J. Cole
J. Cole
Jermaine Lamarr Cole, better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American rapper, record producer and songwriter. Cole first received recognition in 2007, following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up. Shortly after the release of The Warm Up in 2009, Cole was contacted by American rapper Jay Z and subsequently signed to his record label Roc Nation. In that same year, Cole released his second mixtape, The Warm Up, which was itself followed by Cole's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 January 1985
CountryUnited States of America
As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I'm successful, I never feel like I'm anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I'm never content.
How big can you be if just the underground niggas know you? You can't buy your mom a house when you just an underground celebrity.
History repeats itself and that’s just how it goes,
I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy.
One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes, but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things.
I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.
Far from the richest rapper, but my biggest personal achievement thus far in my life has been retiring my mom early from her job at the Post Office. It's a tiny payback for the sacrifices she made that allowed me to chase a far-fetched dream of becoming a successful artist. I'm forever grateful,
My goal is to have that be a haven for families.
I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him - he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.