J. Cole Net Worth: J. Cole is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $60 million. J. Cole was the first artist signed to Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation. He is consistently one of the highest paid rappers in the world. In a typical year, he earns $30 million.
<J Cole was born Jermaine Lamarr Cole on January 28, 1985 at an army base in Frankfurt, West Germany. Cole’s father is a US Army veteran who abandoned the family when Cole was young, and his mother, Kay, was a postal worker. When Cole was eight months old, his mother relocated him and his older brother Zach to Fayetteville, North Carolina, where Cole began rapping at age 12. By the age of 14, Cole had notebooks filled with rhymes but no way to record them himself. His mother bought him an 808 beat machine so he could produce music himself. At the age of 17 he was posting songs on various internet forums under the name “Therapist”. Cole graduated from high school with a 4.2 GPA and attended St. John’s University to New York City. He graduated with a 3.8 GPA.
<In 2007, Cole received recognition following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up. Shortly after the release, Cole was contacted by American rapper Jay-Z and signed to his record label, Roc Nation. In 2009, Cole released his second mixtape, The Warm Up, which was followed in 2010 by Cole’s third mixtape, Friday Night Lights. In 2011, Cole toured with Drake as the opening act. He released his debut studio album Cole World: The Sideline Story in 2011 and the album reached #1 on the Billboard 200, US Rap and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts. It was quickly certified platinum. His second album Born Sinner was released in 2013 and also reached #1 on all three of those charts. Cole’s album Forest Hills Drive was released in 2014 and also reached #1 on the Billboard 200, US Rap and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts. Both Born Sinner and Forest Hills Drive went platinum, and the latter earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. His 2016 album 4 Your Eyez Only also reached #1 on all those charts as well as #1 in Canada and quickly went platinum. In 2018, Cole released his fifth album, KOD, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming his fifth No. 1 album. On January 26, 2020, J. Cole won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for his collaboration with 21 Savage on the song “A Lot”. Both Born Sinner and Forest Hills Drive went platinum, and the latter earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. His 2016 album 4 Your Eyez Only also reached #1 on all those charts as well as #1 in Canada and quickly went platinum. In 2018, Cole released his fifth album, KOD, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming his fifth No. 1 album. On January 26, 2020, J. Cole won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for his collaboration with 21 Savage on the song “A Lot”. Both Born Sinner and Forest Hills Drive went platinum, and the latter earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. His 2016 album 4 Your Eyez Only also reached #1 on all those charts as well as #1 in Canada and quickly went platinum. In 2018, Cole released his fifth album, KOD, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming his fifth No. 1 album. On January 26, 2020, J. Cole won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for his collaboration with 21 Savage on the song “A Lot”. His 2016 album 4 Your Eyez Only also reached #1 on all those charts as well as #1 in Canada and quickly went platinum. In 2018, Cole released his fifth album, KOD, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming his fifth No. 1 album. On January 26, 2020, J. Cole won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for his collaboration with 21 Savage on the song “A Lot”. His 2016 album 4 Your Eyez Only also reached #1 on all those charts as well as #1 in Canada and quickly went platinum. In 2018, Cole released his fifth album, KOD, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming his fifth No. 1 album. On January 26, 2020, J. Cole won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for his collaboration with 21 Savage on the song “A Lot”.
