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Dreamville to throw a free event

J. Cole and his Dreamville imprint joins forces with Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, Amazon Music, and other players to host a free event in celebration of Hip Hop at 50. The event will go down this Friday (March 31) with appearances from 9th Wonder, Ari Lennox, JetsonMade, Timbaland, among others.

“We’ll have an array of panels as well as a beat-making class,” CAM Raleigh’s event coordinator Nasira Abdur-Razzaq said, according to ABC 11. “There’ll be different interviews with different artists. You’ll have a chance to interact as well as a car show that’s going to be happening across the street. We like the idea of culture and art and music all combining together, which is why this is so important for CAM to be collaborating with Dreamville. So, we just look forward to having everyone here.”

The event comes ahead of the Dreamville Festivals which will begin on April 1 and will see Cole co-headlining with Drake on the second day of the events.

Dreamville is expanding

J. Cole and Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad founded Dreamville in 2007. What began as a dollar and a dream, has transformed into even bigger ventures, as Shirely Ju of Variety breaks the news of Dreamville’s latest addition to their powerhouse.

Dreamville is beginning Dreamville Ventures, a media company and Dreamville Studios, which will be producing original and co-produced content. Damien Scott (Dreamville president) and Candace Rodney (vice president of Dreamville and president of Dreamville Studios) are the leaders of this new sector for Dreamville.

“Dreamville has always been a mom-and-pop operation with grand ambitions and ideas that extend far beyond music,” Cole said in a statement to Variety. The hiring of Damien and Candace not only expands our family business with two of the smartest and most capable executives in the industry, but allows us to take a massive leap towards turning those big ideas into reality.”