Upon graduating high school with a 4.2 GPA, Cole decided that his chances of securing a recording contract would be better in New York City. Ĭole can be seen in the crowd of the 2006 documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Cole later collaborated with local group Bomm Sheltuh, rapping and producing as a member of the group. During this period, Cole heightened emphasis on improving his production skills, later beginning initial production under the pseudonym Therapist. Ĭole began rapping at the age of twelve, and saw it as an ideal profession in 2000, when his mother purchased an ASR-X musical sampler as a Christmas gift. During his youth, Cole expressed an affinity for basketball and music, and served as a first-chair violinist for the Terry Sanford Orchestra until 2003. I identify more with what I look like, because that's how I got treated not necessarily in a negative way". I can identify but never have I felt like I'm one of them. But at the end of the day, never felt white. Cole grew up in a multi-ethnic environment, and when asked about how closely his ethnicity impacts him, Cole commented, "I can identify with white people, because I know my mother, her side of the family, who I love. At the age of eight months his mother moved with him and his older brother Zach to the United States, to Fayetteville, North Carolina. Cole's father later abandoned the family during his youth. Army, and his mother, Kay, is a European American who was a postal worker for the United States Postal Service.
His father is an African American veteran, who served in the U.S.
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He has also developed other ventures, including Dreamville Records, as well as a non-profit organization called the Dreamville Foundation. Self-taught on piano, Cole also acts as a producer alongside his rap career, producing singles for artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Janet Jackson, as well as handling the majority of the production in his own projects. His sixth studio album, The Off-Season, was released on May 14, 2021. Cole's fifth album, KOD (2018), became his fifth number-one album on the Billboard 200 and featured a then-record six simultaneous top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, tying The Beatles. His jazz influenced fourth album, 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Moving into more conscious themes, 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) topped the Billboard 200 and earned Cole a Best Rap Album nomination at the 2015 Grammy Awards. His next album, Born Sinner (2013), also topped the Billboard 200. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. Intent on further pursuing a musical career, he 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.Ĭole released his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, in 2011. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. Cole is regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation. Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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