J.Cole received an academic scholarship to St. He’s not shy about his basketball abilities, however, because J.Cole has showed off his skills in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Turns out, he chose the right career path. However, he never showed up when he was called back by the team and focused on music instead. John’s University, a Division I Men’s Basketball program. J.Cole is actually a very good basketball player. That name didn’t last long and he changed his name to “Therapist.” However, a name like Therapist was quite problematic during the Myspace era, because when you see a URL like /therapist, his name was read as, “The Rapist.” He eventually adopted the moniker J.Cole soonafter. Before J.Coleīefore we all knew him as J.Cole, he used to go by the rap name “Blaza”. You may have also heard him reppin’ his hometown city of Fayetteville- nicknaming it “The Ville” and naming his fans “DreamVillains.” But what you may not know is that J.Cole was actually born in Frankfurt, Germany where his mother and father were living at the time. Many of you know J.Cole as a rapper from North Carolina.
