His sixth studio album, The Off-Season, which earned him his sixth number-one album, was released on May 14, 2021. Cole's fifth album, KOD (2018), became his fifth number-one album on the Billboard 200 and featured a then-record six simultaneous top twenty hits on the Billboard Hot 100, tying with the Beatles. His jazz influenced fourth album, 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Moving into more conscious themes, 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) topped the Billboard 200 and earned Cole a Best Rap Album nomination at the 2015 Grammy Awards.
His next album, Born Sinner (2013), also topped the Billboard 200. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. Intent on further pursuing a musical career, he went on to release two additional mixtapes, The Warm Up (2009) and Friday Night Lights (2010) both to critical acclaim, after signing to Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.Ĭole released his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, in 2011. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
