10 Things You Didn’t Know About J Cole

1.%20J%20Cole%20was%20born%20in%20Frankfurt%2C%20Germany%27s%20fifth%20largest%20city.

2.%20His%20mother%2C%20Kay%20Cole%20is%20German%20and%20is%20an%20actress.

3.%20When%20J.%20Cole%20got%20his%20signing%20bonus%20he%20took%20care%20of%20his%20New%20York%20landlord%2C%20a%20man%20called%20Muhammad%20who%20allowed%20him%20to%20fall%20back%20on%20his%20rent%20while%20he%20was%20waiting%20to%20get%20a%20deal.%20J%20then%20added%20a%20bit%20extra%20to%20the%20amount%20he%20owed.

4.%20J.%20Cole%20has%20worked%20as%20a%20file%20clerk%20when%20in%20college%2C%20a%20bill%20collector%20when%20he%20graduated%20college%20and%20also%20worked%20at%20a%20skate%20rink%20in%20Fayetteville%2C%20where%20he%20had%20to%20dress%20up%20as%20a%20kangaroo%20at%20times%2C%20the%20rinks%20mascot.

5.%20J%20Cole%20was%20the%20first%20artist%20signed%20to%20Jay-Z%27s%20new%20Roc%20Nation%20label.

6.%20His%20full%20name%20is%20Jermaine%20Lamarr%20Cole.

7.%20J%20Cole%27s%20fascination%20of%20rapping%20started%20at%20the%20age%20of%2014%20when%20J.%20Money%20put%20him%20in%20the%20rap%20game%20and%20his%20cousin%20showed%20him%20the%20basics%20of%20rhyming%20and%20word%20play.

9.%20His%20birthday%20is%20January%2028%2C%201985.

10.%20At%208%20months%20old%20he%20and%20his%20mother%20moved%20to%20Fayetteville%2C%20North%20Carolina.%20Cole%20often%20shouts%20out%20his%20hometown%20dubbed%20%22the%20Ville.%22