J. Cole is tagged as: hip-hop, rap, jazz hop, north carolina, underground hip-hop
Jermaine Cole (born in Fayetteville, North Carolina), better known under his stage name J Cole is a rapper and producer he is best known for being the first artist signed to Jay-Z Roc Nation label and has released two mixtapes 2007's The Wellcome Up and 2009 Warm Up The rap world is at a crossroads in the light of shrinking budgets, music executives rest on its laurels find the next YouTube sensation with catchy hooks and dance moves to collect digital singles sales, while many artists have tried to break through in spite of an industry melt few have been met with critical praise and applause for those who have not been high enough to swing in the current rap market looks to excel where his contemporaries have failed NorthCarolina native J Cole gives promise of a new day in hip hop
raised by his mother in North Carolina, J Cole hometown of Fayetteville would give a lot of sights and experiences that would shape his sound Cole fell into rapping at 12 years when his cousin from Louisiana spent the summer in Fayetteville showed him the basics of rhyming, he was connected directly from there he dug deep into the music of hip hop celebrities with Tupac Shakur and Nas Outkast take away a love for telling stories with unbridled rigor Seizing every opportunity to lea... Read More About J. Cole Biography...
