Video After The JumpJ.Cole is the only rapper signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint. I think that says a lot about the confidence Hov has in the 25 year old rapper/producer from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Cole recently sat down with New York Daily News and talked about how he got his start in the business and what led to his signing with Jay-Z.
"I started rapping when I was 12 years old, back home in Fayetteville. From 12 years old I kinda knew this is something I really wanna do," he says. "Like it was more than just fun. I was already picturing being in the studio making songs, doing videos."
In his hometown, there weren't a lot of producers at that time, so Cole started making beats for himself. At 18 he moved to New York hoping to get signed. It took a few years, but the Saint John's University graduate eventually got his big break.
"Mark Pitts, who managed Biggie and signed Chris Brown and signed Ciarra, loved my stuff and played "Lights Please", a song I got for Jay-Z. And then here we are, here about a year later."
Look for J.Cole's not yet titled debut to hit stores in December.
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