Looks like that Diggy Simmons vs. J. Cole battle continues, for some reason. Diggy Simmons has responded to a subliminal line from J. Cole spit in a freestyle last week: “Picture me hating on a young n***a with talent / caked off of his allowance.” So, Diggy has crafted a whole new dis track at [cont.]

New self-produced J. Cole released tonight, as premiered at Rock the Bells in August.

“The Season” is a single off of Dreamville artist Bas’ second project Quarter Water Raised Me Vol. II.

Khaled assembles the blog’s favorites for this J. Cole produced track from Kiss the Ring, due August 21st.

J. Cole’s been silent for a while, but comes out the gate with a new single, reimagining Jay and Ye’s “Lift Off”.

Diggy Simmons talks about how him and J.Cole settled their differences and how he wasn’t tripping over J.Cole’s “Grew Up Fast.”

We caught up with Kendrick Lamar at the Bonnaroo Music Festival 2012 to discuss “The Recipe” video with Dr. Dre, touring with Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller, his upcoming album, and collaborating with J. Cole.

So, this year’s Hot 97 Summer Jam was not without controversy, as usual. When jock Peter Rosenberg introduced Kendrick Lamar, he said “We’re about real hip-hop here, not ‘Starships’,” referring to Nicki Minaj’s crossover single. Lil Wayne that preceded to Tweet “Young Money ain’t doing summer jam,” and pulled all of his labelmates from the [cont.]

Cole sits in with DJ Drama, touching upon the Diggy Simmons beef, his next album, working with Kendrick, and more….

Kendrick Lamar stops by and talks to Nessa about changing his name, his album, the Tupac hologram, his joint album with J. Cole, his top 5 favorite rappers, his pet peeves with the industry and women, mad rappers, what kind of girls he likes, whether he’s a boobs or booty man and what women in [cont.]

Cole collaborates with this Belgian vocalist for two verses.

BOOM!

Bootleg Kev gets the scoop on J. Cole’s upcoming collaborative LP with Kendrick Lamar and more.

Diggy speaks on his recent dis track aimed at J. Cole, and how it all came about.

Diggy is apparently upset with J. Cole for some lyrics on “Grew Up Fast”, where Cole spit the following lines: “Move along cock-sucker, ain’t got nothing to see / ‘less you talking blockbuster, you niggas is not Russell / You more Diggy, Me, I’m more Biggie / No diss to the young boy, I’m just [cont.]

J. Cole writes “this is the original freestyle. How it was supposed to be heard before niggas violated and chopped my shit.” Tell it like it is, Cole.

Directed by Colin Tilley.

J. Cole celebrated the launching of Dreamville Weekend this past Friday with a new single, produced by Elite. Potential Blog So Hard candidate for 2012 mix?