J. Cole walked the city's streets himself in his younger years.

J Cole responds to Kendrick Lamar diss on 7 Minute Drill J. Cole rose to fame and prominence around ... albums with no features that went platinum. Before Cole, no rapper accomplished that feat ...

J. Cole was raised in Fayetteville and graduated ... played two years of varsity basketball with the Bulldogs. Before his fame, Cole worked as a mascot named Roller-Roo at the Round-A-Bout Skating ...