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aka: Jermaine Lamarr Cole, Therapist, Hollywood Cole, Kill Edward
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GRAMMY award-winning Jermaine Lamarr Cole, known professionally as J. Cole, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007.
Intent on further pursuing a musical career, J. Cole went on to release two additional mixtapes, The Warm Up (2009) and Friday Night Lights (2010) both to critical acclaim, after signing to Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation imprint in 2009. He is regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation.
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His discography includes six studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, two extended plays, three mixtapes, 56 singles (including 22 as a featured artist), two promotional singles and twenty one music videos.
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J. Cole has cited several hip-hop artists as influencing his rapping style, including Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas, and Andre 3000.
He described in an interview with Steve Lobel, “Jay [Z] was a mentor before I ever signed to him. I studied his moves that much…I got to go on tour with him and steal a lot of gems. That’s how you supposed to do it. You’re supposed to learn and take pieces from the greatest.”
“Jay was my mentor before I ever signed to him. And now that I signed to him, it’s just a blessing to be able to hit him for advice and get that real 20 years of experience, or however long he been in the game. It’s priceless.”
“My favorite rapper was Pac,” he said. “He was my favorite rapper before I even started rapping. Before I even thought of – It went from Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown as a kid and artists like that. Even Kool Moe Dee. Just the cool dude that I looked up to.”
“One day my stepfather came home from – I don’t know if he was back from Desert Storm…I remember him coming home with that first Pac album. With ‘Brenda’s Got a Baby’. It was 2Pacalypse Now. And since then – When I was too young to know what he was talking about, but it connected. Cause that’s the thing about art. It’s just truth. It’s straight – Whatever you feel. So, even as a seven-year-old kid, eight-year-old kid, I could hear Pac’s early albums and feel the truth.”
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J. Cole drew comparisons to Nas following the release of Friday Night Lights, stating that Nas served as the primary inspiration behind the creation of the mixtape.
Cole later addressed their musical similarities on “Let Nas Down”, a song written and composed due to his disparaging comments towards “Work Out”. As a response to this record, Nas came out with the song “Made Nas Proud” shortly after.
In 2014, in an interview with Angie Martinez, J. Cole listed Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas and Jay-Z as his top four rappers of all time, with André 3000 and Eminem being a toss-up for fifth.
On November 4, 2016, Cole performed at Jay-Z and Beyoncé‘s Hillary Clinton Rally in Cleveland, Ohio, along with Big Sean and Chance the Rapper.
Cole announced the KOD Tour on May 8, 2018, Young Thug, Jaden Smith, EarthGang and Kill Edward served as the supporting acts. Cole performed “Intro” and “Friends” at the 2018 BET Awards on June 24, 2018. Singer Daniel Caesar performed part of “Intro” and the chorus to “Friends”, rapper Wale was also part of the set.
On June 12, 2019, the first of two sets of dual singles from Revenge of the Dreamers III were released: “Down Bad” featuring Cole, JID, Bas, EarthGang, and Young Nudy, and “Got Me” featuring Ari Lennox, Omen, Ty Dolla Sign, and Dreezy. On July 1, 2019, the second set of dual singles from the album were released: “LamboTruck” featuring Cozz, Reason, and Childish Major and “Costa Rica” featuring Bas, JID, Guapdad 4000, Reese Laflare, Jace, Mez, Smokepurpp, Buddy, and Ski Mask the Slump God.
The Off-Season was released on May 14, 2021. The album was co-executively produced by T-Minus and featured guest appearances from Morray, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Bas, and 6LACK.
Cole has cited several hip-hop artists as influencing his rapping style, including Tupac, Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas, and Andre 3000.
His discography includes six studio albums, one live album, four compilation albums, three extended plays, four mixtapes, 58 singles (including 22 as a featured artist), two promotional singles and twenty-one music videos.
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