j cole

 American hip-hop recording artist, writer, and record producer J. Cole has a net worth of more than $60 million. J. Cole was the first artist signed by Jay-Z's label Roc Nation. He is a recurring top-paying artist. In the course of a year, he earns $30 million.J. Cole was born Jermaine Lamarr Cole on 28 January 1985, at an Army base in Frankfurt, West Germany. Cole's father is an U.S. Army veteran who abandoned his family when Cole was just a baby and his mother Kay was a postman. Cole's mother moved him with the older brother Zach to Fayetteville in North Carolina when he was eight months. Cole began rapping at age 12. By age 14, Cole had notebooks filled with rhymes, but had no way to record them himself. His mother bought him an 808 beat machine to allow him to create music on his own. He was 17 when he started posting songs on forums and websites under the name "Therapist". Cole completed high school with a 4.2 GPA and moved to New York City with a scholarship to St. John's University. Cole graduated with a 3.8 GPA.The Sideline Story in 2011 and the album reached the top spot in the Billboard 200, US Rap, and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The album was soon made platinum.