J. Cole will headline Summerfest on July 3

J. Cole is coming to the Big Gig. The hip-hop star — the first artist signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation label — will headline Summerfest’s American Family Insurance Amphitheater July 3. It will be J. Cole’s first Milwaukee show in five years.

In that time, J. Cole has become one of the most popular rappers of his generation.

His 2014 album “2014 Forest Hills Drive” has been certified double-platinum, winning album of the year at the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2015, and top rap album at the Billboard Music Awards that year.

Platinum-certified follow-up “4 Your Eyez Only” in 2016 was J. Cole’s fourth consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, trailing just Drake’s “Views” and Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” for the most copies sold in a single week that year.

All 10 tracks on the album cracked the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Deja Vu,” J. Cole’s biggest hit to date, peaking at No. 7.

Tickets, priced between $65.23 and $109.40, are available beginning at noon Saturday at the Summerfest box office (200 N. Harbor Drive); by calling (800) 745-3000 or (866) 448-7849; or visiting ticketmaster.com. They include Summerfest general admission July 3.

Just two amphitheater shows have yet to be announced for Summerfest this year, running June 27 to July 1 and July 3 to 8.

The lineup so far: Imagine Dragons with Grace VandeerWaal (June 27); James Taylor with Bonnie Raitt (June 28); Halsey and Logic (June 29); Florida Georgia Line with Bebe Rexha (June 30); Dave Matthews Band (July 1); Def Leppard and Journey (July 4); Shawn Mendes (July 5); and Blake Shelton (July 6).

Tickets are available for all of those shows, except for Shelton’s Summerfest appearance. Tickets for that concert go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.