J. Cole: Making The Struggle Seem Beautiful | SoulCulture TV

Having first met him at Roc Nation’s HQ in New York last September, SoulCulture TV caught up with one of Hip Hop’s brightest new stars, J. Cole, on his recent trip to London. Hours before tearing down the stage at London’s Wireless Festival with his debut performance in the UK’s Capital, Jermaine “J.” Cole spent [...]

Melanie Fiona & Tinchy Stryder Talk Jay-Z, Roc Nation, Steve Rifkind & The Industry | SoulCulture.TV

In part two of our exclusive conversation piece with Melanie Fiona and Tinchy Stryder, the UK emcee explains how his recently confirmed TakeOver Roc Nation joint venture came about and his plans to sign UK talent to the label [Stryder will continue to release his own music through Island], whilst Melanie clarifies the Roc’s input [...]

Melanie Fiona x Tinchy Stryder Discuss Their Top UK & US Emcees | SoulCulture.TV

Currently working on her follow up to debut album The Bridge, Melanie Fiona was in London town last week and in her bid to find out more about our growing Hip Hop scene, she asked chart-topping UK rapper Tinchy Stryder for a guide to his Top 5 UK emcees. In no particular order,

J. Cole Reveals 3 Songs That Made The Cut On His Debut Album | SoulCulture TV

Hours before setting the London stage alight at yesterday’s Wireless Festival, Roc Nation emcee J. Cole talked to SoulCulture TV about three of the tracks scheduled to appear on his debut album later this year. The rapper reveals self-produced ‘Won’t Be Long’, described as “kinda in the vein of ‘I Get Up’,” along with a [...]

Skullcandy Roc Nation Aviators Presents: Rita Ora | Video

These slick brown Aviators are fairly high on my wishlist right now… Hmm. I now realise ‘slick’ and ‘brown’ should never accompany each other in a sentence. My bad. Moving on… Get to know Roc Nation’s new leading lady Rita Ora in the latest Skullcandy webisode below. A Sylvia Young Theatre School graduate, you caught [...]

Tinchy Stryder And Jay-Z Takeover Roc Nation | News

Following several weeks of speculation, it was confirmed today that UK rapper Tinchy Stryder is set to go into business with Jay-Z at Roc Nation. In it’s first European venture, Roc Nation have signed Tinchy’s management company. The new leg of the company will be called Takeover Roc Nation (a better fitting name would’ve been [...]

Hip Hop Congress Presents: Roc Nation’s J. Cole

A little late on this one but I’ve just had a chance to check it out. My current rapper-crush and Roc Nation’s rising star J. Cole performing onstage at Xavier University. I’m definitely feeling his charisma and crowd camaraderie. Makes me excited about his first UK performance next month at Wireless Festival.

Crouching Tiger: J. Cole Interview with Hardknock TV

“It’s everything that I wanted, without even knowing that I wanted it.” Speaking to Nick Huff Barili of HardKnockTV, ferocious Roc Nation emcee J. Cole talks about the “beautiful experience” of making his first single, “Who Dat” and the stylistic void he’s here to fill in Hip Hop.  He refutes the comparison of XXL’s Freshmen [...]

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