J Cole held Lagos spellbound Friday night with a brilliantly staged performance.
J Cole is one of the biggest names in hop hop and his visit to Lagos added to his recent momentum and advanced his plot as the leader of the new school.This was the most anticipated event on the music calender so far this year, hip hop act J Cole was coming to Nigeria for the first time ever, coinciding with the release of his record breaking fifth studio album, 'KOD', barely a week ago.
Billed to kick off at 8pm, music lovers and young Nigerians had began to assemble at the Eko Hotel and Suites, venue of the event, as early as 5pm in anticipation of the spectacle that the night promised. up and when he played some J Cole songs, the reaction of the crowd was a signal to what was to come later on.
The hosts for the night were the energetic pair of Dotun and South Africa's Pearl Thumi, who did a splendid job all night. From the Deejays, Obi and Xclusive to Jimmy Jatt and Neptune, who were paired in their sets to rapper, M.I who opened the night's performances again confirming why he is the Chairman with a splendid show, followed by Ycee, Tiwa Savage and Falz, then Wizkid (who had a shockingly underwhelming night) and Davido, the night was well hyped but the thousand of fans had gathered for just one person and that was J Cole.
Following a lengthy delay in making sure his set was perfect, the dreaded rapper wearing the new Super Eagles home jersey and black pants walked out on stage at some minutes past 2am to a massive roar from the crowd, who had waited patiently, chanting his name.
Like him or not, call him boring or fake deep, J Cole resonates with a large section of young music lovers worldwide.
Standing at the centre of the stage for more than a minute, his facial expressions conveyed a man who before the night perhaps under estimated the reach and impact of his five studio projects
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