
J. Cole
J. Cole is an American rapper and producer. Born Jermaine Lamarr Cole, J. Cole released two mixtapes, 2007's The Come Up Mixtape Vol. 1 and 2009's The Warm Up, before he was signed to JAY-Z's record label, Roc Nation, in 2009. He has released six studio albums that all hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart: Cole World: The Sideline Story, Born Sinner, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, 4 Your Eyez Only, KOD, and The Off-Season.
He has won two Grammy Awards, one in 2020 for A Lot, his collaboration with 21 Savage, and another in 2024 for All My Life, his single with Lil Durk. Other popular songs include the Drake collaboration First Person Shooter, pride.is.the.devil with Lil Baby, and solo hits Middle Child, Deja Vu, and ATM. Cole also appeared in the 2018 hip-hop documentary Word Is Bond.
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- 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony J. Cole Reflects on Drake & Kendrick Battle, JAY-Z Diss Rumor, The Fall Off & More

The Civic made it to Red Hook. J. Cole pulls up to 7PM in Brooklyn and gets straight into it with Carmelo Anthony, Monica McNutt, and Kazeem Famuyide. He talks Drake, Kendrick, and clears up some of the lies and half-truths around the beef, setting the tone early. Cole taps into his real love for basketball, the story behind almost choosing that path, and what it felt like getting in the gym with pros. They get into the making of The Fall Off, chasing growth instead of comfort, and how Cole was able to avoid the fall off a lot of artists fall victim to.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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J. Cole on Apple Music
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About
- FROM
- Frankfurt, Germany
- BORN
- January 28, 1985
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap