J. Cole Receives New Mural in North Carolina

The Durham, North Carolina group Little Brother—which consists of Phonte, Big Pooh, and 9th Wonder—also received a portrait near J. Cole’s painting.

Throughout The South, people are tearing down statues commemorating Confederate leaders. Now, the citizens of Durham, North Carolina have an appropriate replacement for these monuments.

On Saturday, graffiti artist JEKS shared his completed mural of North Carolina’s own, J. Cole. According to JEKS’ Instagram post, the mural was done in collaboration with iconic hip-hop photographer, Jonathan Mannion, turning one of Mannion’s pictures of Cole into the piece.

New J. Cole mural by JEKS up in Durham, North Carolina for UHill mural project featuring over 40 artists. pic.twitter.com/jh29xZqLUx

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Little Brother mural by Durham, North Carolina artist Darius Quarles (@DQuarles72). pic.twitter.com/vYpFNb6zmp

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