In the last few weeks, we’ve seen the release of new albums from Jay-Z, Kanye West, J. Cole, and Wale all dropped albums that hit #1 on Billboard- Magna Carta Holy Grail, Yeezus, Born Sinner, & The Gifted respectively.  One interesting fact that very little attention has been brought to is that all of the […]

THE MUSIC CHARTS DECODED Frequency News will take a close look at what is going on with the Urban Mainstream, and Urban Adult radio airplay…

  J. Cole wrote an apology letter to Autism Speaks for his “retarded” line. Various groups and fans have been more vocal recently about being outraged and offended by offensive lyrics from rappers.  Most recently we have the Lil Wayne Emmett Till line, and the Rick Ross date-rap reference, and the most recent, J. Cole‘s […]

J. Cole’s sophomore album jumps to #1 with 58,000 sold.  So far, Born Sinner has moved 439,000 copies passing up Yeezus (431,000). According to Billboard, albums rarely climb to No. 1 after their debut. SOURCE: BILLBOARD

J. Cole and Wale team up and drop some summer heat for their fans with “Winter Schemes” produced by Jake One. Both rappers recently released…

One of J. Cole‘s biggest songs is “Nobody’s Perfect,” and he proves he isn’t in this video as he talks about some of his bad…

  As the war between older and new artists in Hip-Hop rages on with some trying to push the elders over a cliff and others…

Members of the house band for NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and the official Music Curators for the City of Philadelphia, The Roots, have…

Check out the recap from the 979 The Beat Dub Car Show featuring Ace Hood, J. Cole, Mario, Slim Thug, Z-Ro, Yo Gotti and more! RELATED: Car Show 2013 [LIVE PHOTO GALLERY] RELATED: Dub Car Show: The Veda Experience RELATED: Car Show 2K13 [Photos] RELATED: Hot Girls and Fly Whips RELATED: Slim Thug and Z-Ro showed D-Town a lot of […]

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If there ever was a case to support the NSA’s intrusion into our lives this man’s tweet is it. One of J.Cole’s twitter followers was…

To help usher in Born Sinner, Jermaine’s hitting the road for 10 shows at secret locations across the U.S. No ticket purchase, but a $1 entry, first come first served. Can I borrow a dollar? June 11 – Miami, FL June 12 – Atlanta, GA June 13 – Baltimore, MD June 14 – Boston, MA […]