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J. Cole first took up rapping in his teens, collaborating with the local Fayetteville hip hop duo Bomm Sheltuh. [1] The Come Up , his debut mixtape, was released on May 4, 2007. [ 2 ] Following the release of The Come Up , J. Cole was contacted by American rapper Jay-Z and subsequently signed to his record label Roc Nation .
On June 21 of that year, J. Cole premiered the music video to his first single "Who Dat" on the BET program 106 & Park. [48] In August 2010, Cole was awarded the UMA Male Artist of the Year thanks to his heralded The Warm Up mixtape and a high-profile deal with Jay Z's label Roc Nation at the 2010 Underground Music Awards.
The Off-Season is the sixth studio album [3] by American rapper J. Cole.It was released on May 14, 2021, by Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records.The album was executive produced by Cole, Ibrahim Hamad, and T-Minus.
Cole sought for an avenue to release his own music, while Hamad yearned to start a record label, prompting the two to team up to form Dreamville Records. [2] Rapper Omen has been affiliated with Dreamville since the beginning, Omen and Cole met on rapper Canibus chat forum at age 17, where they shared music. [ 3 ]
Friday Night Lights is the third official mixtape from Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper J. Cole.It was released on November 12, 2010. [1] The mixtape was to originally be called Villematic and contain J. Cole's previous leaks and freestyles, [2] however, Cole later stated it would have original material. [3]
The Warm Up is the second official mixtape from American rapper J. Cole. It was released on June 15, 2009. J. Cole produced the majority of the mixtape with help from Elite, and Syience. The mixtape has been viewed over 3,100,000 times, streamed over 451,000 times, and downloaded over 700,000 times on DatPiff.
J. Cole self-produced 12 out of the 21 tracks on the mixtape, including his debut single, called "Simba", for which Cole shot his first music video.The mixtape also features the samples from American rappers such as Kanye West, Nas, Jay-Z and Ghostface Killah, among others, while the tape includes guest appearances from Deacon and Nervous Reck.
After his Grammy Awards nomination, [1] Cole revealed that he was working on another album with Kendrick Lamar, [2] later revealed to be Born Sinner. The album was delayed, before being released on June 18, 2013, a week earlier than the expected release date. [3] The song is produced by J. Cole himself and samples Cults "Bad Things". [4]