In 2013, the last we’d see of hip-hop’s gifted Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole on wax together ended up on the Fayettville-native’s Born Sinner magnum opus: “Forbidden Fruit.”

The two have remained separately all-conquering in their respective rap lanes ever since, with K-Dot’s masterly DAMN. 2017 return and another double-platinum-no-features boast for Cole on his latest 4 Your Eyez Only project. With so much rap treasure mounted behind two of hip-hop’s finest, they couldn’t keep their paths from crossing for too much longer. So they crossed stages instead, which we can now thank the Detroit stop on Kendrick's The DAMN. Tour for.