Editor’s Note: This article is a review and includes subjective thoughts, opinions and critiques. Few rappers of the 2010s have curated their legacy as deliberately as J. Cole. From the breakout grit ...

Wayne Gretzky said it best: you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Unfortunately, as J. Cole learned this week, you also miss some of the shots you do take. The rapper, who signed a contract to ...

J. Cole has a sort of eccentric tradition. Whenever he releases an album, he likes to sign to a professional basketball team in a foreign country and really, really embarrass himself. On Saturday, ...

J. Cole’s time as a professional basketball player in China was cut short after only one game, due to visa issues. The six-foot-three rapper, who previously had stints with leagues in Rwanda and ...

J. Cole recaps his one-game performance playing in the Chinese Basketball Association as he heads back to the U.S. On Monday (April 13), Cole shared a post on his personal blog updating his fans ...

Grammy-winning rapper J. Cole has signed a contract to play basketball for the Chinese Basketball Association’s Nanjing Monkey Kings. This is Cole's third time playing professional basketball, ...

J. Cole is pursuing his hoops dreams once again. The rapper, fresh off his album release in February, just signed to the Chinese Basketball Association team, the Nanjing Monkey Kings. “The basketball ...

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This will be the third time the rapper has played in a professional sports league, per ESPN Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

J. Cole is hitting the court again! During an an episode Talk With Flee on Wednesday, March 26, the rapper confirmed that he would be playing for a Chinese basketball team. ESPN reported that he had ...

J. Cole’s basketball career is about to take him to China. Unless it’s an April Fools’ joke. The multi-platinum rapper has signed a contract to play for the Nanjing Monkey Kings in the Chinese ...

Rapper J. Cole signed a professional contract to play basketball in China. The St. John’s alumni and multi-time Grammy award-winning artist will play basketball for the Chinese Basketball ...