Q 01/05

J. Cole was born in January 1985 on a US military base in which country?

A) West Germany

B) Japan

C) Italy

D) United Kingdom

Answer · why

A) West Germany

His father was serving in the US Army in Frankfurt. When Cole was eight months old his mother moved him and his older brother to North Carolina.

Q 02/05

In which North Carolina city did J. Cole grow up?

A) Durham

B) Fayetteville

C) Raleigh

D) Winston-Salem

Answer · why

B) Fayetteville

The city, home to Fort Bragg, is the setting of his farewell double album and the location of the childhood home he later bought back.

Q 03/05

What is J. Cole's real first name?

A) Jeremiah

B) Jerome

C) Jamal

D) Jermaine

Answer · why

D) Jermaine

Friends and collaborators still call him by it; DJ Khaled titled a track on Major Key after him.

Q 04/05

Which instrument did J. Cole play as first chair in his high-school orchestra?

A) Clarinet

B) Trumpet

C) Cello

D) Violin

Answer · why

D) Violin

He held the seat in the Terry Sanford Orchestra until 2003, the same school where he played basketball.

Q 05/05

Under what pseudonym did the teenage J. Cole first post beats and songs online?

A) The Analyst

B) Blazer

C) Therapist

D) Doctor J

Answer · why

C) Therapist

He had started out as Blaza before switching. His mother bought him a Roland TR-808 to push his production further.