Jay Cole ungumdidiyeli waseMelika kanye nomculi we-hip hop. Waziwa ngumphakathi ngegama lokuqamba elithi J. Cole. Lo mculi kudala efuna ukuhlonishwa ngethalente lakhe. Lo mrepha waduma ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-mixtape ethi The Come Up.
J. Cole senzeka njengomdidiyeli. Phakathi kwezihlabani akwazile ukusebenzisana nazo kukhona uKendrick Lamar noJanet Jackson. Lo saziwayo "ungubaba" we-Dreamville Records.
Ubuntwana nobusha buka-J. Cole
UJermaine Cole wazalwa ngoJanuwari 28, 1985 esikhungweni sezempi sase-US eFrankfurt (eJalimane). Inhloko yomndeni isosha lase-Afrika-laseMelika elivela e-United States. Umama wosaziwayo ngobuzwe ungumJalimane. Ngesinye isikhathi, lona wesifazane wayesebenza njengeposi eButhweni Leposi lase-United States.
U-Cole akazange ahlale isikhathi eside ekunakekeleni kukayise nothando. Ngokushesha, ubaba wawushiya umndeni, futhi umama nezingane kwadingeka bahambe baye eFayetteville (North Carolina). Yayingekho imali eyanele. Lo mfana wayehlale efuna ukusiza unina, ebona ukuthi uhlukumezekile phakathi komsebenzi nemisebenzi yasekhaya.
Ebusheni bakhe, waba nesithakazelo emculweni kanye ne-basketball. I-Hip-hop yayinesithakazelo kuye lapho esemusha. U-Cole waqala ukudlwengula eneminyaka engu-13. Ngokushesha umama wakhe wamnika isampula yomculo we-ASR-X kaKhisimusi. Kancane kancane, umculo wamthatha uCole.
Le nsizwa yafunda eTerry Sanford High School eFayetteville. Ngemva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe zesekondari, waba umfundi eSt. John's University. Ebusheni bakhe, inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo yakwazi ukusebenza njengomthengisi wephephandaba, umqoqi kanye nomsebenzi wokugcina umlando.
Indlela yokudala ka-J. Cole
UCole wazibona esesiteji kuphela. Ngenxa yomsebenzi kaNas, Tupac no-Eminem, yena nomzala wakhe baqala ukusebenzela ukwakhiwa kwemilolozelo. Nokuthuthukisa ukuhunyushwa kwezindaba ezixoxwayo emibhalweni.
I-rapper efisayo ithole incwadi yokubhalela lapho kuvela khona uhlaka lwamathrekhi okuqala. Unina wabe esethenga omunye wemishini yokuqala ehleliwe ye-Roland TR-808. Kuyo, i-rapper iqophe amathrekhi akhe okuqala. Isikhathi sesifikile lapho u-Cole efuna ukwabelana ngobuciko bakhe nomphakathi. Ushicilele izingoma ezinkundleni ezahlukene zomculo ngaphansi kwezibongo ezithi Blaza nethi Therapist.
Ngokushesha wagcwalisa i-disc ngobubi bakhe futhi ngemuva kwalokho waya endaweni yokuqopha kaJay-Z ngethemba lokuthola ukwesekwa. U-Cole wachitha amahora amathathu ku-studio yosaziwayo, kodwa ngeshwa, uJay-Z wenqaba umfana. Kamuva, lo rapper wasebenzisa amaminithi anqatshiwe ukuze akhe i-mixtape yakhe yokuqala ethi The Come Up.
Ukwethulwa kwama-mixtapes I-Warm Up kanye ne-Friday Night Lights
Ngo-2009, kwethulwa i-mixtape yesibili ethi The Warm Up. U-Cole wabe esethola isimemo esivela ku-Jay-Z sokubamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwe-The Blueprint 3 LP engomeni ethi A Star Is Born. U-Cole ubonakale eyisivakashi lapho kwethulwa i-albhamu yokuqala ka-Wale, ethi, Attention Deficit. Udumo lomrepha lukhule kakhulu.
Ngemva konyaka, i-Beyond Race ibike ukuthi u-Cole ubekwe ku-49th ku-50 Great Breakthrough Artists. Futhi umagazini we-XXL wamfaka ohlwini lwabo lwaminyaka yonke lwama-Top Ten Freshmen.
Entwasahlobo ye-2010 efanayo, u-J. Cole wanika abalandeli bakhe ithrekhi entsha. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Who Dat. U-Cole kamuva wakhulula ingoma efakiwe njengeyodwa. Izwi lalo mculi lizwakala engomeni yokuqala kaMiguel ethi All I Want Is You, kanye naku-LP ka-DJ Khaled Victory.
Ekwindla, kwethulwa i-mixtape yesithathu ethi "Friday Night Lights". Amavesi ezivakashi aye kuma-rapper afanayo Drake, Kanye West, Phusha T. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi uCole wakhiqiza iningi lamarekhodi eyedwa.
Drake Light Dreams and Nightmares UK ukuvakasha kanye nokukhiqizwa kwe-albhamu ye-rapper
Ngemuva konyaka, lo mrepha wahamba noDrake Light Dreams kanye ne-Nightmares UK. UCole nguyena ovule uhlelo. Entwasahlobo ka-2011, umculi wakhiqiza i-albhamu yokuqala "yangaphandle". Uphathe i-albhamu yesitudiyo ka-Kendrick Lamar, HiiiPoWeR. Ehlobo ukhiphe ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi WorkOut ku-LP ezayo. U-Cole usebenze esigabeni sobuchwepheshe sokuqamba, waboleka amasampula engoma ka-Kanye West ethi The New Workout Plan kanye nengoma kaPaula Abdul ethi Straight Up. Ngenxa yalokho, i-WorkOut yaba yingoma yomhlaba wonke. Ukuqamba kuthathe isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi omculo ahlonishwayo.
Maphakathi noJulayi, u-Cole wethule i-Any Given Sunday, ukukhishwa komculo kwamahhala kwamasonto onke ukuze kusekelwe i-albhamu yesihlanu yesitudiyo ka-Kendrick Lamar. Njalo ngeviki, umculi uthumela iculo elilodwa kudiski elisha mahhala.
Kodwa umsebenzi kaCole awuzange uphelele lapho. Manje lo rapper uthathe isinqumo sokujabulisa abalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe. Ngo-2011, wethula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Cole World: The Sideline Story. I-albhamu iqale phezulu kumashadi e-Billboard angu-200. Amakhophi e-albhamu angaphezu kuka-200 athengiswe ngeviki lokuqala. NgoDisemba, i-Cole World: The Sideline Story yagunyazwa igolide yi-RIAA.
Ngo-2011, i-rapper yamemezela ukuthi isebenza ku-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo, ayikhipha ehlobo. Ekwindla, u-Cole wenze "ukufudumala" ku-Tinie Tempah.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, lo mculi wamemezela ukuthi usebenza nge-albhamu ehlangene noKendrick Lamar. NgoJulayi, ngemuva kwekhefu elide, wethula ingoma ka-The C ekhuluma ngeTomure, lapho eveze khona abalandeli ukuthi kuzokwethulwa i-LP entsha maduze. Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo kwenzeka ngo-2013. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi Born Sinner.
Amathrekhi amaciko amasha
Ekwindla ka-2014, lo rapper, ephendula ukufa okuyihlazo kukaMichael Brown eFerguson, wethula ingoma ethi Be Free. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu, waya endaweni yesigameko ukuze asekele abantu abavukelayo. Ubecasulwe wukuzenzela umathanda kwamaphoyisa.
Ngo-2014, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngo-2014 Forest Hills Drive. I-LP ibe phezulu ku-Billboard 200. Esontweni lokuqala lokuthengisa, abalandeli bathenge amakhophi angaphezu kuka-300 erekhodi.
U-Cole umemezele ukuthi uzoqala uhambo olukhulu lokusekela ukuhlanganiswa. I-Forest Hills Drive yango-2014 iyinhlanganisela yokuqala kusukela ngo-1990 ukunikezwa isitifiketi se-platinum ngaphandle kwezihambeli ku-albhamu.
Ngo-2015, lo rapper wawina i-Top Rap Album kuma-Billboard Music Awards. Kamuva yaqokelwa indondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance kanye ne-Best R'n'B Performance.
NgoZibandlela wezi-2016, umculi wabelane ngekhava nohlu lwengoma olusuka ku-albhamu yesine ethi 4 Your Eyez Only. I-albhamu ikhishwe ngokusemthethweni ngoDisemba 9, 2016.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-J. Cole
Kuphela ngo-2016 imininingwane yokuphila komuntu siqu yomculi yaziwa. Ushadile ujabule. UCole wahlangana nomkakhe emuva eSt. John's University. Sekuyisikhathi eside abathandi besanda kuhlangana. Manje umkakhe, uMelissa Hyelt, ungumqondisi omkhulu we-Dreamville Foundation.
Umrepha uJay Cole namuhla
Ngo-2018, lo rapper wamemezela ukuthi uzobe ebambe iseshini yokulalela yamahhala ye-albhamu yesihlanu ye-KOD eNew York naseLondon ikakhulukazi abalandeli.
Bonke abanye "abalandeli" abangakwazi ukuthamela isethulo esikhethekile kudingeke ukuthi balinde kuze kube umhla ka-20 Ephreli 2018. Okuwukuphela "isivakashi" ku-LP kwakuyi-alter ego ye-rapper, Kill Edward.
Ngokusho kwalo mculi, isihloko sale albhamu sitolikwa ngezincazelo ezintathu ezahlukene: Kids On Drugs, King Overdosed kanye neKill Our Demons. Uma ubheka isembozo, izinguqulo ezinjalo zifanelekile impela. Ngaphezu kwemibhalo eqoshiwe eyethulwe, kunenguqulo edume kakhulu ye-King Of Dreamville ku-inthanethi.
Ekusekeleni i-albhamu yesitudiyo yesihlanu, lo mculi waqhubeka nokuvakasha. Umrepha wasizwa ukukhanyisa izethameli ngozakwabo emnyangweni womculo: Young Thug, Jayden kanye ne-EarthGang.
Ngemva konyaka, lo rapper wethula ithrekhi Middle Child. Ekuqanjweni kwakhe, u-Cole akacabangi kakhulu ngokuthi "unamathele" kanjani phakathi kwezizukulwane ezimbili zesikole esidala kanye ne-hip hop yesikole esisha. Kamuva, isiqeshana sevidiyo saphinde sakhululwa ethrekhi, esithole ukubukwa kwezigidi ezimbalwa. Ngo-2019, umemezele ukuthi ukhiqiza i-albhamu ka-rapper Young Thug.
I-novelties evela ku-Cole ayizange iphele lapho. Ekupheleni kwehlobo lika-2019, i-trailer ye-movie ethi J. Cole Out of Omaha yavela ku-inthanethi. Abalandeli bakhe izinkundla zokudingida ifilimu yalo mrepha.
Ngo-2020, abakwaDetroit Pistons bathola u-J. Cole ezinkundleni zokuxhumana futhi wamema lo rapper ukuthi eze esihlokweni ukuze abe yingxenye yeqembu labo. Ngemva kwesonto ngemva kwalokho, u-Cole uthumele ividiyo ku-akhawunti esemthethweni lapho eqhuba khona ukuphonsa ubhasikidi nomqeqeshi. Umculi wanquma ukufeza iphupho lakhe ebuntwaneni - ukuba umdlali okhokhelwayo NBA.
J. Cole ngo-2021
U-J. Cole ngoMeyi 2021 wethule i-albhamu entsha kubalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe. Iqoqo lalibizwa nge-Off-Season. Upulasitiki wawubekwe phezulu ngamathrekhi angu-12. Qaphela ukuthi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa kweqoqo, umrepha wethula idokhumentari ethi Applying Pressure.
