Jermaine Lamarr Cole, known professionally as J. Cole is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. Intent on further pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he went on to release two additional mixtapes, The Warm Up (2009) and Friday Night Lights (2010), after signing to Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.
Dreamville Records is an American record label founded by American hip hop artist J. Cole and his Sudanese-American manager Ibrahim Hamad. The label is currently distributed through Interscope Records, a unit of Universal Music Group. The label has signed Ari Lennox, Bas, Cozz, Omen, Lute, JID, EarthGang, and Cole himself. Dreamville also houses producers Elite, Ron Gilmore, and Cedric Brown.
Abbas Hamad, better known by his stage name Bas, is a French American rapper from Queens, New York. He is signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. His first studio album Last Winter, was released on April 29, 2014, followed by his second studio album, Too High to Riot that was released on March 4, 2016. His third album, Milky Way, was released on August 24, 2018.
Cody Osagie,, better known by his stage name Cozz, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is signed to J. Cole's label Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. His debut studio album Cozz & Effect, was released on October 3, 2014.
Damon Coleman, better known by his stage name Omen, is an American rapper and record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. His debut studio album Elephant Eyes, was released on July 21, 2015.
EarthGang is an American hip hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, composed of Atlanta-based rappers Olu and WowGr8. They are co-founders of the musical collective Spillage Village, with JID, Hollywood JB, JordxnBryant, 6LACK, and Mereba.
Elephant Eyes is the debut studio album by American rapper Omen and was released on July 21, 2015 by Dreamville Records. It includes features from Dreamville artists, J. Cole, Ari Lennox and Bas, as well as CJ Hamilton. Elephant Eyes served as Ari Lennox's introduction to Dreamville, Omen introduced her to J. Cole which eventually led to her signing to the label.
Too High to Riot is the second studio album by French rapper Bas. It was released on March 4, 2016, by Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. The album sold 8,065 copies in its first week, debuting at number 49 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Courtney Shanade Salter, known professionally as Ari Lennox, is an American singer and songwriter from Washington, D.C. She is the first woman to be signed to J. Cole's record label, Dreamville Records. She released her first EP on the label on October 21, 2016 titled Pho, where she began gaining recognition. Her debut studio album Shea Butter Baby was released on May 7, 2019.
Luther Nicholson, better known by his stage name Lute, is an American rapper. He is signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records. He released his first mixtape, West1996, on February 22, 2012. His debut album, West1996 pt. 2, was released on September 29, 2017.
Revenge of the Dreamers II is the second compilation album by American record label Dreamville Records and was released on December 8, 2015. The album includes contributions by Dreamville artists, J. Cole, Bas, Cozz, Omen, Lute, and Ari Lennox. Producers on this album include, J. Cole, Cedric Brown, K-Quick, Soundwave, Meez, Elite, Ron Gilmore Jr., DJ Grumble, and J Dilla.
Nothin Personal is the debut mixtape by American rapper Cozz and was released on January 4, 2016 by Dreamville Records and Tha Committee Records.
Destin Choice Route, known by his stage name JID, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He is part of the musical collective Spillage Village, founded by EarthGang in 2010, with Hollywood JB, JordxnBryant, and 6lack, among others. He is also signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Zoink Gang, with Smino, Buddy and Guapdad 4000.
Robert Lee Gill, Jr., better known by his stage name Reason, is an American rapper from Carson, California. He is signed to hip hop record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), where he started to gain recognition. His debut album, There You Have It, was released on September 28, 2018; a re-release of an album from 2017.
Revenge of the Dreamers III is the third compilation album by American record label Dreamville and J. Cole, released on July 5, 2019, by Dreamville and Interscope Records.
Quantavious Tavario Thomas, known professionally as Young Nudy, is an American rapper and songwriter. Thomas is best known for being cousins with notable rapper 21 Savage, his mixtapes Slimeball (2016), Slimeball 2 (2017), and Slimeball 3 (2018), and his collaborative song "Since When" (2018) with 21 Savage. He released his debut studio album Anyways on February 24, 2020.
Joie Manda is an American music executive who is the current executive vice president of Interscope Records. He previously held executive positions at Def Jam Recordings, Warner Bros. Records, and Asylum Records. Since 2004, Manda has worked with a variety of hip hop and R&B artists, including Gucci Mane, Jill Scott, Juice Wrld, J. Cole, Ella Mai, DaBaby, Summer Walker and numerous others.
American rapper JID has released two studio albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays (EP), four mixtapes and six singles.
"Got Me" is a song by American record label Dreamville. It was released on June 12, 2019 along with "Down Bad" as the second singles from the Dreamville's compilation album, Revenge of the Dreamers III. The song features Ari Lennox, Omen, Ty Dolla Sign, and Dreezy.
"Sacrifices" is a song by record label Dreamville with American rappers EarthGang and J. Cole featuring Smino and Saba. The song was released as the first track on the label's compilation album, Revenge of the Dreamers III.
