Clay Tweel, a documentary whose work is as strong as it is varied, has also directed Omaha'. A striking mashup of the sensational and the honest was Tweel's 2015 documentary "Finders Keepers," which described the strange fight of custody that broke out over a missing arm. Meanwhile, in his continuing fight with ALS, Tweel's 2016 documentary "Gleeson" profiled former professional soccer player Steve Gleason. That film, which we defined as "shockingly intimate," mixed the daily fight of being a dad against the wider role of Gleason as a spokesman and an ALS community ambassador.

With Tweel at the helm, ‘Omaha’ promises to blend powerful storytelling with the authentic approach of a seasoned documentary filmmaker.

Cole, whose music has been nominated for multiple Grammy and American Music Awards, recognized the narrative in ‘Omaha’ as all-too-common in the lives of those he grew up with. “‘Omaha’ is the story that never gets told,” Cole was quoted as saying in AllHipHop a few days before the film’s premiere.

“These are the forgotten ones that the world so often overlooks. The story of these two boys-turned-to-men resonated with me in part because I’ve known them my whole life. Not personally, and not literally, but their stories parallel too many of the boys I grew up with, caught between a rock and hard place and bound for pain.”

The J in 2018. Cole-produced "Out of Omaha" documentary took home the Audience Award at New York City's DOC NYC movie festival. Twin siblings Darcell and Rell follow the documentary as they age in Omaha, Nebraska.

As a predominantly white city— less than 13 percent of Omaha's inhabitants are black— Omaha provides its non-white inhabitants with a distinctive portrait of systemic injustice. Over a period of eight years, the filmmakers follow Darcell and Rell as they work against the limitations placed on them and their families to create better life for themselves.

“Out of Omaha” will premiere on STARZ on Sept. 9.