One of the most commercially successful rappers since his 2011 breakthrough, J. Cole has remained prominent despite the increasingly pensive and lyrical nature of each of his subsequent projects. The first artist signed to mentor Jay-Z's Roc Nation label, the Fayetteville, North Carolina native went double platinum with "Work Out," the lead single from Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011), igniting a streak of number one albums that continued with Born Sinner (2013), the Grammy-nominated 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014), 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), and KOD (2018). Cole has used hi...