How does J. Cole manage to sell a lot of his music?

Cole's putting numbers on the board everywhere, but the real deciding factor here is touring, which makes sense. Album sales are withering, streams pay a fraction a penny, it's hard out there for an artist in the digital age. read more

J Cole is more of a hiphop griot in the same fashion as Gil Scott Heron was to Jazz. His story telling ability in his songs is almost formed in an authors writing style and every song is it's own chapter in his musical diary. read more

To celebrate the anniversary of the release of The Warm Up mixtape, J. Cole released a freestyle entitled "The Last Stretch" on June 15, 2010. On June 21 of that year, J. Cole premiered the music video to his first single "Who Dat" on the BET program 106 & Park. read more