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. Cole's father later abandoned the family during his youth, prompting his mother to relocate Cole and his brother, Zach Cole, to Fayetteville, North Carolina. Army veteran and later United States Postal Service worker. Army, and his mother, Kay, is a white European American U.S. His father is an African-American veteran, who served in the U.S. Jermaine Lamarr Cole was born on January 28, 1985, at an American military base in Frankfurt, West Germany. Cole is also a past member of the alternative hip hop collective All City Chess Club. In January 2015, Cole decided to house single mothers rent-free at his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. 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 hip-hop 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. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200, making it his fifth album to reach number one on the chart. His fifth album, KOD, was released in April 2018. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum in April 2017. In December 2016, Cole released his fourth studio album 4 Your Eyez Only. The latter earned him his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album. His next two releases, 2013's Born Sinner and 2014's 2014 Forest Hills Drive, received mostly positive reviews from critics, and both were certified platinum in the United States. Billboard 200, and was soon certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Intent on further pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he went on to release two additional mixtapes, The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights 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 but 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 an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), known professionally as J. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All Time.
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