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J. Cole

March 29, 2023

This article is about the American rapper. For the cricketer, see J. Cole (Hampshire cricketer).

Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina,[4] Cole 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, 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.

J. Cole
Cole performing in 2018
Born
Jermaine Lamarr Cole[1]

(1985-01-28) January 28, 1985 (age 38)
Frankfurt, West Germany
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • Therapist
  • Hollywood Cole
  • Kill Edward[2]
Alma materSt. John's University (BA)
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • basketball player
Years active2007–present
OrganizationDreamville Ventures
Works
Spouse
Melissa Heholt
​
(m. 2015)​
Children2
AwardsFull list
Musical career
OriginFayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
GenresHip hop
Labels
Formerly ofAll City Chess Club
Websitewww.dreamville.com
Basketball career
Free agent
PositionShooting guard
Personal information
NationalityGerman / American
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolTerry Sanford
(Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021Patriots BBC
2022Scarborough Shooting Stars
Signature

Cole released his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, in 2011. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.[5] His next album, Born Sinner (2013), also topped 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.[6] His jazz influenced fourth album, 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[7] Cole's fifth album, KOD (2018), became his fifth number-one album on the Billboard 200 and featured a then-record six simultaneous top twenty hits on the Billboard Hot 100, tying with the Beatles.[8] His sixth studio album, The Off-Season, which earned him his sixth number-one album, was released on May 14, 2021.

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.[9] He has also developed other ventures, including Dreamville Records, as well as a non-profit organization called the Dreamville Foundation.[10] Dreamville's compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III (2019) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards. In January 2015, Cole decided to house single mothers rent-free at his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[11]

Cole has won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song, a Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album, three Soul Train Music Awards, and 8 BET Hip Hop Awards.[12][13] All five of his albums have been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), as well as Revenge of the Dreamers III.

Early life

Jermaine Lamarr Cole was born on January 28, 1985, at an American military base in Frankfurt, West Germany.[14][15] His father is an African American veteran, who served in the U.S. Army,[16] and his mother, Kay, born in Michigan, [17] is a European American who was a postal worker for the United States Postal Service.[18] Cole's father later abandoned the family during his youth. At the age of eight months his mother moved with him and his older brother Zach to the United States, to Fayetteville, North Carolina.[19][20] Cole grew up in a multi-ethnic environment,[21] 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. But at the end of the day, [I've] never felt white. I can identify [with white people] but never have I felt like I'm one of them. I identify more with what I look like, because that's how I got treated [but] not necessarily in a negative way".[22] 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.[18]

Cole 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.[18] During this period, Cole heightened emphasis on improving his production skills, later beginning initial production under the pseudonym Therapist.[23][24] Cole later collaborated with local group Bomm Sheltuh, rapping and producing as a member of the group.[25]

Cole can be seen in the crowd of the 2006 documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party.[26]

Upon graduating high school with a 4.2 GPA,[27] Cole decided that his chances of securing a recording contract would be better in New York City. He moved there and accepted a scholarship to St. John's University. Initially majoring in computer science, Cole later switched to communications after witnessing the life of a lonely computer science professor.[28] At the college, Cole was the president of Haraya, a pan-African student coalition.[29] He graduated magna cum laude in 2007, with a 3.8 GPA.[18][30][31] Despite graduating, Cole would officially receive his degree during a homecoming concert in 2015, revealing that he had owed money for a library book, causing the university to hold back from granting him his degree.[32]

Cole later worked in various part-time jobs in Fayetteville, including a working ad salesman for a newspaper, a bill collector, a file clerk, and a kangaroo mascot at a skate rink.[18][33]

Musical career

1999–2008: Early work and initial mixtapes

 
Logo used by J. Cole earlier in his career.

After becoming musically inspired by Canibus, Nas, Tupac and Eminem, Cole and his cousin worked on developing their basic understanding of rhyming and wordplay. As well as this, they began to learn how to interpolate storytelling within their lyrics.[34] By 14, Cole had various notebooks filled with song ideas, however, was unable to produce beats further than sampling. Cole's mother later purchased him the Roland TR-808 drum machine in order to further Cole's understanding of production. Over the next three years, he began posting songs on various internet forums under the moniker Blaza, but later switched to the name Therapist.[35]

Cole later expanded his production to create an entire CD's worth of instrumentals, and traveled to Roc the Mic Studio, hoping to play it for Jay Z while he was in recording sessions for American Gangster. Cole waited for over three hours, before being dismissed by Jay Z.[36] Cole later used the CD as the backdrop for his debut mixtape, The Come Up.

2009–2010: Mixtapes and Roc Nation signing

Main articles: The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights (mixtape)
 
Cole was the first artist signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2009.

J. Cole released his second mixtape, The Warm Up, on June 15, 2009, to positive reviews. Cole appeared on Jay Z's album The Blueprint 3 (2009), on the track "A Star Is Born."[37] He is featured on both Wale's debut album, Attention Deficit (2009) and mixtape Back to the Feature (2009), respectively.[38] In January 2010, Cole, along with label mate Jay Electronica and Mos Def appeared on Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek's single, "Just Begun" for the follow-up of Reflection Eternal's album Train of Thought (2000), titled Revolutions Per Minute (2010).[39] Cole also appeared on B.o.B's mixtape May 25 (2010), on the song "Gladiators", produced by The Alchemist.[40]

 
Cole performing at South by Southwest in 2010

In early 2010, Cole was chosen as one of Beyond Race magazine's "50 Great Breakthrough Artists," he ranked 49, resulting in the cover story of the publication's #11 issue, as well as a Q&A for the magazine's site.[41] He was also featured in XXL Magazine's 2010 version of the Top Ten Freshmen, a yearly publication focusing on new rappers. Cole began a college tour from March 19, 2010, to April 30, 2010, concluding in New Brunswick, NJ at Rutgers University's annual Rutgersfest. The tour also featured a stop at Syracuse University for a show with fellow rapper, Wiz Khalifa.[42] On March 31, he performed a new song titled "Who Dat" and released the song as a single on April 30, 2010.[43] Cole was also featured on Young Chris' song "Still The Hottest" as well as Miguel's debut single "All I Want Is You."[44] Additionally, Cole was featured on a track titled "We On", a song that failed to make the final track list for DJ Khaled's Victory LP.[45]

To celebrate the anniversary of the release of The Warm Up mixtape, J. Cole released a freestyle entitled "The Last Stretch" on June 15, 2010. On June 21 of that year, J. Cole premiered the music video to his first single "Who Dat" on the BET program 106 & Park.[46] In August 2010, Cole was awarded the UMA Male Artist of the Year thanks to his heralded The Warm Up mixtape and a high-profile deal with Jay Z's label Roc Nation at the 2010 Underground Music Awards. In a July 2010 interview, J. Cole revealed three songs that would appear on his debut album: "Dreams", "Won't Be Long", and "Never Told", which was produced by No I.D.[47] On October 30, 2010, a demo titled "I'm Coming Home" was leaked onto the internet. Cole recorded the song as a reference track for Diddy, which later became "Coming Home" off Last Train to Paris (2010).[48] On November 12, 2010, J. Cole released his third official mixtape titled Friday Night Lights.[49] The tape included features from Drake, Wale, and Omen with most of the production being handled by Cole himself.

2011–2012: Cole World: The Sideline Story

Main article: Cole World: The Sideline Story
 
Cole performing in Toronto during Cole World... World Tour in 2011

Cole served as a supporting act for Drake on the Light Dreams and Nightmares UK Tour, from January 5–21, 2011. In April 2011, "HiiiPoWeR", a song Cole produced for Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 (2011) was released. The single was the first of many collaborations to come from the two. On May 22, 2011, Cole released a song entitled "Return of Simba," the third in the "Simba" series of songs, following "Simba" and "Grown Simba."[50] Cole purposely avoided releasing his debut album's title for fear of inconsistency, only announcing that Jay-Z would be featured on his debut album.[51] Cole then released his follow-up single to "Who Dat", the album's lead single, "Work Out" on June 15, 2011, in honor of the second anniversary of his highly acclaimed mixtape The Warm Up.[52] The song, produced by Cole himself, samples "The New Workout Plan" by Kanye West and interpolates "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul.[53][54] The song later became a hit single, topping several music charts.[55]

On July 31, Cole took to Twitter to announce Any Given Sunday, reminiscent of Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Fridays, a weekly free music giveaway. Cole wrote "Every Sunday til the album drops I'll be back with something. Maybe just 1 song, maybe a video, depending on how I'm feeling." For the 3rd installment of the series, Cole took to Ustream to update fans about the album and play a select few tracks that didn't make the final track list. On August 15, the music video for "Work Out" premiered on YouTube, Vevo, and 106 & Park. On August 22, Cole released his debut album's cover art, designed by Alex Haldi for Bestest Asbestos, whom Cole recorded a song for, titled "Killers", for Haldi's mixtape The Glorification of Gangster.[56] For the fourth installment on August 29, he released his debut album's track list, once again through Twitter.[57]

On August 30, after an unfinished version had previously leaked, "Can't Get Enough" featuring R&B singer Trey Songz was released as the album's second single. While in Barbados for his last performance as the official opening act for Rihanna's Loud Tour, Cole shot the music video for "Can't Get Enough" with Songz and Rihanna, who provided a cameo appearance.[58] The video, directed by Clifton Bell, was released on September 14, 2011. In addition, early on September 25, two days before his album's release, Cole released the music video for the iTunes bonus track "Daddy's Little Girl".

Cole World: The Sideline Story was released September 27, 2011, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 218,000 copies in its first-week of sales.[59] As of December 2, 2011, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments and sales of 500,000 copies.[60] On February 7, 2012, the third and final single from Cole's debut album was released. The song, titled "Nobody's Perfect", features renowned female rapper Missy Elliott, marking her return to music. As of December 2016, the album had sold 855,000 copies in the United States.[61]

On October 24, 2011, during an interview with Hot 106's Rise & Grind morning show, Cole revealed he had begun working on his second studio album, with hopes of releasing it in June 2012. He also stated that the album would consist of songs that failed to make his debut, saying "I don't know how many, but I got songs that didn't make the last album that are automatically going to make this one," he said, revealing the release date: "June. End of June, maybe June."[62] From November 6 to 8, Cole served as the supporting act for Tinie Tempah, appearing at Bournemouth International Centre; Liverpool Echo Arena, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales; LG Arena, Birmingham, England; SECC Arena, Glasgow, Scotland; and MEN Arena, Manchester.

2012–2013: Born Sinner and Truly Yours series

Main articles: Born Sinner, Truly Yours (EP), and Truly Yours 2 (EP)

Cole was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Cole played for the Eastern Team in the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game. On February 24, 2012, Cole reached two million followers on Twitter, and celebrated by releasing the song "Grew Up Fast."[63] On March 1, 2012, Cole returned to his home town, Fayetteville, North Carolina. To celebrate his return, he released the song "Visionz of Home", and launched an event titled "Dreamville Weekend" to inspire the youth of his hometown to achieve great things.[64] Cole performed for the first time in Africa during the Big Brother Africa 7 opening ceremony on May 6, 2012, alongside Camp Mulla, P-Square, Naeto C, Flavour N'abania, Davido, and Aemo E'Face.[65][66]

On May 14, Cole announced that he was working on a collaborative album with Kendrick Lamar, saying in an interview with Bootleg Kev that "I just started working with Kendrick the other day. We got it in, finally, again. We got maybe four or five [songs] together", also saying that the project would be more focused on and eventually released once Born Sinner had been released.[67] On July 26, he returned to Twitter after a 100-day absence and went on to reveal and release his new song, "The Cure", in which he hinted at a new album. On October 20, he announced at a live show that his second album was complete and that he was waiting until after Lamar released good kid, m.A.A.d city to reveal it.[68]

 
Cole performing during the What Dreams May Come Tour

On November 5, Cole revealed the title of his second album, Born Sinner, as well as a scheduled release date of January 28, 2013, via Ustream.[69] On November 13, 2012, Cole released a promotional single for the album, titled "Miss America."[70] Cole stated that he hoped "Miss America" would shift music in a different direction, adding that he knew it wouldn't be a big radio hit. He elaborated further, saying, "To me, 'Miss America' shifts things a little bit, it changes the conversation, it takes it in a more aggressive direction, more raw, more social commentary... Any type of commentary is good compared to what a normal single is these days. That's my aim, is to shift culture slightly, change the conversation. Nobody expects that for your first single."[71]

On December 31, 2012, Cole revealed that Born Sinner would not be released on January 28, 2013, as previously expected. Cole said that he "needed a little more time than that to get things done." In promotion of Born Sinner, Cole released an EP titled Truly Yours on February 12, 2013, the project consisted of five tracks Cole knew would not appear on Born Sinner.[72] On February 14, 2013, he released the artwork for the first single via Instagram. "Power Trip" was released on February 14, 2013, marking Cole's second collaboration with R&B recording artist Miguel.

Cole had announced a release date of June 25, 2013, for Born Sinner. However, when it was announced that Kanye West's Yeezus would be released just one week earlier on June 18, Cole moved the release date of Born Sinner up a week in order to compete with West. He later commented, "This is art, and I can't compete against the Kanye West celebrity and the status that he's earned just from being a genius... But I can put my name in the hat and tell you that I think my album is great and you be the judge and you decide."[73] Cole released the second installment in the Truly Yours series on April 30, 2013, the EP featured guest appearances from Bas, Young Jeezy and 2 Chainz.[74] Born Sinner sold 297,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, finishing approximately 30,000 copies short of Kanye West's Yeezus.[75] He released three more singles in support of the album, "Crooked Smile" featuring TLC, "Forbidden Fruit" featuring Kendrick Lamar, and "She Knows". As of December 2016, the album had sold 796,000 copies in the United States.[61]

2014–2016: 2014 Forest Hills Drive

Main article: 2014 Forest Hills Drive
 
Cole performing at Governor's Ball 2014, in New York City

On August 15, 2014, Cole released "Be Free" in response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Three days later, he visited the city in order to meet with protesters and activists who were gathered at the site of his shooting, discussing the civil unrest that was taking place within the city. He performed the track with an additional verse at the Late Show with David Letterman on December 10.[76] On November 16, Cole released a video announcing that his third studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, would be released on December 9.[77] The video featured footage regarding the album's composition, as well as revealed that the album's name was derived from the address of Cole's childhood home. He announced that the album would include no lead singles and have little promotion, but was supported by four promotional singles; "Apparently", "Wet Dreamz", "No Role Modelz", and "Love Yourz".[78] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 upon release, selling 353,000 copies in its first week.[79][80]

Cole announced the "Forest Hills Drive Tour" on February 13, 2015. The tour served as the backdrop for his first live album, Forest Hills Drive: Live. The album recorded during the Fayetteville shows of the tour, and was released on Cole's 31st birthday.[81] On March 31, 2014 Forest Hills Drive was certified platinum.[82] As of December 2016, the album had sold 1.24 million copies in the United States.[61] 2014 Forest Hills Drive won Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards.[83] The album was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album. The single "Apparently'" was also nominated for Best Rap Performance.[84]

On December 15, 2015, Cole announced a documentary series titled J. Cole: Road to Homecoming, ahead of his HBO special Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming. The series included five episodes as well as featuring guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Wale, Rihanna, Pusha T, Big Sean, Jay Z, and Drake.[85] All episodes were released weekly and were available for free on Vimeo until January 9.[86] The concert film Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming aired on January 9, 2016, which was filmed during the final show of his Forest Hills Drive Tour at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[87] On January 28, 2016, Cole released Forest Hills Drive: Live as well as the music video for "Love Yourz", from concert film.[88][89]

2016–2017: 4 Your Eyez Only

Main article: 4 Your Eyez Only

On July 29, 2016, DJ Khaled released his ninth studio album,[90] Major Key. Cole is featured on the track "Jermaine's Interlude".[91] "Said all I could say, now I play with thoughts of retirement" is a direct quote from the track that caused some of Cole's fans to worry about him and his music career.[92] In an interview with Genius, Doctur Dot of the Atlanta duo EarthGang explained that the song was originally a nine-minute posse cut, he said, "We were just trying to get Bas to fuck with the song, but Cole was like, 'I can't resist this beat,' so he hit the weed for the first time in a long time." "He overthinks on weed but we were in the garage smoking a blunt, the beat was running in the background. We stacked the hook up, we all had verses on it, it was a posse record and was like, nine verses long."[93] 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.[94] On November 8, 2016, Spillage Village released the official version of "Jermaine's Interlude", called "Can't Call It". The song features Cole, EarthGang, Bas and JID.[95]

 
Cole performing in Toronto during 4 Your Eyez Only Tour in 2017

On December 1, 2016, the artwork and a track list for Cole's fourth album, titled 4 Your Eyez Only, were shown on iTunes available for pre-order, with a release date for December 9, 2016.[96][97] On December 2, 2016, Cole released a 40-minute documentary titled Eyez, on Tidal. It features behind-the-scenes footage of Cole and collaborators working on the album,[98] including two music videos for the tracks "Everybody Dies" and "False Prophets"; neither song was included on the album.[99][100] On December 5, "False Prophets" and "Everybody Dies" were released as singles to iTunes store and other streaming services.[101] 4 Your Eyez Only debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 492,000 album-equivalent units, of which 363,000 were pure album sales, becoming Cole's fourth number one album.[102] The track "Deja Vu" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 7 without being released as a single, becoming J. Cole's highest charting song. All 10 songs from 4 Your Eyez Only debuted in the top 40 of the Hot 100, after only having four top 40 hits as a solo artist. "False Prophets" and "Everybody Dies" both charted also. Cole achieved twelve simultaneous Hot 100 entries in a single week.[103] "Deja Vu" was released as the album's first single on January 10, 2017.[104] On January 12, 2017, 4 Your Eyez Only was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[105] On April 7, 2017, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[106]

On January 16, 2017, Cole surprisingly released a track titled, "High for Hours" via his SoundCloud. The song was produced by Elite and Cam O'Bi.[107] The song was released on the iTunes store as a single on January 18.[108] Cole announced the 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour on February 21, 2017,[109] the tour included 62 dates across North America, Europe and Australia.[110] On March 24, 2017 HBO announced a documentary titled, J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only, the film aired April 15, 2017.[111] The film was directed by Cole and Scott Lazer.[112] It is now available on YouTube.[113]

2018: KOD

Main article: KOD (album)
 
Cole performing in 2017

On April 16, 2018, J. Cole announced a surprise free event for fans at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City.[114] The event turned out to be a listening session for his forthcoming album,[115] titled KOD, which was released on April 20, 2018.[116] Cole held a second listening session in London the next day.[117] The album's cover and tracklist show twelve tracks and two features, both by Cole's alter ego, Kill Edward.[118][119] Cole had mentioned that KOD has 3 meanings, Kids on Drugs, King Overdosed, and Kill Our Demons.[120] The cover art for KOD was done by a Detroit artist named Kamau Haroon who goes by the name Sixmau.[121] The album touches on many topics including drug abuse, addiction, depression, and greed.[122]

In the United States, on the day of its release, KOD broke the previous record for Views by Drake in 2016 by receiving 64.5 million streams on Apple Music. It accumulated 36.7 million streams on Spotify in its first 24 hours as well. Additionally, the titled track also surpassed Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" by 0.4 million streams on its first day.[123] The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, earning 397,000 album-equivalent units, including 174,000 in pure sales, making it Cole's fifth number one album. J. Cole also became the first act to simultaneously debut three songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with "ATM" (at 6), "Kevin's Heart" (8), and "KOD" (10). The remainder of the album also debuted in the Hot 100, totaling to twelve songs on the chart.[124] "KOD" was released as the album's first single, on May 8, 2018.[125] Cole released music videos for the songs "ATM" and "Kevin's Heart", both of which were directed by Cole and Scott Lazer.[126][127] "ATM" impacted US rhythmic contemporary radio on July 31, 2018, as the album's second single.[128] Songs from the album were featured in the official 2018 NBA Playoffs and the NBA Finals promotion for ESPN.[129][130] On April 27, 2018, it was announced that Cole was working on another project titled The Fall Off, Cole said that he planned to release The Fall Off before he recorded KOD. Cole also confirmed that he is working on a Kill Edward album.[131] On May 14, 2018, KOD was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 album-equivalent units in the US.[132] The album has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with one million album-equivalent units in the United States.[133]

Cole announced the KOD Tour on May 8, 2018,[134] Young Thug, Jaden Smith, EarthGang and Kill Edward served as the supporting acts.[135] The tour will include 34 North American dates, starting in Miami, on August 9 and concluding in Boston, on October 10, 2018.[134] 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.[136][137]

On August 7, 2018, Cole released a single titled, "Album of the Year (Freestyle)".[138] The single was accompanied by a music video, which premiered on WorldStarHipHop.[139] Cole also announced a new project titled, The Off Season,[138] which he plans to release ahead of his next studio album, The Fall Off. In the description to the video, it reads: "The Off Season coming soon... All roads lead to The Fall Off - Cole".[139] In an interview for Billboard in September 2018, Cole said he plans to take off 2019 from touring to finish work on The Off Season, The Fall Off, and the Kill Edward project.[140]

2019: Revenge of the Dreamers III

Main article: Revenge of the Dreamers III

On January 6, 2019, Cole took to Twitter to announce Dreamville's compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III by uploading a gold poster-like invitation. Recording sessions took place in Atlanta beginning January 6 through January 16, 2019.[141] Throughout the 10-days of recording, invitations were shared by the entire Dreamville roster, among other artists and producers outside of Dreamville.[142] A total of 343 artists and producers were invited to the sessions including, Big K.R.I.T., Mike Will Made It, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz, Tay Keith, T.I, Rick Ross, 9th Wonder and Wale, among others.[143] On January 23, 2019, Cole released his first lead single since 2013 titled, "Middle Child".[144] With only one day of tracking, "Middle Child" debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The following week, the song peaked at number 4, making it Cole's highest charting song.[145] Cole performed at the 2019 NBA All-Star Game for its halftime show on February 17, 2019, in Charlotte. He performed "Middle Child", "A Lot", "ATM", "Love Yourz" and "No Role Modelz".[146] On May 23, 2019, Cole was featured alongside American rapper and singer Travis Scott on American rapper Young Thug's single "The London", which would become the lead single from Thug's debut studio album, So Much Fun.[147]

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,[148] and "Got Me" featuring Ari Lennox, Omen, Ty Dolla Sign, and Dreezy.[149] On July 1, 2019, the second set of dual singles from the album were released: "LamboTruck" featuring Cozz, Reason, and Childish Major[150] and "Costa Rica" featuring Bas, JID, Guapdad 4000, Reese Laflare, Jace, Mez, Smokepurpp, Buddy, and Ski Mask the Slump God.[151] Dreamville announced the album's release date on the same day and was selling limited merchandise on July 1, related to the album. On July 2, 2019, Dreamville Presents: REVENGE was released on the label's official YouTube account, a film documenting the album's recording sessions in Atlanta.[152]

Revenge of the Dreamers III debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 115,000 album-equivalent units, of which 24,000 were pure album sales, earning Cole his sixth consecutive number-one album in the country.[153] The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, while "Middle Child" and "Down Bad" were nominated for Best Rap Performance. Cole's collaboration with 21 Savage "A Lot" received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song, making this his first Grammy Award win.[154]

2020–present: The Off-Season and The Fall Off

Main article: The Off-Season

On June 16, 2020, J. Cole released his first song of 2020, "Snow on tha Bluff", a politically-charged track released soon after the murder of George Floyd that led to disagreements with and criticism from Noname and other rappers.[155][156][157] On July 23, 2020, Cole released a promotional EP titled Lewis Street featuring two new songs, "The Climb Back" and "Lion King on Ice".[158][159] The former later appeared on The Off-Season.

On December 29, 2020, Cole took to Instagram to post a photo where he documented a list titled, "The Fall Off Era". On the list crossed out, was features and Revenge of the Dreamers III. Also listed, but not crossed out was two projects, The Off-Season and It's a Boy, which he announced would be released ahead of The Fall Off. The caption of the post read: "I still got some goals I gotta check off for' I scram..."[160] On May 4, 2021, J. Cole officially revealed the release date and album artwork of The Off-Season, his sixth studio album. The album's lead single, "Interlude", was released on May 7.[161][162]

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. It received positive reviews from critics and topped the US Billboard 200, selling 282,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, earning Cole his sixth consecutive number-one album in the country.[163] Four songs from The Off-Season debuted in the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "My Life" (at 2), "Amari" (at 5), "Pride Is the Devil" (at 7), and "95 South" (at 8). "Interlude" debuted at number eight the previous week giving the album five top ten singles.[164]

On September 21, 2021, J. Cole released a freestyle titled "Heaven's EP", remixing the beat of "Pipe Down" from Drake's Certified Lover Boy.[165][166] On March 31, 2022, the song later appeared on the Dreamville compilation D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, with Cole also appearing on the songs "Stick" and "Freedom of Speech".[167]

Basketball career

Cole played basketball at Terry Sanford High School in North Carolina. With an academic scholarship, he tried out as a walk-on at St. John's University and was one of 10 call-back players during his sophomore year.[168] In 2012, Cole played for the Eastern Team during the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game.[169] In 2013, Cole told Sports Illustrated, "Sports is where it started for me. It parallels my life. Rap is such a competitive thing. That's why I have to watch sports. I got to keep up. It's my life in just another form."[170]

On July 20, 2020, Cole released an article for The Players' Tribune, writing about his goals after graduating college to eventually playing professional basketball saying "if I can blow up in the next three years, that means I'll only be 27. That still might give me enough time to train and pursue a professional basketball career. I'll work hard enough to go play overseas and then try to work my way to the NBA."[171] On July 31, 2020, Cole released his debut signature shoe in collaboration with Puma called the PUMA RS-Dreamer.[172] In August 2020, it was also reported by Master P that Cole was training to tryout for the NBA.[173]

In September 2022, J. Cole was named as the cover athlete for NBA 2K23 on the Dreamer Edition, and was featured in the game as well as a character in the game's "MyCareer" mode. Cole said in a press release, "NBA 2K has long been a place to discover new musical talent through their game and continues to be a gold standard for showcasing all things basketball culture. It's been an amazing journey to not only appear on a cover of this year's game, but to be part of the MyCareer storyline, soundtrack and bring the Dreamer brand into NBA 2K."[174][175]

Patriots Basketball Club (2021)

On May 10, 2021, Cole signed a contract with the Rwanda-based Patriots Basketball Club in the Basketball Africa League.[176] Cole was also featured on the cover of the American basketball magazine SLAM, for their May 2021 issue.[177] Cole made his professional debut on May 16 against the Rivers Hoopers, finishing with three points, three rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes.[178] In three games with the team, he scored five points, had three assists and five rebounds in 45 minutes of gameplay. He was only under contract for a minimum of three games. He left the team after playing the three games.[179]

Scarborough Shooting Stars (2022)

On May 19, 2022, Cole signed with the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.[180] On June 8, 2022, in a social media interview released by the Shooting Stars, it was announced that Cole would take an indefinite leave from the team to fulfill his concert tour commitments. In 4 games with the Shooting Stars, Cole averaged 2.4 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 0.4 assists, while shooting 50% from 3-point range.

Career statistics

BAL

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 Patriots BBC 3 0 15.2 .286 .000 1.000 1.7 1.0 .3 .3 1.7

Artistic influences

Cole has cited several hip-hop artists as influencing his rapping style, including Tupac, Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas, and Andre 3000.[181] 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. So, 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. And then 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."[182][183] 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.[184] Cole later addressed their musical similarities on "Let Nas Down", a song written and composed due to his disparaging comments towards "Work Out".[185] As a response to this record, Nas came out with the song "Made Nas Proud" shortly after.[186]

In 2014, in an interview with Angie Martinez, 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.[187]

Controversies

Diddy

In August 2013, Cole and Diddy were reportedly involved in an altercation at a 2013 MTV Video Music Awards after party in New York City.[188] Reports said the incident started when Diddy tried to confront rapper Kendrick Lamar over the "King of New York" claim in his "Control" verse.[188] Diddy allegedly attempted to pour a drink on Lamar, and Cole intervened. The two started arguing and Cole and Diddy allegedly got into an altercation, which then led to problems between their respective crews. After a brief scuffle, both crews separated.[188] Ibrahim Hamad, a close friend of Cole's and president of Dreamville Records took to Twitter to address the rumors saying: "The Internet is a crazy place you niggaz reporting shit with no facts, Cole ain't get thrown out no party and he damn sure aint get beat up", he continued saying, "Ain't gon go into details about last night but get the facts right first before you rush to report some shit for some extra blog clicks".[188] A few months after the incident, Cole and Diddy allegedly squashed the beef when both were seen in a video promoting Revolt, joking about the incident.[189]

Reactions to False Prophets

Upon the release of Eyez documentary in 2016, the songs "Everybody Dies" and "False Prophets" caused controversy within the hip hop community, as many assumed that "Everybody Dies" contained shots aimed at fellow rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty. During an interview with Los Angeles' radio station Power 106, Lil Yachty responded, saying: "I don't listen to J. Cole [but] I definitely listened to it [and] people said he was talking about me. He said 'Lil.' I'm not little. My name has 'Lil' in it but there's a lot of 'Lil' rappers. [It's] either me or Uzi. Honestly, I don't give a fuck."[190] Lil Uzi Vert acknowledged the track, responding via Twitter on December 2, 2016, by simply tweeting, "Heard some beautiful shit today @JColeNC"[191] People also argued that the first verse on "False Prophets" consisted of direct shots at rapper Kanye West, due to Cole's referencing to West's altering public perception by the media and fans; as well as Kanye's recent hospitalization. Many also presumed that the second verse was directed at rapper Wale, with Cole saying that despite Wale's fourth album receiving fairly positive critical and commercial success, Wale remains misunderstood and slighted by some of his peers.[192] On December 3, Wale released a track, called "Groundhog Day" as a response to "False Prophets",[193] and the pair were spotted together in Raleigh, North Carolina at a North Carolina State University basketball game later that day.[194] Cole spoke on "False Prophets" in an interview with The New York Times, he said:

Rappers rap about other rappers all the time—subliminal insult, direct attack—but rarely from a place of love. "That speaks to the state of us as a people," he said. "For so long my mind state was, I have to show how much better than the next man I am through these bars. Who's the best? Let me prove it. And it's just like, damn, I'm really feeding into a cycle of keeping black people down, I'm really feeding into that.[195]

Lil Pump

In April 2018, rapper Lil Pump teased a song titled "Fuck J. Cole" produced by fellow rapper Smokepurpp.[196] Media outlets and rappers speculated that the song "1985" from KOD was a response to the two, while Cole said in a Vulture interview that "It's really a 'shoe fits' situation—several people can wear that shoe."[197] Lil Pump reacted to the song hours after the album's release via Instagram saying, "Wow, you get so much props. You dissed a 17 year old, lame ass jit."[198] Later that day during a concert in Atlanta, Smokepurrp, along with his fans erupted in a chant of "Fuck J. Cole."[199] According to Cole, the target of the song is more general. He said it takes aim at what he sees as the cartoon version of hip-hop, he explained: "If you exclude the top three rappers in the game, the most popping rappers all are exaggerated versions of black stereotypes. Extremely tatted up. Colorful hair. Flamboyant. Brand names. It's caricatures, and still the dominant representation of black people, on the most popular entertainment format for black people, period."[200] On May 4, 2018, as Cole was performing at JMBLYA festival in Dallas, he performed "1985", cutting off the backing track so he could rap his verse a cappella. The crowd erupted in chants of "Fuck Lil Pump" and "Fuck 6ix9ine." Cole immediately shut down the chants telling the crowd, "Don't do that."[201] Cole performed "1985" during his Rolling Loud Festival performance on May 11, 2018, in Miami. During the performance Lil Pump was seen dancing to the song near the stage.[202] On May 25, after Rolling Loud, J. Cole and Lil Pump sat down for an hour-long interview indicating that a supposed beef between the two is over. Cole asked Pump about his "Fuck J. Cole" comments in his music and social media. Pump responds by claiming he had seen his fans commenting it on social media and didn't know why. "But now I kinda get it," he says. "We make different types of music, so people, like... People just like doing that shit." He continues, "It wasn't even serious... I fuck with your shit. It's hard."[203]

Noname

In May 2020, in the midst of the George Floyd protests, rapper Noname made a tweet panning rappers who discussed the struggles of black people in their music but had yet to publicly speak out on social media regarding the protests or Black Lives Matter. The tweet read:

"Poor black folks all over the country are putting their bodies on the line in protest for our collective safety and y’all favorite top selling rappers not even willing to put a tweet up. niggas whole discographies be about black plight and they no where to be found".[204]

Many assumed her tweet was aimed at Cole and Kendrick Lamar, both of whom had yet to post on social media about the protests at the time of her tweet.[205] On June 16, 2020, Cole released a song titled, "Snow on tha Bluff" addressing an unnamed woman, assumed to be Noname, while also touching on police brutality and race relations during the George Floyd protests. Shortly after the song's release, NoName tweeted "QUEEN TONE!!!!!!", referencing a lyric from the song.[206] She later deleted the tweet. Many other artists defended Noname, including Ari Lennox, who is signed to Cole's Dreamville label. Lennox thanked Noname "for giving af about us constantly and endlessly", saying she appreciates "everything you [Noname] put out to the world".[207] Rapper Chance the Rapper, criticized Cole, calling the song "not constructive" and saying it "undermines all the work Noname has done".[208] Cole eventually addressed backlash in a series of tweets, defending his statements in the song and encouraging listeners to follow Noname on social media. Two days after the release of "Snow on tha Bluff", Noname released "Song 33", in which she alluded to Cole writing about her in the wake of the protests, rapping: "I guess the ego hurt now / It's time to go to work, wow, look at him go / He really 'bout to write about me when the world is in smokes? When there's people in trees? When George was beggin' for his mother sayin' he couldn't breathe? He thought to write about me?".[209] Cole acknowledged the track shortly after its release, sharing a link to the song on Twitter.[208] Cole and Noname previously collaborated in 2015, on the song "Warm Enough" from Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment's Surf album.[210]

Business ventures

Dreamville Records

Main article: Dreamville Records

During the composition of The Come Up, Cole started his own record label in early 2007 with current label president Ibrahim Hamad. Cole sought for an avenue to release his own music, while Hamad yearned to start a record label, prompting the two to team up to form Dreamville Records.[211] The label is currently distributed by Interscope Records.[212]

 
The logo of Cole's Dreamville Records imprint

Cole, Omen, and Bas were the label's inaugural artists.[213][214] The label houses artists including Cole, Omen, Bas, Cozz,[215] Lute, Ari Lennox,[216] JID,[217] and duo EarthGang.[218] In-house producers include Elite, Ron Gilmore,[219] Cedric Brown,[220] and Meez.[221] Dreamville Records has released nine albums, with three certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The Dreamville Foundation

In October 2011, Cole established The Dreamville Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Foundation says that it was "created to 'bridge the gap' between the worlds of opportunity and the urban youth" of Cole's hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. With volunteers, the Foundation conducts philanthropic activities, such as an annual "Back To School Supply Giveaway" to provide supplies to schoolchildren.[222] The Foundation also launched a book club for young men and sponsored "The Nobody's Perfect Writing Contest and Mother's Day Brunch" for students. It sponsors an annual weekend of Fayetteville community events called the "Dreamville Weekend" that features a discussion with the Young Men's Book Club and Appreciation Dinner and a Career Day panel of African-American professionals in a variety of fields.[223]

In 2014, Cole purchased his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, for $120,000 through the Dreamville Foundation. The home had been repossessed from his mother years earlier, while Jermaine was attending college in New York. His plan is to turn the house into a homestead for single mothers and their children to live rent-free.[224]

Tidal

In March 2015, Project Panther, the business of Cole's mentor Jay-Z, acquired Aspiro, the owner of the music streaming service Tidal, for a reported $56 million.[225] J. Cole is a minor shareholder of the service, along with 15 other artist stakeholders, including Kanye West, Usher, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Madonna, Daft Punk, deadmau5, and Nicki Minaj.[226]

Dreamville Festival

On April 27, 2018, J. Cole announced the Dreamville Festival, the festival featuring local music, culture, food and art, and also include a mix of up-and-comers and national acts. It is expected to be an annual festival.[227] However, in the wake of Hurricane Florence, the event was postponed from its original date. The festival was rescheduled and held at the historic Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 6, 2019. The lineup included all of Dreamville's artists as well as SZA, Big Sean, Nelly, 21 Savage, 6LACK, Davido, Teyana Taylor, Saba, Rapsody, and Mez.[228] The Dreamville Festival plans to donate proceeds to the Dorothea Dix Park Convervancy and the Dreamville Foundation.[229]

Fashion

In February 2020, J. Cole announced a multi-year footwear and apparel partnership with Puma as an ambassador for the brand. According to the global director of Puma, Cole is involved in product creation, marketing campaigns and cultural guidance.[230] With the announcement, Puma and Cole released a short film for the reimagined "Sky Dreamer" shoes, which debuted during the 2020 NBA All-Star Game.[231]

On July 31, 2020, PUMA and J. Cole released their debut collaboration shoe, the PUMA RS-Dreamer. Cole commented on the signature shoe saying: "Over the years, basketball shoes have progressed greatly in their level of technology and comfort but have strayed too far away from designs stylish enough for cultural relevancy. The Dreamer hopes to change that reality. The highest level of on-court performance meets the highest level of aesthetic design for daily wear. Once again, you can hoop in the same shoes you wore outside."[232] The launch of the shoe coincided with the restart of the 2019–20 NBA season.[233]

Personal life

In a January 2016 interview with director Ryan Coogler, Cole revealed that he was married.[234] His wife, Melissa Heholt, who met Cole while they were students at St. John’s University, is the Executive Director of the Dreamville Foundation.[235][236][237][238] Also in a May 2018 interview with radio host Angie Martinez, Cole stated that he and his wife have a son together.[239] In 2019, he publicly spoke about his son.[240] On July 20, 2020, Cole revealed he has two children.[241] Cole is dual citizen of Germany and United States.

Discography

Main articles: J. Cole discography and J. Cole production discography

Studio albums

Concert tours

Headlining

Co-headlining

Supporting act

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role
2015 J. Cole: Road to Homecoming[254] Himself
Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming[255]
2016 Eyez[256]
2017 J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only[112]
Raising Bertie[257] Executive producer
2018 Out of Omaha[258]
2019 Dreamville Presents: REVENGE Himself, executive producer
2021 Applying Pressure: The Off-Season Documentary

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by J. Cole

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This article is about the American rapper For the cricketer see J Cole Hampshire cricketer Jermaine Lamarr Cole born January 28 1985 is an American rapper and record producer Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville North Carolina 4 Cole 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 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 J ColeCole performing in 2018BornJermaine Lamarr Cole 1 1985 01 28 January 28 1985 age 38 Frankfurt West GermanyNationalityAmericanOther namesTherapistHollywood ColeKill Edward 2 Alma materSt John s University BA OccupationsRappersingersongwriterrecord producerbasketball playerYears active2007 presentOrganizationDreamville VenturesWorksDiscographyfilmographyproductionSpouseMelissa Heholt m 2015 wbr Children2AwardsFull listMusical careerOriginFayetteville North Carolina U S GenresHip hopLabelsDreamville Roc Nation Interscope Columbia ByStormFormerly ofAll City Chess ClubWebsitewww wbr dreamville wbr comBasketball careerFree agentPositionShooting guardPersonal informationNationalityGerman AmericanListed height6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 3 Listed weight185 lb 84 kg Career informationHigh schoolTerry Sanford Fayetteville North Carolina Playing career2021 presentCareer history2021Patriots BBC2022Scarborough Shooting StarsSignatureCole released his debut studio album Cole World The Sideline Story in 2011 It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 5 His next album Born Sinner 2013 also topped 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 6 His jazz influenced fourth album 4 Your Eyez Only 2016 debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 7 Cole s fifth album KOD 2018 became his fifth number one album on the Billboard 200 and featured a then record six simultaneous top twenty hits on the Billboard Hot 100 tying with the Beatles 8 His sixth studio album The Off Season which earned him his sixth number one album was released on May 14 2021 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 9 He has also developed other ventures including Dreamville Records as well as a non profit organization called the Dreamville Foundation 10 Dreamville s compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III 2019 debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards In January 2015 Cole decided to house single mothers rent free at his childhood home in Fayetteville North Carolina 11 Cole has won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song a Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album three Soul Train Music Awards and 8 BET Hip Hop Awards 12 13 All five of his albums have been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA as well as Revenge of the Dreamers III Contents 1 Early life 2 Musical career 2 1 1999 2008 Early work and initial mixtapes 2 2 2009 2010 Mixtapes and Roc Nation signing 2 3 2011 2012 Cole World The Sideline Story 2 4 2012 2013 Born Sinner and Truly Yours series 2 5 2014 2016 2014 Forest Hills Drive 2 6 2016 2017 4 Your Eyez Only 2 7 2018 KOD 2 8 2019 Revenge of the Dreamers III 2 9 2020 present The Off Season and The Fall Off 3 Basketball career 3 1 Patriots Basketball Club 2021 3 2 Scarborough Shooting Stars 2022 3 3 Career statistics 3 3 1 BAL 4 Artistic influences 5 Controversies 5 1 Diddy 5 2 Reactions to False Prophets 5 3 Lil Pump 5 4 Noname 6 Business ventures 6 1 Dreamville Records 6 2 The Dreamville Foundation 6 3 Tidal 6 4 Dreamville Festival 6 5 Fashion 7 Personal life 8 Discography 9 Concert tours 10 Filmography 11 Awards and nominations 12 References 13 External linksEarly lifeJermaine Lamarr Cole was born on January 28 1985 at an American military base in Frankfurt West Germany 14 15 His father is an African American veteran who served in the U S Army 16 and his mother Kay born in Michigan 17 is a European American who was a postal worker for the United States Postal Service 18 Cole s father later abandoned the family during his youth At the age of eight months his mother moved with him and his older brother Zach to the United States to Fayetteville North Carolina 19 20 Cole grew up in a multi ethnic environment 21 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 But at the end of the day I ve never felt white I can identify with white people but never have I felt like I m one of them I identify more with what I look like because that s how I got treated but not necessarily in a negative way 22 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 18 Cole 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 18 During this period Cole heightened emphasis on improving his production skills later beginning initial production under the pseudonym Therapist 23 24 Cole later collaborated with local group Bomm Sheltuh rapping and producing as a member of the group 25 Cole can be seen in the crowd of the 2006 documentary Dave Chappelle s Block Party 26 Upon graduating high school with a 4 2 GPA 27 Cole decided that his chances of securing a recording contract would be better in New York City He moved there and accepted a scholarship to St John s University Initially majoring in computer science Cole later switched to communications after witnessing the life of a lonely computer science professor 28 At the college Cole was the president of Haraya a pan African student coalition 29 He graduated magna cum laude in 2007 with a 3 8 GPA 18 30 31 Despite graduating Cole would officially receive his degree during a homecoming concert in 2015 revealing that he had owed money for a library book causing the university to hold back from granting him his degree 32 Cole later worked in various part time jobs in Fayetteville including a working ad salesman for a newspaper a bill collector a file clerk and a kangaroo mascot at a skate rink 18 33 Musical career1999 2008 Early work and initial mixtapes Logo used by J Cole earlier in his career After becoming musically inspired by Canibus Nas Tupac and Eminem Cole and his cousin worked on developing their basic understanding of rhyming and wordplay As well as this they began to learn how to interpolate storytelling within their lyrics 34 By 14 Cole had various notebooks filled with song ideas however was unable to produce beats further than sampling Cole s mother later purchased him the Roland TR 808 drum machine in order to further Cole s understanding of production Over the next three years he began posting songs on various internet forums under the moniker Blaza but later switched to the name Therapist 35 Cole later expanded his production to create an entire CD s worth of instrumentals and traveled to Roc the Mic Studio hoping to play it for Jay Z while he was in recording sessions for American Gangster Cole waited for over three hours before being dismissed by Jay Z 36 Cole later used the CD as the backdrop for his debut mixtape The Come Up 2009 2010 Mixtapes and Roc Nation signing Main articles The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights mixtape Cole was the first artist signed to Jay Z s Roc Nation in 2009 J Cole released his second mixtape The Warm Up on June 15 2009 to positive reviews Cole appeared on Jay Z s album The Blueprint 3 2009 on the track A Star Is Born 37 He is featured on both Wale s debut album Attention Deficit 2009 and mixtape Back to the Feature 2009 respectively 38 In January 2010 Cole along with label mate Jay Electronica and Mos Def appeared on Talib Kweli and Hi Tek s single Just Begun for the follow up of Reflection Eternal s album Train of Thought 2000 titled Revolutions Per Minute 2010 39 Cole also appeared on B o B s mixtape May 25 2010 on the song Gladiators produced by The Alchemist 40 Cole performing at South by Southwest in 2010 In early 2010 Cole was chosen as one of Beyond Race magazine s 50 Great Breakthrough Artists he ranked 49 resulting in the cover story of the publication s 11 issue as well as a Q amp A for the magazine s site 41 He was also featured in XXL Magazine s 2010 version of the Top Ten Freshmen a yearly publication focusing on new rappers Cole began a college tour from March 19 2010 to April 30 2010 concluding in New Brunswick NJ at Rutgers University s annual Rutgersfest The tour also featured a stop at Syracuse University for a show with fellow rapper Wiz Khalifa 42 On March 31 he performed a new song titled Who Dat and released the song as a single on April 30 2010 43 Cole was also featured on Young Chris song Still The Hottest as well as Miguel s debut single All I Want Is You 44 Additionally Cole was featured on a track titled We On a song that failed to make the final track list for DJ Khaled s Victory LP 45 To celebrate the anniversary of the release of The Warm Up mixtape J Cole released a freestyle entitled The Last Stretch on June 15 2010 On June 21 of that year J Cole premiered the music video to his first single Who Dat on the BET program 106 amp Park 46 In August 2010 Cole was awarded the UMA Male Artist of the Year thanks to his heralded The Warm Up mixtape and a high profile deal with Jay Z s label Roc Nation at the 2010 Underground Music Awards In a July 2010 interview J Cole revealed three songs that would appear on his debut album Dreams Won t Be Long and Never Told which was produced by No I D 47 On October 30 2010 a demo titled I m Coming Home was leaked onto the internet Cole recorded the song as a reference track for Diddy which later became Coming Home off Last Train to Paris 2010 48 On November 12 2010 J Cole released his third official mixtape titled Friday Night Lights 49 The tape included features from Drake Wale and Omen with most of the production being handled by Cole himself 2011 2012 Cole World The Sideline Story Main article Cole World The Sideline Story Cole performing in Toronto during Cole World World Tour in 2011 Cole served as a supporting act for Drake on the Light Dreams and Nightmares UK Tour from January 5 21 2011 In April 2011 HiiiPoWeR a song Cole produced for Kendrick Lamar s Section 80 2011 was released The single was the first of many collaborations to come from the two On May 22 2011 Cole released a song entitled Return of Simba the third in the Simba series of songs following Simba and Grown Simba 50 Cole purposely avoided releasing his debut album s title for fear of inconsistency only announcing that Jay Z would be featured on his debut album 51 Cole then released his follow up single to Who Dat the album s lead single Work Out on June 15 2011 in honor of the second anniversary of his highly acclaimed mixtape The Warm Up 52 The song produced by Cole himself samples The New Workout Plan by Kanye West and interpolates Straight Up by Paula Abdul 53 54 The song later became a hit single topping several music charts 55 On July 31 Cole took to Twitter to announce Any Given Sunday reminiscent of Kanye West s G O O D Fridays a weekly free music giveaway Cole wrote Every Sunday til the album drops I ll be back with something Maybe just 1 song maybe a video depending on how I m feeling For the 3rd installment of the series Cole took to Ustream to update fans about the album and play a select few tracks that didn t make the final track list On August 15 the music video for Work Out premiered on YouTube Vevo and 106 amp Park On August 22 Cole released his debut album s cover art designed by Alex Haldi for Bestest Asbestos whom Cole recorded a song for titled Killers for Haldi s mixtape The Glorification of Gangster 56 For the fourth installment on August 29 he released his debut album s track list once again through Twitter 57 On August 30 after an unfinished version had previously leaked Can t Get Enough featuring R amp B singer Trey Songz was released as the album s second single While in Barbados for his last performance as the official opening act for Rihanna s Loud Tour Cole shot the music video for Can t Get Enough with Songz and Rihanna who provided a cameo appearance 58 The video directed by Clifton Bell was released on September 14 2011 In addition early on September 25 two days before his album s release Cole released the music video for the iTunes bonus track Daddy s Little Girl Cole World The Sideline Story was released September 27 2011 debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with 218 000 copies in its first week of sales 59 As of December 2 2011 update the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for shipments and sales of 500 000 copies 60 On February 7 2012 the third and final single from Cole s debut album was released The song titled Nobody s Perfect features renowned female rapper Missy Elliott marking her return to music As of December 2016 update the album had sold 855 000 copies in the United States 61 On October 24 2011 during an interview with Hot 106 s Rise amp Grind morning show Cole revealed he had begun working on his second studio album with hopes of releasing it in June 2012 He also stated that the album would consist of songs that failed to make his debut saying I don t know how many but I got songs that didn t make the last album that are automatically going to make this one he said revealing the release date June End of June maybe June 62 From November 6 to 8 Cole served as the supporting act for Tinie Tempah appearing at Bournemouth International Centre Liverpool Echo Arena Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Cardiff Wales LG Arena Birmingham England SECC Arena Glasgow Scotland and MEN Arena Manchester 2012 2013 Born Sinner and Truly Yours series Main articles Born Sinner Truly Yours EP and Truly Yours 2 EP Cole was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2012 Grammy Awards Cole played for the Eastern Team in the 2012 NBA All Star Weekend Celebrity Game On February 24 2012 Cole reached two million followers on Twitter and celebrated by releasing the song Grew Up Fast 63 On March 1 2012 Cole returned to his home town Fayetteville North Carolina To celebrate his return he released the song Visionz of Home and launched an event titled Dreamville Weekend to inspire the youth of his hometown to achieve great things 64 Cole performed for the first time in Africa during the Big Brother Africa 7 opening ceremony on May 6 2012 alongside Camp Mulla P Square Naeto C Flavour N abania Davido and Aemo E Face 65 66 On May 14 Cole announced that he was working on a collaborative album with Kendrick Lamar saying in an interview with Bootleg Kev that I just started working with Kendrick the other day We got it in finally again We got maybe four or five songs together also saying that the project would be more focused on and eventually released once Born Sinner had been released 67 On July 26 he returned to Twitter after a 100 day absence and went on to reveal and release his new song The Cure in which he hinted at a new album On October 20 he announced at a live show that his second album was complete and that he was waiting until after Lamar released good kid m A A d city to reveal it 68 Cole performing during the What Dreams May Come Tour On November 5 Cole revealed the title of his second album Born Sinner as well as a scheduled release date of January 28 2013 via Ustream 69 On November 13 2012 Cole released a promotional single for the album titled Miss America 70 Cole stated that he hoped Miss America would shift music in a different direction adding that he knew it wouldn t be a big radio hit He elaborated further saying To me Miss America shifts things a little bit it changes the conversation it takes it in a more aggressive direction more raw more social commentary Any type of commentary is good compared to what a normal single is these days That s my aim is to shift culture slightly change the conversation Nobody expects that for your first single 71 On December 31 2012 Cole revealed that Born Sinner would not be released on January 28 2013 as previously expected Cole said that he needed a little more time than that to get things done In promotion of Born Sinner Cole released an EP titled Truly Yours on February 12 2013 the project consisted of five tracks Cole knew would not appear on Born Sinner 72 On February 14 2013 he released the artwork for the first single via Instagram Power Trip was released on February 14 2013 marking Cole s second collaboration with R amp B recording artist Miguel Cole had announced a release date of June 25 2013 for Born Sinner However when it was announced that Kanye West s Yeezus would be released just one week earlier on June 18 Cole moved the release date of Born Sinner up a week in order to compete with West He later commented This is art and I can t compete against the Kanye West celebrity and the status that he s earned just from being a genius But I can put my name in the hat and tell you that I think my album is great and you be the judge and you decide 73 Cole released the second installment in the Truly Yours series on April 30 2013 the EP featured guest appearances from Bas Young Jeezy and 2 Chainz 74 Born Sinner sold 297 000 copies in the United States in its first week of release debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart finishing approximately 30 000 copies short of Kanye West s Yeezus 75 He released three more singles in support of the album Crooked Smile featuring TLC Forbidden Fruit featuring Kendrick Lamar and She Knows As of December 2016 update the album had sold 796 000 copies in the United States 61 2014 2016 2014 Forest Hills Drive Main article 2014 Forest Hills Drive Cole performing at Governor s Ball 2014 in New York City On August 15 2014 Cole released Be Free in response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri Three days later he visited the city in order to meet with protesters and activists who were gathered at the site of his shooting discussing the civil unrest that was taking place within the city He performed the track with an additional verse at the Late Show with David Letterman on December 10 76 On November 16 Cole released a video announcing that his third studio album 2014 Forest Hills Drive would be released on December 9 77 The video featured footage regarding the album s composition as well as revealed that the album s name was derived from the address of Cole s childhood home He announced that the album would include no lead singles and have little promotion but was supported by four promotional singles Apparently Wet Dreamz No Role Modelz and Love Yourz 78 The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 upon release selling 353 000 copies in its first week 79 80 Cole announced the Forest Hills Drive Tour on February 13 2015 The tour served as the backdrop for his first live album Forest Hills Drive Live The album recorded during the Fayetteville shows of the tour and was released on Cole s 31st birthday 81 On March 31 2014 Forest Hills Drive was certified platinum 82 As of December 2016 update the album had sold 1 24 million copies in the United States 61 2014 Forest Hills Drive won Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards 83 The album was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album The single Apparently was also nominated for Best Rap Performance 84 On December 15 2015 Cole announced a documentary series titled J Cole Road to Homecoming ahead of his HBO special Forest Hills Drive Homecoming The series included five episodes as well as featuring guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar Wale Rihanna Pusha T Big Sean Jay Z and Drake 85 All episodes were released weekly and were available for free on Vimeo until January 9 86 The concert film Forest Hills Drive Homecoming aired on January 9 2016 which was filmed during the final show of his Forest Hills Drive Tour at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville North Carolina 87 On January 28 2016 Cole released Forest Hills Drive Live as well as the music video for Love Yourz from concert film 88 89 2016 2017 4 Your Eyez Only Main article 4 Your Eyez Only On July 29 2016 DJ Khaled released his ninth studio album 90 Major Key Cole is featured on the track Jermaine s Interlude 91 Said all I could say now I play with thoughts of retirement is a direct quote from the track that caused some of Cole s fans to worry about him and his music career 92 In an interview with Genius Doctur Dot of the Atlanta duo EarthGang explained that the song was originally a nine minute posse cut he said We were just trying to get Bas to fuck with the song but Cole was like I can t resist this beat so he hit the weed for the first time in a long time He overthinks on weed but we were in the garage smoking a blunt the beat was running in the background We stacked the hook up we all had verses on it it was a posse record and was like nine verses long 93 On November 4 2016 Cole performed at Jay Z and Beyonce s Hillary Clinton Rally in Cleveland Ohio along with Big Sean and Chance the Rapper 94 On November 8 2016 Spillage Village released the official version of Jermaine s Interlude called Can t Call It The song features Cole EarthGang Bas and JID 95 Cole performing in Toronto during 4 Your Eyez Only Tour in 2017 On December 1 2016 the artwork and a track list for Cole s fourth album titled 4 Your Eyez Only were shown on iTunes available for pre order with a release date for December 9 2016 96 97 On December 2 2016 Cole released a 40 minute documentary titled Eyez on Tidal It features behind the scenes footage of Cole and collaborators working on the album 98 including two music videos for the tracks Everybody Dies and False Prophets neither song was included on the album 99 100 On December 5 False Prophets and Everybody Dies were released as singles to iTunes store and other streaming services 101 4 Your Eyez Only debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 492 000 album equivalent units of which 363 000 were pure album sales becoming Cole s fourth number one album 102 The track Deja Vu entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 7 without being released as a single becoming J Cole s highest charting song All 10 songs from 4 Your Eyez Only debuted in the top 40 of the Hot 100 after only having four top 40 hits as a solo artist False Prophets and Everybody Dies both charted also Cole achieved twelve simultaneous Hot 100 entries in a single week 103 Deja Vu was released as the album s first single on January 10 2017 104 On January 12 2017 4 Your Eyez Only was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA 105 On April 7 2017 the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA 106 On January 16 2017 Cole surprisingly released a track titled High for Hours via his SoundCloud The song was produced by Elite and Cam O Bi 107 The song was released on the iTunes store as a single on January 18 108 Cole announced the 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour on February 21 2017 109 the tour included 62 dates across North America Europe and Australia 110 On March 24 2017 HBO announced a documentary titled J Cole 4 Your Eyez Only the film aired April 15 2017 111 The film was directed by Cole and Scott Lazer 112 It is now available on YouTube 113 2018 KOD Main article KOD album Cole performing in 2017 On April 16 2018 J Cole announced a surprise free event for fans at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City 114 The event turned out to be a listening session for his forthcoming album 115 titled KOD which was released on April 20 2018 116 Cole held a second listening session in London the next day 117 The album s cover and tracklist show twelve tracks and two features both by Cole s alter ego Kill Edward 118 119 Cole had mentioned that KOD has 3 meanings Kids on Drugs King Overdosed and Kill Our Demons 120 The cover art for KOD was done by a Detroit artist named Kamau Haroon who goes by the name Sixmau 121 The album touches on many topics including drug abuse addiction depression and greed 122 In the United States on the day of its release KOD broke the previous record for Views by Drake in 2016 by receiving 64 5 million streams on Apple Music It accumulated 36 7 million streams on Spotify in its first 24 hours as well Additionally the titled track also surpassed Taylor Swift s Look What You Made Me Do by 0 4 million streams on its first day 123 The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 earning 397 000 album equivalent units including 174 000 in pure sales making it Cole s fifth number one album J Cole also became the first act to simultaneously debut three songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with ATM at 6 Kevin s Heart 8 and KOD 10 The remainder of the album also debuted in the Hot 100 totaling to twelve songs on the chart 124 KOD was released as the album s first single on May 8 2018 125 Cole released music videos for the songs ATM and Kevin s Heart both of which were directed by Cole and Scott Lazer 126 127 ATM impacted US rhythmic contemporary radio on July 31 2018 as the album s second single 128 Songs from the album were featured in the official 2018 NBA Playoffs and the NBA Finals promotion for ESPN 129 130 On April 27 2018 it was announced that Cole was working on another project titled The Fall Off Cole said that he planned to release The Fall Off before he recorded KOD Cole also confirmed that he is working on a Kill Edward album 131 On May 14 2018 KOD was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for sales of over 500 000 album equivalent units in the US 132 The album has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA with one million album equivalent units in the United States 133 Cole announced the KOD Tour on May 8 2018 134 Young Thug Jaden Smith EarthGang and Kill Edward served as the supporting acts 135 The tour will include 34 North American dates starting in Miami on August 9 and concluding in Boston on October 10 2018 134 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 136 137 On August 7 2018 Cole released a single titled Album of the Year Freestyle 138 The single was accompanied by a music video which premiered on WorldStarHipHop 139 Cole also announced a new project titled The Off Season 138 which he plans to release ahead of his next studio album The Fall Off In the description to the video it reads The Off Season coming soon All roads lead to The Fall Off Cole 139 In an interview for Billboard in September 2018 Cole said he plans to take off 2019 from touring to finish work on The Off Season The Fall Off and the Kill Edward project 140 2019 Revenge of the Dreamers III Main article Revenge of the Dreamers III On January 6 2019 Cole took to Twitter to announce Dreamville s compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III by uploading a gold poster like invitation Recording sessions took place in Atlanta beginning January 6 through January 16 2019 141 Throughout the 10 days of recording invitations were shared by the entire Dreamville roster among other artists and producers outside of Dreamville 142 A total of 343 artists and producers were invited to the sessions including Big K R I T Mike Will Made It DJ Khaled Swizz Beatz Tay Keith T I Rick Ross 9th Wonder and Wale among others 143 On January 23 2019 Cole released his first lead single since 2013 titled Middle Child 144 With only one day of tracking Middle Child debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 The following week the song peaked at number 4 making it Cole s highest charting song 145 Cole performed at the 2019 NBA All Star Game for its halftime show on February 17 2019 in Charlotte He performed Middle Child A Lot ATM Love Yourz and No Role Modelz 146 On May 23 2019 Cole was featured alongside American rapper and singer Travis Scott on American rapper Young Thug s single The London which would become the lead single from Thug s debut studio album So Much Fun 147 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 148 and Got Me featuring Ari Lennox Omen Ty Dolla Sign and Dreezy 149 On July 1 2019 the second set of dual singles from the album were released LamboTruck featuring Cozz Reason and Childish Major 150 and Costa Rica featuring Bas JID Guapdad 4000 Reese Laflare Jace Mez Smokepurpp Buddy and Ski Mask the Slump God 151 Dreamville announced the album s release date on the same day and was selling limited merchandise on July 1 related to the album On July 2 2019 Dreamville Presents REVENGE was released on the label s official YouTube account a film documenting the album s recording sessions in Atlanta 152 Revenge of the Dreamers III debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 115 000 album equivalent units of which 24 000 were pure album sales earning Cole his sixth consecutive number one album in the country 153 The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards while Middle Child and Down Bad were nominated for Best Rap Performance Cole s collaboration with 21 Savage A Lot received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song making this his first Grammy Award win 154 2020 present The Off Season and The Fall Off Main article The Off Season On June 16 2020 J Cole released his first song of 2020 Snow on tha Bluff a politically charged track released soon after the murder of George Floyd that led to disagreements with and criticism from Noname and other rappers 155 156 157 On July 23 2020 Cole released a promotional EP titled Lewis Street featuring two new songs The Climb Back and Lion King on Ice 158 159 The former later appeared on The Off Season On December 29 2020 Cole took to Instagram to post a photo where he documented a list titled The Fall Off Era On the list crossed out was features and Revenge of the Dreamers III Also listed but not crossed out was two projects The Off Season and It s a Boy which he announced would be released ahead of The Fall Off The caption of the post read I still got some goals I gotta check off for I scram 160 On May 4 2021 J Cole officially revealed the release date and album artwork of The Off Season his sixth studio album The album s lead single Interlude was released on May 7 161 162 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 It received positive reviews from critics and topped the US Billboard 200 selling 282 000 album equivalent units in its first week earning Cole his sixth consecutive number one album in the country 163 Four songs from The Off Season debuted in the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 with My Life at 2 Amari at 5 Pride Is the Devil at 7 and 95 South at 8 Interlude debuted at number eight the previous week giving the album five top ten singles 164 On September 21 2021 J Cole released a freestyle titled Heaven s EP remixing the beat of Pipe Down from Drake s Certified Lover Boy 165 166 On March 31 2022 the song later appeared on the Dreamville compilation D Day A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape with Cole also appearing on the songs Stick and Freedom of Speech 167 Basketball careerCole played basketball at Terry Sanford High School in North Carolina With an academic scholarship he tried out as a walk on at St John s University and was one of 10 call back players during his sophomore year 168 In 2012 Cole played for the Eastern Team during the NBA All Star Weekend Celebrity Game 169 In 2013 Cole told Sports Illustrated Sports is where it started for me It parallels my life Rap is such a competitive thing That s why I have to watch sports I got to keep up It s my life in just another form 170 On July 20 2020 Cole released an article for The Players Tribune writing about his goals after graduating college to eventually playing professional basketball saying if I can blow up in the next three years that means I ll only be 27 That still might give me enough time to train and pursue a professional basketball career I ll work hard enough to go play overseas and then try to work my way to the NBA 171 On July 31 2020 Cole released his debut signature shoe in collaboration with Puma called the PUMA RS Dreamer 172 In August 2020 it was also reported by Master P that Cole was training to tryout for the NBA 173 In September 2022 J Cole was named as the cover athlete for NBA 2K23 on the Dreamer Edition and was featured in the game as well as a character in the game s MyCareer mode Cole said in a press release NBA 2K has long been a place to discover new musical talent through their game and continues to be a gold standard for showcasing all things basketball culture It s been an amazing journey to not only appear on a cover of this year s game but to be part of the MyCareer storyline soundtrack and bring the Dreamer brand into NBA 2K 174 175 Patriots Basketball Club 2021 On May 10 2021 Cole signed a contract with the Rwanda based Patriots Basketball Club in the Basketball Africa League 176 Cole was also featured on the cover of the American basketball magazine SLAM for their May 2021 issue 177 Cole made his professional debut on May 16 against the Rivers Hoopers finishing with three points three rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes 178 In three games with the team he scored five points had three assists and five rebounds in 45 minutes of gameplay He was only under contract for a minimum of three games He left the team after playing the three games 179 Scarborough Shooting Stars 2022 On May 19 2022 Cole signed with the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League 180 On June 8 2022 in a social media interview released by the Shooting Stars it was announced that Cole would take an indefinite leave from the team to fulfill his concert tour commitments In 4 games with the Shooting Stars Cole averaged 2 4 points 0 6 rebounds and 0 4 assists while shooting 50 from 3 point range Career statistics BAL Year Team GP GS MPG FG 3P FT RPG APG SPG BPG PPG2021 Patriots BBC 3 0 15 2 286 000 1 000 1 7 1 0 3 3 1 7Artistic influencesCole has cited several hip hop artists as influencing his rapping style including Tupac Jay Z Eminem Nas and Andre 3000 181 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 So 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 And then 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 182 183 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 184 Cole later addressed their musical similarities on Let Nas Down a song written and composed due to his disparaging comments towards Work Out 185 As a response to this record Nas came out with the song Made Nas Proud shortly after 186 In 2014 in an interview with Angie Martinez Cole listed Tupac The Notorious B I G Nas and Jay Z as his top four rappers of all time with Andre 3000 and Eminem being a toss up for fifth 187 ControversiesDiddy In August 2013 Cole and Diddy were reportedly involved in an altercation at a 2013 MTV Video Music Awards after party in New York City 188 Reports said the incident started when Diddy tried to confront rapper Kendrick Lamar over the King of New York claim in his Control verse 188 Diddy allegedly attempted to pour a drink on Lamar and Cole intervened The two started arguing and Cole and Diddy allegedly got into an altercation which then led to problems between their respective crews After a brief scuffle both crews separated 188 Ibrahim Hamad a close friend of Cole s and president of Dreamville Records took to Twitter to address the rumors saying The Internet is a crazy place you niggaz reporting shit with no facts Cole ain t get thrown out no party and he damn sure aint get beat up he continued saying Ain t gon go into details about last night but get the facts right first before you rush to report some shit for some extra blog clicks 188 A few months after the incident Cole and Diddy allegedly squashed the beef when both were seen in a video promoting Revolt joking about the incident 189 Reactions to False Prophets Upon the release of Eyez documentary in 2016 the songs Everybody Dies and False Prophets caused controversy within the hip hop community as many assumed that Everybody Dies contained shots aimed at fellow rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty During an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106 Lil Yachty responded saying I don t listen to J Cole but I definitely listened to it and people said he was talking about me He said Lil I m not little My name has Lil in it but there s a lot of Lil rappers It s either me or Uzi Honestly I don t give a fuck 190 Lil Uzi Vert acknowledged the track responding via Twitter on December 2 2016 by simply tweeting Heard some beautiful shit today JColeNC 191 People also argued that the first verse on False Prophets consisted of direct shots at rapper Kanye West due to Cole s referencing to West s altering public perception by the media and fans as well as Kanye s recent hospitalization Many also presumed that the second verse was directed at rapper Wale with Cole saying that despite Wale s fourth album receiving fairly positive critical and commercial success Wale remains misunderstood and slighted by some of his peers 192 On December 3 Wale released a track called Groundhog Day as a response to False Prophets 193 and the pair were spotted together in Raleigh North Carolina at a North Carolina State University basketball game later that day 194 Cole spoke on False Prophets in an interview with The New York Times he said Rappers rap about other rappers all the time subliminal insult direct attack but rarely from a place of love That speaks to the state of us as a people he said For so long my mind state was I have to show how much better than the next man I am through these bars Who s the best Let me prove it And it s just like damn I m really feeding into a cycle of keeping black people down I m really feeding into that 195 Lil Pump In April 2018 rapper Lil Pump teased a song titled Fuck J Cole produced by fellow rapper Smokepurpp 196 Media outlets and rappers speculated that the song 1985 from KOD was a response to the two while Cole said in a Vulture interview that It s really a shoe fits situation several people can wear that shoe 197 Lil Pump reacted to the song hours after the album s release via Instagram saying Wow you get so much props You dissed a 17 year old lame ass jit 198 Later that day during a concert in Atlanta Smokepurrp along with his fans erupted in a chant of Fuck J Cole 199 According to Cole the target of the song is more general He said it takes aim at what he sees as the cartoon version of hip hop he explained If you exclude the top three rappers in the game the most popping rappers all are exaggerated versions of black stereotypes Extremely tatted up Colorful hair Flamboyant Brand names It s caricatures and still the dominant representation of black people on the most popular entertainment format for black people period 200 On May 4 2018 as Cole was performing at JMBLYA festival in Dallas he performed 1985 cutting off the backing track so he could rap his verse a cappella The crowd erupted in chants of Fuck Lil Pump and Fuck 6ix9ine Cole immediately shut down the chants telling the crowd Don t do that 201 Cole performed 1985 during his Rolling Loud Festival performance on May 11 2018 in Miami During the performance Lil Pump was seen dancing to the song near the stage 202 On May 25 after Rolling Loud J Cole and Lil Pump sat down for an hour long interview indicating that a supposed beef between the two is over Cole asked Pump about his Fuck J Cole comments in his music and social media Pump responds by claiming he had seen his fans commenting it on social media and didn t know why But now I kinda get it he says We make different types of music so people like People just like doing that shit He continues It wasn t even serious I fuck with your shit It s hard 203 NonameIn May 2020 in the midst of the George Floyd protests rapper Noname made a tweet panning rappers who discussed the struggles of black people in their music but had yet to publicly speak out on social media regarding the protests or Black Lives Matter The tweet read Poor black folks all over the country are putting their bodies on the line in protest for our collective safety and y all favorite top selling rappers not even willing to put a tweet up niggas whole discographies be about black plight and they no where to be found 204 Many assumed her tweet was aimed at Cole and Kendrick Lamar both of whom had yet to post on social media about the protests at the time of her tweet 205 On June 16 2020 Cole released a song titled Snow on tha Bluff addressing an unnamed woman assumed to be Noname while also touching on police brutality and race relations during the George Floyd protests Shortly after the song s release NoName tweeted QUEEN TONE referencing a lyric from the song 206 She later deleted the tweet Many other artists defended Noname including Ari Lennox who is signed to Cole s Dreamville label Lennox thanked Noname for giving af about us constantly and endlessly saying she appreciates everything you Noname put out to the world 207 Rapper Chance the Rapper criticized Cole calling the song not constructive and saying it undermines all the work Noname has done 208 Cole eventually addressed backlash in a series of tweets defending his statements in the song and encouraging listeners to follow Noname on social media Two days after the release of Snow on tha Bluff Noname released Song 33 in which she alluded to Cole writing about her in the wake of the protests rapping I guess the ego hurt now It s time to go to work wow look at him go He really bout to write about me when the world is in smokes When there s people in trees When George was beggin for his mother sayin he couldn t breathe He thought to write about me 209 Cole acknowledged the track shortly after its release sharing a link to the song on Twitter 208 Cole and Noname previously collaborated in 2015 on the song Warm Enough from Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment s Surf album 210 Business venturesDreamville Records Main article Dreamville Records During the composition of The Come Up Cole started his own record label in early 2007 with current label president Ibrahim Hamad Cole sought for an avenue to release his own music while Hamad yearned to start a record label prompting the two to team up to form Dreamville Records 211 The label is currently distributed by Interscope Records 212 The logo of Cole s Dreamville Records imprint Cole Omen and Bas were the label s inaugural artists 213 214 The label houses artists including Cole Omen Bas Cozz 215 Lute Ari Lennox 216 JID 217 and duo EarthGang 218 In house producers include Elite Ron Gilmore 219 Cedric Brown 220 and Meez 221 Dreamville Records has released nine albums with three certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA The Dreamville Foundation In October 2011 Cole established The Dreamville Foundation a 501 c 3 non profit organization The Foundation says that it was created to bridge the gap between the worlds of opportunity and the urban youth of Cole s hometown of Fayetteville North Carolina With volunteers the Foundation conducts philanthropic activities such as an annual Back To School Supply Giveaway to provide supplies to schoolchildren 222 The Foundation also launched a book club for young men and sponsored The Nobody s Perfect Writing Contest and Mother s Day Brunch for students It sponsors an annual weekend of Fayetteville community events called the Dreamville Weekend that features a discussion with the Young Men s Book Club and Appreciation Dinner and a Career Day panel of African American professionals in a variety of fields 223 In 2014 Cole purchased his childhood home in Fayetteville North Carolina for 120 000 through the Dreamville Foundation The home had been repossessed from his mother years earlier while Jermaine was attending college in New York His plan is to turn the house into a homestead for single mothers and their children to live rent free 224 Tidal In March 2015 Project Panther the business of Cole s mentor Jay Z acquired Aspiro the owner of the music streaming service Tidal for a reported 56 million 225 J Cole is a minor shareholder of the service along with 15 other artist stakeholders including Kanye West Usher Alicia Keys Beyonce Rihanna Madonna Daft Punk deadmau5 and Nicki Minaj 226 Dreamville Festival On April 27 2018 J Cole announced the Dreamville Festival the festival featuring local music culture food and art and also include a mix of up and comers and national acts It is expected to be an annual festival 227 However in the wake of Hurricane Florence the event was postponed from its original date The festival was rescheduled and held at the historic Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh North Carolina on April 6 2019 The lineup included all of Dreamville s artists as well as SZA Big Sean Nelly 21 Savage 6LACK Davido Teyana Taylor Saba Rapsody and Mez 228 The Dreamville Festival plans to donate proceeds to the Dorothea Dix Park Convervancy and the Dreamville Foundation 229 Fashion In February 2020 J Cole announced a multi year footwear and apparel partnership with Puma as an ambassador for the brand According to the global director of Puma Cole is involved in product creation marketing campaigns and cultural guidance 230 With the announcement Puma and Cole released a short film for the reimagined Sky Dreamer shoes which debuted during the 2020 NBA All Star Game 231 On July 31 2020 PUMA and J Cole released their debut collaboration shoe the PUMA RS Dreamer Cole commented on the signature shoe saying Over the years basketball shoes have progressed greatly in their level of technology and comfort but have strayed too far away from designs stylish enough for cultural relevancy The Dreamer hopes to change that reality The highest level of on court performance meets the highest level of aesthetic design for daily wear Once again you can hoop in the same shoes you wore outside 232 The launch of the shoe coincided with the restart of the 2019 20 NBA season 233 Personal lifeIn a January 2016 interview with director Ryan Coogler Cole revealed that he was married 234 His wife Melissa Heholt who met Cole while they were students at St John s University is the Executive Director of the Dreamville Foundation 235 236 237 238 Also in a May 2018 interview with radio host Angie Martinez Cole stated that he and his wife have a son together 239 In 2019 he publicly spoke about his son 240 On July 20 2020 Cole revealed he has two children 241 Cole is dual citizen of Germany and United States DiscographyMain articles J Cole discography and J Cole production discography Studio albums Cole World The Sideline Story 2011 Born Sinner 2013 2014 Forest Hills Drive 2014 4 Your Eyez Only 2016 KOD 2018 The Off Season 2021 The Fall Off TBA Concert toursHeadlining Cole World World Tour 2011 242 What Dreams May Come Tour 2013 14 243 Dollar amp A Dream Tour 2013 244 Dollar amp A Dream Tour 2014 The Warm Up 2014 245 Forest Hills Drive Tour 2015 246 Dollar amp A Dream Tour III Friday Night Lights 2015 247 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour 2017 248 KOD Tour 2018 Co headlining The Campus Consciousness Tour with Big K R I T 2012 249 Revenge of the Dreamers NYC Crawl with Dreamville 2015 250 The Off Season Tour with 21 Savage 2021 251 252 Supporting act Jay Z Fall Tour Jay Z 2009 Attention Deficit Tour Wale 2009 253 Loud Tour Rihanna 2011 Club Paradise Tour Drake 2012 Rapture Tour Eminem 2014 FilmographyFilm and televisionYear Title Role2015 J Cole Road to Homecoming 254 HimselfForest Hills Drive Homecoming 255 2016 Eyez 256 2017 J Cole 4 Your Eyez Only 112 Raising Bertie 257 Executive producer2018 Out of Omaha 258 2019 Dreamville Presents REVENGE Himself executive producer2021 Applying Pressure The Off Season DocumentaryAwards and nominationsMain article List of 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Billboard Archived from the original on October 6 2018 Retrieved October 6 2018 Martinez Jose January 6 2019 J Cole Announces Revenge of The Dreamers III Complex Archived from the original on January 11 2019 Retrieved January 11 2019 P Milca January 6 2019 J Cole amp Dreamville Announce Revenge Of The Dreamers III HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on January 7 2019 Retrieved January 7 2019 Sanfiorenzo Dimas January 9 2019 Here is a List of Every Major Rapper amp Producer Confirmed to Be Working on J Cole s Revenge of The Dreamers III Album Okayplayer Archived from the original on January 11 2019 Retrieved January 11 2019 Findlay Mitch January 21 2019 J Cole Announces New Single Middle Child Dropping Wednesday HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on January 27 2019 Retrieved January 21 2019 J Cole s MIDDLE CHILD Is Now the Highest Charting Billboard Hot 100 Song of His Career Complex Archived from the original on February 8 2019 Retrieved February 5 2019 A Aron February 17 2019 J Cole Performs Middle Child A Lot amp More During 2019 NBA All Star Game HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on February 18 2019 Retrieved February 17 2019 Spencer Talley May 23 2019 Young Thug Drops New Track The London Feat J Cole amp Travis Scott Listen Billboard Retrieved May 23 2019 Marie Erika June 12 2019 Dreamville Delivers Down Bad Single Ft J I D Bas J Cole EarthGang amp Young Nudy HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on June 13 2019 Retrieved June 13 2019 Marie Erika June 12 2019 Dreamville Drops R amp B Jam Got Me Ft Ari Lennox Ty Dolla ign Dreezy amp Omen HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on June 13 2019 Retrieved June 13 2019 Marie Erika July 1 2019 Cozz Reason amp Childish Major Bring Dreamville amp TDE Together On LamboTruck HNHH Archived from the original on July 2 2019 Retrieved July 2 2019 Marie Erika July 1 2019 Bas J I D Guapdad 4000 Reese LAFLARE Jace Mez Smokepurpp Buddy amp Ski Mask The Slump God Link For Dreamville s Costa Rica HNHH Archived from the original on July 2 2019 Retrieved July 2 2019 Zidel Alex June 26 2019 J Cole amp Dreamville Unveil Trailer For Revenge Of The Dreamers 3 HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on June 26 2019 Retrieved June 26 2019 Caulfield Keith July 14 2019 Revenge of the Dreamers III Debuts at No 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Billboard Archived from the original on December 3 2019 Retrieved July 15 2019 J Cole GRAMMY com November 26 2019 Archived from the original on April 21 2019 Retrieved January 27 2020 Legaspi Althea June 16 2020 J Cole Discusses Black Lives Matter Discourse in Snow on Tha Bluff Rolling Stone Retrieved June 17 2020 McKinney Jessica June 18 2020 Noname Said What Needed to Be Said Complex Retrieved September 29 2020 Johnson Patrick June 17 2020 Chance The Rapper Earl Sweatshirt Jean Grae and More Criticize J Cole s Snow On Tha Bluff Hypebeast Retrieved September 29 2020 J Cole Previews Upcoming The Fall Off LP With Singles The Climb Back Lion King on Ice Rolling Stone July 23 2020 Retrieved July 23 2020 JColeNC July 21 2020 The Climb Back produced by me Lion King on Ice produced by J Cole T Minus and Jetson First 2 songs from The Fall Off Dropping tomorrow night 10pm No date for the album yet taking my time still finishing Tweet Retrieved July 21 2020 via Twitter Marie Erika December 29 2020 J Cole Shares The Fall Off Era Timeline Fans Believe He s Hinting At Retiring HotNewHipHop Retrieved December 30 2020 Williams Aaron May 4 2021 J Cole Announces His New Album The Off Season s Release Date Uproxx Eustice Kyle May 4 2021 J Cole Finally Announces The Off Season Album Cover Art Release Date HipHopDX J Cole Collects Sixth No 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With The Off Season Billboard Retrieved May 23 2021 Blake Cole May 24 2021 J Cole Lands 4 Of Top 5 Spots On Billboard s Most Streamed Songs This Week HotNewHipHop Retrieved May 24 2021 Legaspi Althea September 22 2021 J Cole Hits Vegas Strip in Video for Heaven s EP Rolling Stone Retrieved September 24 2021 J Cole Returns With New Track Heaven s EP That Builds on Drake s Pipe Down HYPEBEAST September 22 2021 Retrieved September 24 2021 J Cole and Dreamville drop new mixtape with DJ Drama The Fader Gleeson Scott Rapper J Cole to play for Rwanda in pro basketball league in Africa USA Today NBA All Star Celebrity Game Grades The Good The Bad And The Ugly ESPN February 13 2016 J Cole On His Hoop Dreams And Why The World Won t Allow LeBron To Be As Great As MJ Sports Illustrated Cole J July 21 2020 The Audacity The Players Tribune J COLE X PUMA RS DREAMER BASKETBALL SHOE DROPS TODAY HighsNobiety July 31 2020 Coleman II C Vernon J Cole Is Training to Be an NBA Player Says Master P XXL Mag Retrieved August 5 2020 J Cole Revealed as the Cover Star for NBA 2K23 Appears in the Game Pitchfork September 2022 Rapper J Cole Featured on NBA 2K23 Cover Sports Illustrated Albertie Quenton S April 28 2021 J Cole to Sign Deal With Basketball Africa League s Rwanda Patriots Slam J Cole x SLAM Slam J Cole makes his professional basketball debut with the BAL s Patriots BBC TSN May 16 2021 J Cole s Pro Basketball Stint is Over See His Final Stat Line HipHopDX com May 26 2021 J COLE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH PROFESSIONAL CANADIAN BASKETBALL TEAM HipHopDX May 19 2022 Retrieved May 19 2022 Nessa Interviews J Cole Friday Sept 23 2011 Nessa Diab Archived from the original on May 29 2019 Retrieved January 15 2018 via Youtube J Cole Talks Storytelling Working with Jay Z amp Kendrick Lamar HipHopDX com July 8 2011 Archived from the original on November 26 2014 Retrieved January 13 2016 Carter Caitlin September 30 2013 J Cole Talks Jay Z And Tupac s Influence On His Career WATCH Music Times Archived from the original on March 18 2017 Retrieved November 14 2016 Nas amp J Cole Address Comparisons To Each Other amp Lyricism In 2013 HipHopDX com August 13 2013 Archived from the original on May 3 2015 Retrieved January 13 2016 J Cole Let Nas Down Born Sinner YouTube June 6 2013 Archived from the original on January 28 2016 Retrieved January 13 2016 J Cole Made Nas Proud On Let Nas Down Remix MTV News June 22 2013 Archived from the original on December 7 2017 Retrieved December 7 2017 Smith Trevor December 12 2014 J Cole Lists Top 5 Rappers Recalls Worshipping Eminem hotnewhiphop Archived from the original on November 15 2016 Retrieved November 14 2016 a b c d Lauren Nostro Foster Kamer August 27 2013 Sources J Cole and Diddy Scrapped at a VMA After Party Over Kendrick s Control Verse Complex Archived from the original on July 16 2018 Retrieved July 16 2018 Steiner B J J Cole And Diddy Brawl Captured On Tape Sort Of XXL Archived from the original on July 16 2018 Retrieved July 16 2018 Power 106 Los Angeles December 2 2016 Lil Yachty Responds to J Cole s Diss on Everybody Dies YouTube Archived from the original on December 6 2016 Retrieved December 5 2016 Feig Zakk December 3 2016 Lil Uzi Vert Slyly Acknowledges J Cole Diss HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on March 12 2017 Retrieved March 8 2017 Fitzgerald Trent December 2 2016 Did J Cole Really Call Out Kanye West and Wale on False Prophets Debate Erupts on Twitter The Boombox Archived from the original on December 5 2016 Retrieved December 5 2016 Burgess Omar December 3 2016 Wale Responds to J Cole s False Prophets on New Song Groundhog Day Complex Archived from the original on December 4 2016 Retrieved December 5 2016 Coleman II C Vernon December 4 2016 J Cole and Wale Attend NC State Basketball Game Together XXL Archived from the original on December 6 2016 Retrieved December 5 2016 Caramanica Jon April 14 2017 J Cole the Platinum Rap Dissident Steps Back From the Spotlight The New York Times Archived from the original on June 25 2018 Retrieved July 14 2018 Mansell Henry April 20 2018 Is J Cole Dissing Lil Pump On 1985 Twitter Thinks So HipHopDX Archived from the original on May 1 2018 Retrieved April 30 2018 Cantor Paul April 25 2018 J Cole Profile Vulture Archived from the original on April 29 2018 Retrieved April 30 2018 A Aron April 20 2018 Lil Pump Brushes Off J Cole s Alleged Diss To Him On K O D HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on May 8 2018 Retrieved May 7 2018 Ch Devin April 22 2018 Smokepurpp Fans Erupt In F J Cole Chant During Show HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on May 8 2018 Retrieved May 7 2018 Cantor Paul April 25 2018 J Cole Just Wants to Be Himself Vulture Archived from the original on April 25 2018 Retrieved April 25 2018 Parizot Matthew May 7 2018 J Cole Shuts Down F ck Lil Pump Chant During Live Performance HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on May 7 2018 Retrieved May 7 2018 Parizot Matthew May 12 2018 Lil Pump Dances To J Cole s 1985 During Rolling Loud Performance HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on May 13 2018 Retrieved May 12 2018 Minsker Evan May 25 2018 J Cole Interviews Lil Pump in Hour Long Video Watch Pitchfork Archived from the original on July 9 2018 Retrieved July 9 2018 S Lynn May 30 2020 Noname Blasts Top Selling Rappers For Staying Silent On George Floyd s Murder HotNewHipHop Retrieved June 29 2020 Tigg FNR Noname Calls Out Top Selling Rappers for Their Silence on George Floyd s Killing Complex Retrieved December 31 2020 Mench Chris June 17 2020 J Cole Makes A Surprise Return With Snow On Tha Bluff Genius Retrieved December 31 2020 Abel Shifferaw Listen to J Cole s New Song Snow on tha Bluff Complex Retrieved December 31 2020 a b Mench Chris June 18 2020 Noname s Song 33 Addresses J Cole amp The Murders of Oluwatoyin Salau amp George Floyd Genius Retrieved December 31 2020 Noname s Song 33 Addresses J Cole amp The Murders Of Oluwatoyin Salau amp George Floyd Genius Retrieved December 31 2020 Cordero Rosy June 17 2020 J Cole stands by controversial new song Snow On Tha Bluff Right or wrong I can t say EW Retrieved December 31 2020 Goddard Kevin December 7 2015 J Cole amp Dreamville Surprise Fans With Release Of Revenge Of The Dreamers 2 hotnewhiphop Archived from the original on May 20 2016 Retrieved July 27 2016 Goddard Kevin January 29 2014 J Cole Revenge Of The Dreamers Feat Dreamville New Mixtape hotnewhiphop Archived from the original on July 16 2015 Retrieved July 17 2015 Hernandez Victoria July 21 2015 Omen Elephant Eyes Release Date Cover Art Tracklist amp Album Stream HipHopDX Archived from the original on August 10 2016 Retrieved August 3 2016 C M Emmanuel December 19 2014 Bas And J Cole s Dreamville Records Have Big Plans For 2015 XXL Archived from the original on August 19 2016 Retrieved July 27 2016 Gruger William July 7 2014 5 Questions With Cozz J Cole s New Dreamville Artist Billboard Archived from the original on August 1 2016 Retrieved July 28 2016 Ortiz Edwin December 8 2015 J Cole Signs Two New Artists to Dreamville Records Complex Archived from the original on October 19 2016 Retrieved July 26 2016 Weinstein Max February 20 2017 J I D Signs to J Cole s Dreamville Label XXL Archived from the original on September 4 2017 Retrieved July 27 2017 Findlay Mitch August 31 2017 J Cole Signs EarthGang To Dreamville Records HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on September 1 2017 Retrieved September 1 2017 Hernandez Victoria April 27 2016 Ron Gilmore The Maturation Of Little Ron Album Stream Cover Art amp Tracklist HipHopDX Archived from the original on August 5 2016 Retrieved August 3 2016 Bornsinner com Cedric Ced Brown YouTube June 16 2013 Archived from the original on March 8 2017 Retrieved August 3 2016 12 Interview With Dreamville Artist Cozz amp roducer Meez Casanova Audio February 16 2016 Archived from the original on September 15 2016 Retrieved August 3 2016 Mullen Rodger J Cole s Dreamville Foundation prepares local students for class Fayetteville Observer EBSCOhost 2W62412357094 Archived from the original on November 3 2019 The Dreamville Foundation Bridging the gap between the world of opportunity and the urban youth www thedreamvillefoundation org Archived from the original on September 27 2015 Retrieved October 22 2015 Adame Tony March 13 2015 Five things to know about J Cole The Wichita Eagle Archived from the original on November 3 2019 Jay Z Madonna Rihanna and Beyonce launch new Tidal streaming service BBC News March 31 2015 Archived from the original on May 15 2016 Retrieved August 25 2016 Andrew Flanagan Andrew Hampp March 30 2015 It s Official Jay Z s Historic Tidal Launches With 16 Artist Stakeholders Billboard Archived from the original on August 29 2016 Retrieved August 25 2016 Habrahan Kathy April 27 2018 J Cole announces Raleigh music festival this fall WRAL Archived from the original on May 1 2018 Retrieved May 15 2018 Strauss Matthew March 19 2019 J Cole Reveals Dreamville Festival 2019 Lineup SZA 21 Savage Big Sean and More Pitchfork Archived from the original on March 20 2019 Retrieved March 19 2019 Menconi David April 27 2018 J Cole is throwing a music festival and it s going to be in his home state The News amp Observer Archived from the original on May 15 2018 Retrieved May 15 2018 J COLE amp PUMA ANNOUNCE MULTI YEAR FOOTWEAR amp APPAREL PARTNERSHIP The Source February 15 2020 Archived from the original on March 13 2020 Retrieved March 7 2020 Puma Announces Partnership With J Cole Launches New Sky Dreamer Basketball Sneaker Billboard RS Dreamer PUMA Releases Debut Collaboration with J Cole Fortress of Solitude August 2020 J Cole x PUMA RS Dreamer Basketball Shoe Drops Today Highs Nobiety July 31 2020 Put On Blast Creed Director Ryan Coogler Accidentally Revealed J Cole Is Married During Interview January 18 2016 archived from the original on February 20 2017 retrieved April 26 2016 The Dreamville Foundation Bridging the gap between the world of opportunity and the urban youth Archived from the original on September 27 2015 Retrieved October 22 2015 KWaK chops it up with Melissa Heholt of Statice Events Celebrating Women s Empowerment Karla With A Kay Celebrating Women s Empowerment Karla With A Kay September 3 2013 Archived from the original on April 20 2016 Retrieved April 26 2016 Meet J Cole s New Wife Melissa Heholt XXL XXL Mag Archived from the original on May 6 2016 Retrieved April 26 2016 Cantor Paul April 25 2018 J Cole Just Wants to Be Himself Vulture Archived from the original on June 2 2018 Retrieved June 4 2018 J Cole talks Kendrick collab Kanye West and kiLL Edward in new interview The FADER Archived from the original on October 16 2018 Retrieved October 16 2018 J Cole Opens Up About Fatherhood and Changing His Life To Become A Family Man Essence Retrieved July 10 2020 The Audacity By J Cole The Players Tribune July 21 2020 Retrieved July 21 2020 Ben Kaye August 18 2011 J Cole announces massive Cole World World Tour Consequence of Sound Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved February 25 2016 Smith Trevor November 12 2013 J Cole Announces What Dreams May Come Tour With Wale Update More North American Tour Dates Added HotNewHipHop Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved February 25 2016 J Cole Announces Dollar amp A Dream Tour Rap Up May 30 2016 Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved February 25 2016 Andres Tardio June 16 2014 J Cole Dollar amp A Dream Tour 2014 The Warm Up Show Dates HipHopDX Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved February 25 2016 J Cole Announces Forest Hills Drive Tour with Big Sean Jhene Aiko Pusha T amp YG Rap Up February 23 2015 Archived from the original on December 23 2015 Retrieved February 25 2016 Latifah Muhammad June 22 2015 J Cole Announces Dollar and a Dream Tour III Friday Night Lights BET Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved February 25 2016 Josephs Brian February 21 2017 J Cole Announces 4 Your Eyez Only Tour Spin Archived from the original on February 22 2017 Retrieved February 22 2017 Rose Lilah February 21 2012 J Cole amp Big K R I T Announce The Campus Consciousness Tour Official Tour Dates hotnewhiphop Archived from the original on November 6 2016 Retrieved November 5 2016 Cowen Trace Dreamville Is Gifting New York With Three Free Revenge of the Dreamers Shows Complex Archived from the original on December 20 2016 Retrieved December 13 2016 Fitzgerald Trent June 22 2021 J Cole Announces Massive Headlining Tour With 21 Savage Morray XXL Mag Retrieved June 23 2021 Fitzgerald Trent June 22 2021 J Cole Announces Massive Headlining Tour With 21 Savage Morray XXL Mag Retrieved August 2 2021 SHAMZ NYC Wale Attention Deficit Tour 5 7 LPR okayplayer Archived from the original on November 6 2016 Retrieved November 5 2016 J Cole December 16 2015 Read this Then watch this New episode every Wednesday leading up to concert film on HBO Twitter Archived from the original on June 8 2017 Retrieved November 9 2016 Montes Patrick January 10 2016 J Cole s 90 Minute HBO Documentary Forest Hills Drive Homecoming Is Here Hype Beast Archived from the original on November 9 2016 Retrieved November 9 2016 Goddard Kevin December 2 2016 Watch J Cole s New 40 Minute Documentary Eyez hotnewhiphop Archived from 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