Overview
- Cole told interviewers that he is “not using” the word retirement anymore and will not definitively say he will stop making music.
- Multiple outlets report the change of heart came during a sit-down with Mark Pitts and GQ’s Frazier Tharpe in Las Vegas, though at least one outlet attributes similar remarks to an NFR Podcast appearance.
- The Fall-Off was released as a double-disc in February 2026, earned Cole his seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and he has been touring arenas on The Fall-Off World Tour.
- Cole said Wednesday that finishing the expanded album and the energy of the sold-out tour helped renew his desire to create, but he has not set a timetable for a new record.
- He also reflected on his 2024 exchange with Kendrick Lamar, saying that leaked material and the feud led him to remove two Lamar features and to pull a diss from streaming while completing the album.