […]
