Hip-hop is taking over KIIS FM’s Wango Tango. Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, and Big Sean have been announced as performers for this year’s music extravaganza.

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Melanie Fiona capped off her release week by hitting up “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Friday. The Grammy-winning singer joined her brother from the Roc, J. Cole, to perform “This Time,” the latest single off her sophomore album The MF Life, which is expected to sell 27-30,000 copies in its first week.

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J. Cole fills up a verse on the remix to Houston rapper Kirko Bangz’s hit single “Drank in My Cup.” “They waitin’ on me to drop like Hov and B baby/ Went from crappin’ in diapers to rappin’ in cyphers/ To doin’ mo’ numbers than all the fuckin’ lifers in Rikers,” raps the Roc Nation star. Quench your thirst below.

UPDATE: J. Cole has released his freestyle for the song. “This is the original freestyle. How it was supposed to be heard before ni**as violated and chopped my shit,” he wrote.

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If you didn’t get a chance to experience paradise, Drake is giving you another shot. The Canadian superstar will launch the second U.S. leg of his “Club Paradise” tour this May with a hip-hop-heavy guest list.

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J. Cole is officially the coolest kid on the block. The Roc Nation rapper shares a wall with Missy Elliott in the video for “Nobody’s Perfect,” the latest single off his debut Cole World: The Sideline Story. The trailblazing femcee makes a triumphant return to the screen in her first video in years, looking like she hasn’t aged one bit. A reflective Cole raps in his bedroom, while a glammed-up Missy plays his neighbor and therapist in the Colin Tilley-directed clip. Watch the new school meet the old school.

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Drake’s “Club Paradise” tour pulled into Los Angeles on Monday night and he brought a couple surprise guests with him. The sold-out crowd at USC’s Galen Center got out of their seats when J. Cole hit the stage for “Can’t Get Enough” and Meek Mill touched down with his anthem “Ima Boss.”

“That’s all we about tonight. We about this young ni**a shit,” said Drizzy.

Watch the fan-filmed footage below.

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J. Cole capped off the first-ever Dreamville Weekend in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina, by sharing the stage with some famous friends during his “Dollar and a Dream” concert. Miguel joined the Roc Nation rapper for their hit collaboration “All I Want Is You” and T.I. surprised the packed house at the Fillmore Charlotte.

“When royalty steps in the building, you gotta just interrupt your whole shit,” said Cole while introducing the King of the South. “I need ya’ll to make some noise for the motherfuckin’ King.”

T.I. performed “I’m Flexin’,” his remix to “Ni**as in Paris,” and “What You Know,” and announced that he and Cole are cooking up a collaboration for his upcoming album. “Trouble Man coming real soon. Me and J. Cole working on somethin’ real special for ya.”

Cole had a chance to hear Tip’s album and shared his excitement. “It’s some of the most retarded shit I heard in a long time,” he said.

Proceeds from the show were donated to a local charity.

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J. Cole has been to the Grammys and performed at Madison Square Garden, but he returned to where it all began on Thursday. The 27-year-old rapper was back home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, for the inaugural Dreamville Weekend, named after the label he started in his college bedroom.

The Grammy-nominated Cole was honored by Cumberland County Commissioner Charles Evans, who proclaimed March 1, 2012, as “J. Cole Day.” He spoke with students at E.E. Smith High School and his almar matter Terry Sanford, where he once played basketball.

“The world is much bigger than Fort Bragg Road; I want you all to go grab your dreams,” Cole encouraged his young fans who packed the gym to get a glimpse of the hometown star. “I don’t get to come back as often as I used to, so when I do I really got to take advantage of it.”

As part of Dreamville Weekend, the hip-hop role model wants to give back to his community. “We feel like we didn’t have a lot of opportunities or a lot of people to look up to,” he told the Fayetteville Observer. “I feel like it’s important to show them that there’s a bigger world out there.”

The “Work Out” MC answered questions and shared the rewards of his hard work. “I paid all of my bills,” said Cole, who released the song “Visionz of Home” in honor of the occasion. “I’m not rich enough yet, but I want to take care of my mom; I don’t want her to work anymore.”

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