Umculi akakwazi ukubizwa ngengane impilo yayo yayingenandaba. Ukhulele emndenini okhuliswe ngabanye abantu owamamukela lapho eneminyaka emi-2.
Abazange bahlale endaweni ephumelelayo, ethule, kodwa lapho kwakudingekile khona ukuvikela amalungelo abo okuba khona, ezindaweni ezinonya zase-Oakland, eCalifornia. Usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa ngu-Okthoba 15, 1981.
Indawo lapho akhulela khona, izwe lakubo lathonya ubuntu bakhe kuze kube phakade, intombazane kwakudingeka ibe namandla, ngokuvamile ibonise umlingiswa wayo ukuze ivikele icala layo.
Ezibiza ngesigqila sokusebenza, wayebonakala egcona labo ababekhuluma naye, ehlekisa futhi ephoxeka, futhi kungase kubonakale sengathi yonke into ekuphileni wayeyiphiwe, edlalwa.
Kodwa ingabe kunjalo? Ubani omunye oneminyaka engu-Cole ongathonya u-Cole ukuba acule i-duet futhi aqophe ku-studio no-MC Hammer ngokwakhe, noma ngabe wayenezwi elihle eliqinile njengomfana oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala?
Wonke umsebenzi wakhe oqhubekayo ebhizinisini lokubonisa kuwumzabalazo wokwenza amaphupho abe yiqiniso empilweni yangempela.
Ngendlela, i-tattoo ehlombe lakhe lokunene, ngamazwi omculi, iwuphawu lokuthi konke kungafinyelelwa uma ulwela. Okungukuthi, amaphupho akhe, okungenani, amiselwe ukufezeka.
Uphinde aziqhayise ngezingoma zakhe noMassy Marv, Nubian Queen, kanye noTony Toni Tone benze uD'wayne Wiggins. Lena ingoma eyodwa eyaba ingoma yefilimu ethi Me & Mrs. Jones.
Umsebenzi: ukwenza amaphupho afezeke
Eminyakeni yakhe, le ntombazane yahamba ukuze inqobe i-expanses yebhizinisi lombukiso wasekhaya. Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, u-Cole wayesevele esayine isivumelwano ne-A&M.
Ngo-2005, i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi The Way It Is yaqala ngalesi situdiyo, yafinyelela "egolideni" ngawo lowo nyaka, isidayise amakhophi angu-500. Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-albhamu yahamba nge-platinum, njengoba kwathengiswa amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-1 zama-disc.
Ngo-2007, kwakhululwa i-duet single ethi Last Nigt with Diddy. Omunye umsebenzi ophumelele kwaba ukuqoshwa kweLet It Go noLil Kim kanye noMissy Eliot. Yayihloselwe ukuba yingxenye ye-albhamu ka-Lil' Kim.
Lapho kwaziwa ukuthi ingoma iwine isikhundla esiphambili emashadini amabili ngesikhathi esisodwa: Izingoma ezishisayo ze-R&B/Hip Hop kanye ne-Billboard Hot 100, lo mculi wavumelana no-Lil ukuthi ayifake ku-albhamu yakhe yesibili. Ikhishwe ngoSepthemba 25, 2007 futhi yayibizwa ngokuthi Just Like You.
Impumelelo ye-albhamu yesibili iphinde yagqama - indawo yokuqala kuma-albhamu aphezulu e-R&B/Hip Hop kanye nendawo yesibili emashadini. Ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, okungukuthi, ekupheleni konyaka, i-albhamu ethi Just Like You yahamba nge-platinum futhi yaqokelwa Indondo ye-Grammy edumile.
Ekwindla ka-2009, kwakhululwa i-Playa Card Right eyodwa, igwinya lokuqala le-albhamu yesithathu ethi A Different Me, inguqulo ephelele eyashicilelwa kamuva nje - ngoDisemba.
Ukuqanjwa kwe-Playa Card Right ibalulekile ngoba ifake ingxenye yezwi ye-Tupac Shakur ekurekhodeni kwayo. Nguye owacishe waba ngowokugcina, owenziwa nguye ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe.
Eyesithathu, i-disc "eyigugu" yomculi
I-albhamu yesithathu yaqhubeka nomugqa wamadiski "ayigugu" omculi - waba "igolide". Emqhudelwaneni oshisa izikhotha wabaculi besimanje, wathatha indawo yesi-2, futhi phakathi kwama-albhamu esigqi neblues ne-hip-hop, waba phezulu ohlwini.
I-albhamu yesine, ethi Calling All Hearts, ifinyelele kuphela ku-#9 ku-Billboard naku-#5 phezulu kwe-R&B/Hip Hop. Ngo-2012, u-Cole uqophe i-albhamu yakhe yakamuva yesi-5, ethi Woman To Woman.
Uma iqhathaniswa nenombolo yesine, ilahlekelwe esinye isikhundla ku-Billboard futhi yangena endaweni yesibili kumashadi aphezulu e-R&B/Hip Hop.
Impilo yomuntu siqu yomculi
Umculi akakhangisi impilo yakhe yomuntu siqu ngemuva kokuthi uhlelo lwangempela lwethelevishini lubonise umhlaba wonke ukuthi umndeni wakhe uphila kanjani. Ukudluliselwa kwakubizwa ngokuthi Umndeni Wokuqala.
Wabe eseshadelwa ngokujabula nomdlali we-basketball uDaniel Gibson weCleveland Cavaliers. Ndawonye bakhulisa indodana yabo uDaniel Hiram Gibson Jr., owazalwa ngoMashi 2, 2010.
Umculi wakhuthaza ubudlelwano obuthembekile nobuhlanzekile. Engxoxweni yakhe, wamemezela ukuthi ngeke aqabule umuntu ongathandeki, ngisho noma lesi yisikhathi esidingekayo sokusebenza, isibonelo, kuyadingeka ukudubula isiqeshana sevidiyo sengoma.
Cole umbhali wengoma
Njengoba le ntombazane yakhulela endaweni lapho ukuphila kudinga khona umshikashika ukuze ibe khona, ayizange iwushaye indiva lesi sihloko esishisayo. U-Cole akayena nje umculi, kodwa futhi umbhali wemisebenzi yakhe.
I-Street Is A Mothafucka ingoma ayiqambe wayiqopha ukuze azwise abalaleli amaqiniso empilo kulezi zindawo. Lokhu kuyize leze, okuhlanganisa izidakamizwa, ubugebengu nobudlova, okuyinto nakanjani ehambisana nomzabalazo wokuba khona.
Impilo enjalo yashiya isigxivizo emsebenzini wakhe, yaqina futhi yamphoqa ukuba enze imizamo yokuziyela yena ikusasa elingcono futhi abize amantombazane esimanje kanye nabantu abasha, abasize ukuba bangaduki endleleni yabo yokuphila.
U-Cole wazi kahle ukuthi kusencane ukuthi abantu basengozini kakhulu, badinga inkanyezi eqondisayo. Lena yindlela angathanda ukubukeka ngayo emehlweni omphakathi, futhi abalandeli bakhe bakholelwa ngobuqotho ukuthi yile ndlela.
