KOD (an initialism for Kids on Drugs, King Overdosed and Kill Our Demons) is the fifth studio album by American rapper J. Cole. It was released on April 20, 2018 through Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records. Majority of the production on the album was primarily handled by Cole himself, along with others such as T-Minus, Mark Pelli, BLVK and Ron Gilmore. The album explores a variety of topics including drug abuse, addiction, depression, greed, African-American culture, and taxation in the United States. KOD received positive reviews and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, selling 397,000 albumequivalent units in its first week (174,000 coming from pure sales), earning Cole his fifth consecutive number-one album in the country, while also breaking several streaming records. The album also debuted at number-one in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. The album has since been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).