News just got out that while J Cole was recording his latest album, 4 Your Eyez Only, cops raided his home in North Carolina. Good thing he wasn't home.
So this is what happened. Cole rented out a house in a quiet area of North Carolina, and turned the basement to a recording studio. He needed a secluded place he could record songs. So, once in a while, his friends would come around, producers would come around, and maybe they would all chill on the porch and smoke weed and talk and all that. The neighbors, who are predominantly white, felt something illegal was going on in the house, and called the cops on Cole. This actually inspired the 'Neighbors' song on the '4 Your Eyez Only' Album.
Below is what his producer, Elite had to say about the the cop raid in his recent interview with COMPLEX.
"The “Neighbors” story is crazy. Basically Cole rented out a house in
North Carolina. It’s not for him; it’s like a safe haven/creative
workspace for all the Dreamville artists and producers. We call it the
Sheltuh, and a lot of the album was recorded there.. It’s basically a
studio in a basement, in the woods.
