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This article is about the American rapper. For English footballer, see Joe Cole. For the roadie for Black Flag and the Rollins Band, see Joe Cole (roadie). J. Cole J. Cole in 2011 Background information Birth name Jermaine Lamarr Cole Born January 28, 1985 (age 28) Frankfurt, Germany Origin Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. Genres Hip hop Occupations Rapper, producer, Songwriter Instruments Vocals, sampler, keyboards Years active 2007--present Labels Roc Nation, Universal Associated acts Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar Website www.jcolemusic.com Jermaine Lamarr Cole[1] (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American hip-hop recording artist and record producer from Fayetteville, North Carolina. In 2009, he became the first artist to sign to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. His long-awaited debut album, entitled Cole World: The Sideline Story, was released on September 27, 2011. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, Top R&B; Albums and Top Rap Albums chart, selling more than 218,000 in its first week. He received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 54th Grammy Awards.On October 24, 2011 during an interview with Hot 106's Rise & Grind morning show, Cole revealed he had begun working on his second studio album, with hopes of releasing it in June 2012. He had also stated that the album would consist of songs that failed to make his debut: "I don't know how many, but I got songs that didn't make the last album that are automatically going to make this one," he said, revealing the release date. "June. End of June, maybe June."[35] On November 6, 7 and 8, Cole was the supporting act for Tinie Tempah, appearing at Liverpool Echo Arena; Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales; LG Arena, Birmingham, England; SECC Arena, Glasgow, Scotland; and MEN Arena, Manchester. J. Cole was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2012 Grammys but lost to Bon Iver. J. Cole played for the Eastern Team in the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game. On February 24, 2012 J. Cole reached two million followers on Twitter, he celebrated by releasing the song "Grew up Fast."[1] On March 1, 2012, J. Cole returned to his home town, Fayetteville North Carolina. To celebrate his return he released the song "Visionz of Home" and launched an event titled "Dreamville weekend" to inspire the youth of his hometown to achieve great things.[36] J. Cole performed for the first time in Africa during the Big Brother Africa 7 opening ceremony on 6 May 2012, alongside Camp Mulla, P-Square, Naeto C, Flavour, Davido and Aemo E'Face.[37][38] On May 14, J.Cole announced that he is working on a collaborative album with Kendrick Lamar saying in an interview with Bootleg Kev that "I just started working with Kendrick the other day. We got it in, finally, again. We got maybe four or five [songs] together." The project will be more focused on and released once Born Sinner is released.[39] On July 26, he returned to Twitter after a 100-day absence and went on to reveal and release his new song "The Cure" in where he hints at a new album. On October 20, he announced at a live show that his second album is complete and he's waiting until after Lamar releases good kid, m.A.A.d city to reveal it.[40] On November 5, Cole revealed the title of his sophomore album, and an album teaser for it, Born Sinner and the release date of January 28, 2013, via ustream.[41] The first single from Born Sinner is entitled "Miss America" and was released on November 13.[42] Cole said in an interview that "Miss America" is meant to shift music in a different direction and he knows it won't be a big radio hit. He went on to elaborate, saying, "To me, 'Miss America' shifts things a little bit, it changes the conversation it takes it in a more aggressive direction, more raw, more social commentary... Any type of commentary is good compared to what a normal single is these days. That's my aim, is to shift culture slightly, change the conversation. Nobody expects that for your first single."[43] He also plans to release a short film along with the album.[44] On December 31, 2012, Cole Revealed that Born Sinner would not be released on January 28th, as previously expected. Cole said that he, " needed a little more time than that to get things done." On February 14, 2013, he released the artwork for the first single via Instagram. The song 'Power Trip' was released on February 14, 2013, is a collaboration with Miguel. The release date is June 25, 2013, as announced by J. Cole on April 8, 2013.[citation needed]