[ ARTIST COLLECTION ]
J. Cole
A North Carolina Native, J. Cole was the first artist signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation label, which released his official debut Cole World: The Sideline Story in 2011. To date, he's received a 2020 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for his feature on 21 Savage’s "A Lot" and 6 Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album (For 2014 Forest Hills Drive). Arriving in 2016, 4 Your Eyes Only debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and gained acclaim from outlets like the New York Times - who praised it as “Spartanbut sumptuous, emotionally acute but plain- spoken...one of the year’s most finely drawn [albums]”.