Esikhathini esingaphezu kwenyanga nje, umrepha exhaswe nguJay-Z, J. Cole, uzokhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala 'Cole World: Indaba kaSideline'. Futhi lapha wethula ividiyo yetimu «Zivocavoce«, Kuqoshwe eBrooklyn, eNew York.
J. Cole wazalwa njengo Jermaine ULamarr Cole ngoJanuwari 28, 1985, futhi ngaphezu kokuba ngumrepha, ungumdidiyeli. Usayinwe ilebula likaJay-Z iRoc Nation kanti kuncishisiwe ukuthi emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika i-albhamu izoba yimpumelelo.