Jermaine Lamar Cole better known as J Cole was born in January 28th 1985, He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, However he was raised in North Carolina .
He grew up with a mom that loved rock and folk and a Father that loved rap artists like 2pac and Ice cube, his grades earned him an academic scholarship to attend St. John University in New York City where he knew he could make progress as a musician . After numerous days standing outside Jay-Z's office in hope of giving him a demo that he made , he finally met him and he gave him the demo, weeks later he received a call from them and they asked him to be part of a project they were working on. |
J Cole started rapping when he was 12, and he saw it as a profession in 2000, his mother was not very well economically but J Cole wanted an ASR-X musical sampler but she couldn't afford it , she had to work hard for it and gave it to him for Christmas.
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