His next two releases, 2013's Born Sinner and 2014's 2014 Forest Hills Drive, received mostly positive reviews from critics, while being both certified platinum in the US. Billboard 200, and was soon certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Intent on further pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he would go on to release two additional mixtapes after signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.Ĭole released his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, in 2011. Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. Cole, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Before this, Cole released two projects that would eventually become his Truly Yourz series, the third project debuted on the deluxe edition of Born Sinner.Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. His debut release Cole The Sideline Story defied industry expectations by selling over 200,000 copies in its first week without a top 40 hit single at the time and his sophomore Born Sinner, saw him go head-to-head with Kanye West in a now iconic sales battle in Hip-Hop. Since then he has become one of the biggest names of the “new school” era, with the release of five platinum certified albums. Cole his first signing to his then newly formed record label, Roc Nation, in 2009. First, after a failed attempt to share a CD of his with Jay-Z, it would later be Hov, that would come to his attention after he heard Cole’s song “Lights Please”, Jay-Z would go on to make J. He first started getting recognition in 2007 with the release of his debut mixtape The Come Up. He gained a passion for rap at a young age and first went by the names Blaza and Therapist (the latter was given to him by Bomb Sheltah, a respected rap group from Fayetteville) before settling on his own name. Cole, is a rapper and producer who was born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Jermaine Cole, Jermaine Lamarr Cole, Young Simba, Jermaine L.
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