A new mural of J. Cole is in the works near Fayetteville State University. The artist responsible said this mural is a part of a bigger project honoring artists across the state.
The artist responsible for spray-painting the new mural of the star, Scott Nurkin, told the Fayetteville Observer that he paints large murals of significant musical artists from North Carolina in their hometowns.
“Back in 2000, I started the idea for this trail, called the North Carolina Musician Murals Trail,” Nurkin told the Fayetteville Observer. “And the idea was, I realized long ago, when I was in college, that we had so many amazing, talented musicians from North Carolina. And I was like, not a lot of people know about this.”…