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J. Cole
Jermaine Lamarr Cole is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained attention as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. He attended college in New York City with intent in furthering his musical career, and signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2009; the label rele…
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Born 28 January 1985 · Q204018
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It’s been an amazing journey to not only appear on a cover of this year’s game, but to be part of the MyCareer storyline, soundtrack and bring the Dreamer brand into NBA2K.
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2026· 11 entries
“It’s been an amazing journey to not only appear on a cover of this year’s game, but to be part of the MyCareer storyline, soundtrack and bring the Dreamer brand into NBA2K.”
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“NBA 2K has long been a place to discover new musical talent through their game and continues to be a gold standard for showcasing all things basketball culture. It”
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“s Yeezus would be released just one week earlier on June 18, Cole moved the release date of Born Sinner up a week in order to compete with West. He later commented,”
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“Every Sunday til the album drops I”
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Released album “THE FALL OFF: WORLD TOUR (Charlotte, NC, NIGHT 2)”.
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Cole signed with the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)
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Released album “The Fall‐Off”.
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Released ep “Birthday Blizzard ’26”.
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Cole surprise-released an announcement for the release date and unveiled the cover art of his long-awaited seventh and final studio album, The Fall-Off, scheduling it for release on February 6
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Played for Nanjing Monkey Kings (2026–2026).
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2024· 4 entries
Released album “Might Delete Later”.
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Cole released the mixtape Might Delete Later after teasing the project through a series of vlogs posted on a YouTube channel with the same name
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And said, "I'ma keep it real, that's some soft-a** s**t"
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Released album “J. Cole Essentials”.
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2023· 1 entry
Drake's album For All The Dogs was released; on it, J
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2022· 5 entries
In a social media interview released by the Shooting Stars, it was announced that Cole would take an indefinite leave from the team to fulfill his concert tour commitments
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Cole signed with the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League
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Released album “D‐Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape”.
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The song later appeared on the Dreamville compilation D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, with Cole also appearing on the songs "Stick" and "Freedom of Speech"
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Played for Scarborough Shooting Stars (2022–2022).
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2021· 6 entries
Released album “The Off‐Season”.
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Released album “J. Cole Still Tippin Freestyle”.
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Cole signed a contract with the Rwanda-based Patriots Basketball Club in the Basketball Africa League
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Released ep “Jodeci 2 (remix)”.
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Cole seemed to recall the incident on the song "Let Go My Hand", from his 2021 album, The Off-Season, rapping: "My last scrap was with Puff Daddy, who would’ve thought it
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Played for Patriots BBC (2021–2021).
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2020· 4 entries
Cole released his debut signature shoe in collaboration with Puma called the PUMA RS-Dreamer
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Cole released an article for The Players' Tribune, writing about his goals after graduating college to eventually playing professional basketball saying "if I can blow up in the next three years, that means I'll only be
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Cole revealed he has two children
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Cole released a song titled, "Snow on tha Bluff" addressing an unnamed woman, assumed to be Noname, while also touching on police brutality and race relations during the George Floyd protests
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2019· 3 entries
Released album “Revenge of the Dreamers III”.
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Released album “Wonders of a Cole World”.
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Cole took to Twitter to announce Dreamville's compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III by uploading a gold poster-like invitation
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2018· 2 entries
As Cole was performing at JMBLYA festival in Dallas, he performed "1985", cutting off the backing track so he could rap his verse a cappella
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Released album “KOD”.
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2017· 1 entry
Released album “Truly Yours, J. Cole”.
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2016· 5 entries
Released album “4 Your Eyez Only”.
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By simply tweeting, "Heard some beautiful shit today @JColeNC"
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DJ Khaled released his ninth studio album, Major Key
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Released album “Forest Hills Drive: Live from Fayetteville, NC”.
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The songs "Everybody Dies" and "False Prophets" caused controversy within the hip-hop community, as many assumed that "Everybody Dies" contained shots aimed at fellow rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty
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2015· 3 entries
Released album “Revenge of the Dreamers II”.
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On the song "Warm Enough" from Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment's Surf album
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Revealing that he had owed money for a library book, causing the university to hold back from granting him his degree
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2014· 5 entries
Released album “2014 Forest Hills Drive”.
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Cole released "Be Free" in response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
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In an interview with Angie Martinez, Cole listed Tupac, The Notorious B
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Cole purchased his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, for $120,000 through the Dreamville Foundation
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Joined Aston Villa in 2014.
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2013· 8 entries
Released album “Born Sinner”.
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Released ep “Truly Yours 2”.
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Released ep “Truly Yours”.
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Cole told Sports Illustrated, "Sports is where it started for me
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“needed a little more time than that to get things done”
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Released ep “Yours Truly”.
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“Sports is where it started for me. It parallels my life. Rap is such a competitive thing. That”
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Joined West Ham in 2013.
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2012· 4 entries
Cole reached two million followers on Twitter, and celebrated by releasing the song "Grew Up Fast"
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The third and final single from Cole's debut album was released
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Cole played for the Eastern Team during the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game
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Released album “Better Than Your Average”.
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2011· 9 entries
During an interview with Hot 106's Rise & Grind morning show, Cole revealed he had begun working on his second studio album, with hopes of releasing it in June 2012
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Released album “Cole World: The Sideline Story”.
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Released ep “Any Given Sunday #5”.
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Released album “Any Given Sunday”.
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Released ep “Any Given Sunday #2”.
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Released ep “Any Given Sunday #4”.
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Released ep “Any Given Sunday #3”.
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Released ep “Any Given Sunday #1”.
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Released album “Roc Nation 2011”.
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2010· 7 entries
Released ep “Villematic - EP”.
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Released album “Friday Night Lights”.
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Released album “The Genesis Of Cole”.
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Released album “Mixtape for the Ville Pt 2”.
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Released album “The Blow Up”.
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Won the English FA Cup with Chelsea (2009-2010).
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Joined Liverpool in 2010.
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2009· 3 entries
Won the English FA Community Shield with Chelsea (2009).
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Won the English FA Cup with Chelsea (2008-2009).
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Released album “The Warm Up”.
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2007· 2 entries
Won the English FA Cup with Chelsea (2006-2007).
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Released album “The Come Up Mixtape Vol. 1”.
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2006· 1 entry
Released album “The Therapist Collection”.
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2005· 1 entry
Won the English FA Community Shield with Chelsea (2005).
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2003· 1 entry
Joined Chelsea in 2003.
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Return of Simba”.
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2000· 1 entry
When his mother purchased an ASR-X musical sampler as a Christmas gift
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1998· 1 entry
Joined West Ham in 1998.
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1985· 2 entries
At an American military base in Frankfurt, West Germany
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Born 1985-01-28.
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