John’s University in New York and relocated to the Big Apple to pursue both his degree and a career in rap music. After graduating high-school at the top of his class, Cole received a scholarship to St.
At age 12, Cole was already flexing his skills on the mic, but being discovered in North Carolina didn’t seem like a realistic goal for the young wordsmith. Cole was born in Germany as a military kid and was relocated to America by his mother after his father evaporated. Cuts from the critically acclaimed mixtapes like “Lights Please,” “Too Deep For the Intro,” and “In the Morning,” helped launch Cole’s career from the relatively unknown town of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Before releasing his debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story, Jermaine dropped two classic mixtapes, The Warm Up, and Friday Night Lights. Ever since he signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation imprint in 2009, Cole has been solidifying his status as a new-school leader and a future legend in the game. Jermaine Lamarr Cole is a different breed.
This is poetry not because of the rhyme scheme, the sing-songy ness of it, but of the story. I think the neighbors think I'm sellin' dope The neighbors think I'm-neighbors think I'm. Hm, I guess the neighbors think I'm sellin' dope sellin' dope Okay, the neighbors think I'm sellin' dope On March 18th of 2016, roughly around 14-15 FBI agents entered his house with M16s and thoughts that he was a drug dealer. But for his crew, It didn't work out that way. This is a shelter in one of the safest places in North Carolina. We'll help you if you've felt too insecureĪs the story develops, we learn that Cole has opened his newfound home as a place to where people can come and work on their craft. And you can see it on the next lines of the songs. But the title of the song is about them, so they did something wrong. He hopes that he can live in peace without the neighbors bothering him. We also learn that Cole has specific thoughts about the area. It fits perfectly with his quick voice when said. We can tell that the area is very affluent because of the last line “crib has got a big ‘ol back ‘ol yard.” When read aloud you can hear the iambic pentameter. He is surrounded by people who come from Ivy League schools and kids that are getting recruited schools. In the Middle of the first verse, he begins his story by telling the audience that he lives in a beautiful suburb. That's why I moved away, I needed privacy The song is riddled with many examples of oppression of black people and his life story. This is about his song “Neighbors” off of the same album. Double platinum… With no one helping him… But this isn't about that. First off, J Cole went double platinum with no features with his album 4 Your Eyez Only.