1. Jermaine Lamarr Cole was born on January 28,1985 and is an American rapper and record producer.
47 Facts About J Cole
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Each of J Cole's studio albums have peaked atop the US Billboard 200, beginning with his debut, J Cole World: The Sideline Story, and its follow-up, Born Sinner.
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In January 2015, J Cole began housing single mothers rent-free at his childhood home in Fayetteville.
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Jermaine Lamarr J Cole was born on January 28,1985, at an American military base in Frankfurt, West Germany.
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At the college, J Cole was the president of Haraya, a pan-African student coalition.
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Cole waited for over three hours, before being dismissed by Jay Z Cole later used the CD as the backdrop for his debut mixtape, The Come Up.
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In early 2010, J Cole was chosen as one of Beyond Race magazine's "50 Great Breakthrough Artists".
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Additionally, J Cole was featured on a track titled "We On", a song that failed to make the final track list for DJ Khaled's Victory LP.
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On November 12,2010, J Cole released his third official mixtape titled Friday Night Lights.
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On February 24,2012, J Cole reached two million followers on Twitter, and celebrated by releasing the song "Grew Up Fast".
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On March 1,2012, J Cole returned to his home town, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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On November 5, J Cole revealed the title of his second album, Born Sinner, as well as a scheduled release date of January 28,2013, via Ustream.
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On November 13,2012, J Cole released a promotional single for the album, titled "Miss America".
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On December 31,2012, J Cole revealed that Born Sinner would not be released on January 28,2013, as previously expected.
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In promotion of Born Sinner, J Cole released an EP titled Truly Yours on February 12,2013.
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The project consisted of five tracks J Cole knew would not appear on Born Sinner.
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On November 16, J Cole released a video announcing that his third studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, would be released on December 9.
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On January 28,2016, J Cole released Forest Hills Drive: Live as well as the music video for "Love Yourz", from concert film.
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On December 2,2016, J Cole released a 40-minute documentary titled Eyez, on Tidal.
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The track "Deja Vu" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 7 without being released as a single, becoming J Cole's highest charting song.
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On January 16,2017, J Cole surprisingly released a track titled, "High for Hours" via his SoundCloud.
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The album's cover and tracklist show twelve tracks and two features, both by J Cole's alter ego, Kill Edward.
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On January 6,2019, J Cole took to Twitter to announce Dreamville's compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III by uploading a gold poster-like invitation.
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On January 23,2019, J Cole released his first lead single since 2013 titled, "Middle Child".
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On May 23,2019, J Cole was featured alongside American rapper and singer Travis Scott on American rapper Young Thug's single "The London", which would become the lead single from Thug's debut studio album, So Much Fun.
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On June 16,2020, J Cole released his first song of 2020, "Snow on tha Bluff", a politically-charged track released soon after the murder of George Floyd that led to disagreements with and criticism from Noname and other rappers.
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On July 23,2020, J Cole released a promotional EP titled Lewis Street featuring two new songs, "The Climb Back" and "Lion King on Ice".
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On December 29,2020, J Cole took to Instagram to post a photo where he documented a list titled, "The Fall Off Era".
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On September 21,2021, J Cole released a freestyle titled "Heaven's EP", remixing the beat of "Pipe Down" from Drake's Certified Lover Boy.
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On March 31,2022, the song later appeared on the Dreamville compilation D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, with J Cole appearing on the songs "Stick" and "Freedom of Speech".
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On October 6,2023, Drake's album For All The Dogs was released; on it, J Cole was featured on the eventual single "First Person Shooter", which would debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first song to top the chart.
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Two days after the album's release, J Cole apologized for the diss track at Dreamville Festival, and the track was removed from streaming platforms.
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On November 17,2024, J Cole announced the limited podcast series Inevitable, hosted by J Cole himself, alongside his longtime manager Ibrahim Hamad and frequent collaborator Scott Lazer.
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In 2012, J Cole played for the Eastern Team during the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game.
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In September 2022, J Cole was named as the cover athlete for NBA 2K23 on the Dreamer Edition, and was featured in the game, as well as a character in the game's "MyCareer" mode.
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On May 10,2021, J Cole signed a contract with the Rwanda-based Patriots Basketball Club in the Basketball Africa League.
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On May 19,2022, J Cole signed with the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.
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On June 8,2022, in a social media interview released by the Shooting Stars, it was announced that J Cole would take an indefinite leave from the team to fulfill his concert tour commitments.
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People argued that the first verse on "False Prophets" consisted of direct shots at rapper Kanye West, due to J Cole's referencing to West's altering public perception by the media and fans; as well as Kanye's recent hospitalization.
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Many presumed that the second verse was directed at rapper Wale, with J Cole saying that despite Wale's fourth album receiving fairly positive critical and commercial success, Wale remains misunderstood and slighted by some of his peers.
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On June 16,2020, J Cole released a song titled, "Snow on tha Bluff" addressing an unnamed woman, assumed to be Noname, while touching on police brutality and race relations during the George Floyd protests.
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In October 2011, J Cole established The Dreamville Foundation, a 501 non-profit organization.
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In 2014, J Cole purchased his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, for $120,000 through the Dreamville Foundation.
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In February 2020, J Cole announced a multi-year footwear and apparel partnership with Puma as an ambassador for the brand.
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On July 31,2020, PUMA and J Cole released their debut collaboration shoe, the PUMA RS-Dreamer.
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Also in a May 2018 interview with radio host Angie Martinez, J Cole stated that he and his wife have a son together.
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On July 20,2020, J Cole revealed he has two children.