Freestyle Version: Frequent across his earlier mixtapes, mostly over songs by Kanye West and Jay-Z, although also over Cassie's "Must Be Love", Missy Elliott's "Best Friend" and Talib Kweli's "Get By".

Disappeared Dad: He has a strained relationship with his father, this is a reoccurring topic of his.J. Cole Talks Moving Up Album Release To Compete With Kanye West: Exclusive". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013.

Unexpected Character: A few... His first album had Missy Elliott (who had been on a music hiatus), whilst his second had TLC, Amber Coffman, Mike Epps and Pastor Kearney Thomas, whilst if you bought the deluxe of that album you got a song which included a chorus (for no apparent reason) by 50 Cent. a b "2013 Year-End Charts – Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014 . Retrieved December 13, 2013.Tale of the Tape: Dreamville President Ibrahim "IB" Hamad Breaks Down J. Cole's 'Born Sinner' ". Vibe. June 18, 2013. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013.

J. Cole f. Amber Coffman & Cults She Knows". HipHopDX. February 14, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 . Retrieved February 14, 2014. Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by J. Cole, is an American rapper/producer. Born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2009 he became the first artist to sign to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. Ramirez, Erika (July 29, 2013). "J. Cole Announces What Dreams May Come Tour". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016 . Retrieved February 19, 2016. On December 2nd, he released a documentary called Eyez exclusively for Tidal. The documentary included behind the scenes footage of the making of his next album, 4 Your Eyez Only. He also showed off two music videos for the songs, "False Prophets" and "everyone dies" which aren't on the album.

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