While on the road with Jay-Z for the Blueprint 3 tour, J. Cole made his first trip to Seattle, so of course he had to stop off at DJ Hyphen's Sound Session radio show. In this 3 part interview J discusses his background and influences, how graduating college helped him as an artist and person, his experiences hustling beats as a producer, the status of his upcoming debut album, his audition with Jay-Z, and much more. Watch parts 2 and 3 after the jump.
