J.Cole

J. Cole is a seasoned rapper who takes inspiration from the heavyweights of the industry such as Nas, Eminem, and Tupac. He has 6 platinum albums to his name and we expect no less from Jay-Z’s prodigy. Every time J. Cole drops an album, it ends up making a record or two and his 2021 album The Off-Season is a testament to this fact. 
Furthermore, Mr. Cole is more than just a musician or rapper. He is a serious investor and businessman who has spent years building his Dreamville brand. Furthermore, he has some stakes in NBA teams like the Charlotte Hornets as well.

J. Cole has spent almost two decades in the music industry and released Billboard-topping albums in his career. However, despite the success, J. Cole appears to be an approachable, everyday guy with demure, according to his fans.

• J. Cole was talented from an early age. He served as a first-chair violinist for the Terry Sanford Orchestra until 2003.
• At the age of 12, after receiving an ASR-X musical sampler worth $1300 as a Christmas gift from his mother Kay, J. Cole decided to start rapping with his cousin Louisiana rap.
• In a later year, J. Cole started focusing as a producer as well.
• When J. Cole was 13, he was exploring Canibus forums where he met producer Elite who has worked with him on several tracks of the album Born Sinner.
• He was part of a local band, Bomm Sheltuh, and served as a rapper and producer in the group.
• By the time Cole reached the age of 14, he had already started sampling and writing songs
• His mother eventually bought him a Roland TR-808 drum machine. J. Cole took the moniker Blaza and started posting on the internet before adopting “Therapist”.
• At 15, J. Cole was mentored by Nervous Reck and FilthE Ritch of the music group, Bomm Sheltuh.
• While Jay-Z was making his tenth studio American Gangster, J. Cole visited Roc the Mic Studio with his CDs hoping for a chance to show his work to the famed black rapper. However, he had to wait around 3 hours before getting dismissed by Jay-Z.

“Truly Yours” rapper had a rough childhood. Cole himself says that he “grew up with nothin”. 

• J. Cole opened his eyes to the world in Frankfurt, West Germany.
• He was born to a veteran African-American father and a white mother. His father James Cole was serving in the U.S. Army. Meanwhile, J. Cole’s mother, Kay, was a postal worker for the United States Postal Service.
• Even before Cole turned 1, his father left the family which eventually moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina.
• J. Cole has one older brother named Zach.
• Melissa Heholt and J. Cole married in 2015 and have been together since then.
• "Nobody's Perfect" rapper is a father of two. He has a son named Ibrahim who was born in 2016 and a daughter named Nina who was welcomed in 2021.