Just as the Dreamville Festival is set to return after a three-year hiatus, J. Cole and his Dreamville label are set to release a Gangsta Grillz mixtape, joining the legion of other artists like Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, and Pharrell who have done so.
Late Wednesday, on his Instagram, J. Cole announced that Dreamville will drop a Gangsta Grillz mixtape hosted by Atlanta mixtape DJ/record exec DJ Drama. Titled D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, the mixtape will come out on Thursday at 7 PM EST. The project is the latest group release from Dreamville — whose roster includes JID, Earthgang, Bas, Lute, Ari Lennox, and Cole himself — since 2019’s Revenge of the Dreamers III compilation, and the first with J. Cole’s name attached since his May 2021 album The Off-Season. Dreamville Festival, the company’s annual event in Cole’s hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, is April 2-3 and flaunts J. Cole, Lil Baby, and Kehlani among its performers, along with members of the label, and a special DJ Drama Gangsta Grillz set with Lil Wayne, T.I. and Jeezy.
