J. Cole has a net worth of $60 million as an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, and record producer. J. Cole was the first to be signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label. He is consistently one of the world’s highest-paid rappers. He makes $30 million in a regular year.
J. Cole is one of the most successful rappers in the industry right now. He has been able to establish himself as an artist and a businessman. He has been able to sell over 1 million albums without any major label backing which is very impressive for an independent rapper. He has also been able to sell more than 5 million singles which is also a huge accomplishment for any artist.
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J. Cole biography
J. Cole was born Jermaine Lamarr Cole on an army installation in Frankfurt, West Germany, on January 28, 1985. Cole’s father, a US Army veteran who abandoned the family when Cole was a child, and his mother, Kay, worked for the US Postal Service. Cole’s mother moved him and his older brother, Zach, to Fayetteville, North Carolina, when he was eight months old, and Cole began rapping at the age of twelve.
Cole had notebooks full of rhymes by the age of 14, but no method to transcribe them himself. His mother gave him an 808 rhythm machine so he could make his own music. He began posting music on numerous internet forums under the alias “Therapist” when he was 17 years old.
Cole rose to prominence after the publication of his debut mixtape “The Come Up” in 2007. Cole was called by American rapper Jay-Z and signed to his record company Roc Nation shortly after the release. Cole’s second mixtape, “The Warm Up,” was released in 2009, and was followed by his third mixtape, “Friday Night Lights,” in 2010. Cole traveled as a support act for Drake in 2011. Cole World: The Sideline Story, his debut studio album, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, US Rap, and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts in 2011. It was promptly awarded platinum status.
Born Sinner, his second album, was released in 2013 and debuted at #1 on all three charts. In 2014, Cole released his album 2014 Forest Hills Drive, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, US Rap, and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts.
Born Sinner was certified platinum, while Forest Hills Drive earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. His 2016 album 4 Your Eyez Only was certified platinum after reaching #1 on all of those lists, as well as #1 in Canada. Cole’s fifth album, KOD, was published in 2018 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making it his fifth No. 1 album.
J. Cole Wife
Melissa Heholt is Cole’s wife. She is now the Executive Director of the Dreamville Foundation, and they both attended St. John’s University.
In a May 2018 radio interview, J. Cole disclosed that they have a son together, and in July 2019, he revealed that they are expecting another kid.
