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J. Cole biography
Jermaine Lamarr Cole, popularly known as J. Cole is a renowned hip hop record producer and artist from America. J. Cole was born on 28 January 1985 in Frankfurt West Germany and he was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He became famous as rapper with a mixtape called 'The Come Up' and he went onto release two more mixtapes as a rapper.
In 2011, J. Cole launched his first studio album titled 'Cole World: The Sideline Story'. On the US billboard 200, it reached the topmost position and the RIAA certified it as platinum. Cole's next two releases also played a huge role in making him a global star. The first one was 'Born Simmer' (2013) and the second one was '2014 Forest Hills Drive'. These two albums have managed to get a lot of positive reviews from critics and both were certified platinum in the United States of America.
The album '2014 Forest Hills Drive' fetched him the the first Grammy nomination for the best rap album. Cole's fourth album '4 Your Eyez Only' came out in 2016 and it reached the number one position on the US Billboard 200 chart.
J. Cole never learned piano from any music school but this self taught musician is a magician while working on a piano. He also works as a producer apart from being a creative genius. Cole has produced singles for reputed artists like Janet Jackson and Kendrick Lamar.
This musician owns other ventures such as Dreamville Records and he also runs a nonprofit organization called Dreamville Foundation. Cole has done many charity works to improve the life standard of the needy and poor and his decision to house single mothers in his childhood home rent free won great appreciation from different quarters of the society. This humanitarian side makes J. Cole unique among the musicians all around the world.