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J.Cole Childhood
Jermaine Lamarr Cole was born on January 28, 1985 in Frankfurt, Germany to Kay Cole and his father that was in the army. They were in Germany due to his father being in the Army. Later in his childhood he moved and grew up in North Carolina. -
Life In North Carolina
In his early years ther he looked up to Tupac and began rapping at age 12. He says his lyrical abilites come from him doing well in school. -
Learning The Basics
At age 14 Cole became to learn the basics of rapping. He practiced his wordplay and his flow. He became to write most of his raps at this time for his future albums. -
High School
Cole was a genius in school and was enrolled into a advanced class and averaged a 4.2 GPA. This is so high this can only be obtained in an advanced class. -
First Rapper Names
J.Cole's first rapper name was Blaza and his next was Therapist. At this time he let out a couple of songs and started getting clout. -
College
Cole attended St. Johns University and ended up finishing and graduating college. He was the starting point guard on the basketball team. -
Getting Turned Down
America Records turned his down after waiting three hours. The person that dismissed him was actually Jay Z. -
His First Breakout
Cole made his first successful mix-tape and gained a ton of clout from it. This was called The Come Up. -
Second Hit Mixtape
A month later, Cole dropped his second and one of his most popular mix-tape called The Warm Up. This earned him some
recognition and he started working with big names. -
First Album
Cole dropped his first albun called The Sideline Story. One of his songs on the album called "Work Out" gained a ton a clout and was played all of the radio. -
Second Album
Born Sinner was his second hit album and he was named one of his greatest rappers of that time. People started to get him recondition and he made his own record deal called Dreamville -
Going Double Platinum
His new album 2014 Forest Hills Drive took off. This album was made to tell his life story and it made double platinum with no features. No other artist has ever done this. -
Platinum Again
His most recent project 4 Your Eyez Only. This album had hits such as Deja Vu, Immortal, Neighbors and many others. This made his album go platinum again. This album made his one of the greatest of the game.
