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On Sunday (9th January) J. Cole delivered his first headlined show on UK soil and, in the eyes of the hip hop loving Londoners in attendance at least, cemented his position as a leader of the scene’s new school. Audience crammed into a sold-out KOKO in North London to spend a couple of hours in Cole’s World - and the Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper, who is three mixtapes in but yet to release an album, ensured we didn’t want to leave.

Is Jermaine Cole ready to make the jump from the bleachers to the All-Star team? From his inception in 2007 to this point today, J Cole now undeniably stands as one of the lynchpins in the superstar team known as Roc Nation, with two dope mixtapes, a XXL co-sign, tutorship from a rap legend, murderous guest spots and an album which promises to awaken rap from the clutches of watered down diet Hip Hop. Friday Night Lights could very well be the last free promotional campaign to turn any remaining doubters into fully fledged supporters as this mixtape once again invites us to Cole’s world.