Music Matters Daily: J. Cole Celebrates Friday Night Lights Anniversary

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J. Cole's Friday Night Lights Turns 4 - J. Cole took to Twitter to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his super successful Friday Night Lights mixtape. The effort, which helped to solidify J. as an MC, went on to win a BET Hip Hop Award for Best Mixtape and became the first and second most searched on Twitter and Google respectively. Congratulations are certainly in order for the Roc protégé.(Photo: Suzi Pratt/FilmMagic)
Jessie J and Jennifer Hudson Blow the House Down - What do you get when two powerhouse vocalists collab on an iconic song at a charity benefit concert? Your entire life. Jessie J and Jennifer Hudson joined forces on stage at the Concert for Valor to perform the hit song “Titanium.” Their voices matched incredibly on the stage, providing an indelible moment of female empowerment.(Photo: Kevin Kane/Getty Images for HBO)
Strange Posts - Amid the outpouring of emotion surrounding the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson, Mo., police officer, B.o.B took to Twitter to blast online activists for having double standards. “So Antwon will shoot 12 people in a week and [y’all] be like 'FREE TWON!' a cop shoot a n**a and y’all riot… ok… #facts," he wrote. He soon deleted it. (Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for MLB.com)BJ the Chicago Kid Believes in 'Good Karma' - BJ the Chicago Kid has been pumping out new music every week as of late, and this week he’s taking us on a travel through time with his 1920s-esque “Good Karma” single. The Chi-Town singer croons over a futuristic beat that you simply have to bob your head to. Check it out here.  (Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for BET)

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J. Cole's Friday Night Lights Turns 4 - J. Cole took to Twitter to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his super successful Friday Night Lights mixtape. The effort, which helped to solidify J. as an MC, went on to win a BET Hip Hop Award for Best Mixtape and became the first and second most searched on Twitter and Google respectively. Congratulations are certainly in order for the Roc protégé.(Photo: Suzi Pratt/FilmMagic)

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