J. Cole Honored In North Carolina

Rapper’s Hometown Celebrates His Success
6:00AM ET February 29th, 2012
Contributor : Chris G.
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J. Cole Honored In North Carolina

Rapper J. Cole is being honored in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Roc Nation star, who broke through big in 2011, is being given a huge party and his own weekend–dubbed “Dreamville Weekend.”

Thursday, March 1st will kick off the first annual “Dreamville Weekend” in Fayetteville. The event honors J. Cole and encourages the city’s young people to follow a positive path. Cole will visit his alma mater Terry Sanford High School, and there will also be a celebrity dinner and the official announcement of J. Cole Day in Fayetteville.

A Cole performance will wrap things up March 3rd. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Cumberland Community Foundation.


Wiz Khalifa Aims For Big Money

”I’m Going To Make $100 Million This Year”
6:00AM ET February 29th, 2012
Contributor : Erica Moore
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Wiz Khalifa Aims For Big Money

Rapper Wiz Khalifa may have made the Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings List last year with $11 million in earnings, but the Pittsburgh native says that’s small potatoes compared to where he’s aiming to be by the end of 2012. Wiz told the magazine that he wants to add some digits to that number this year.

“Oh yeah, man, I’m going to make $100 million this year,” he said. “No doubt, $100 million. The new mixtape [will] get everybody ready and get their wallets open.”

Wiz is estimated to pull down about $70,000 from gigs. He’s prepping his mixtape, and his sophomore album O.N.I.F.C.