During a recent interview, J. Cole shared a surprising fact about his past. The rapper revealed that he started smoking cigarettes at the age of 6 and frequented around his neighborhood. He explained that he got into the habit of attracting the attention of older children in his area.
However, Cole’s smoking habit went unnoticed for a long time. His mother finally found out about his behavior when his brother caught him smoking and ran home to tell her. The rapper remembers his mother talking to him about his habit as “life-changing,” because it was the first time he realized that his actions could hurt others.
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J. Cole Says He Started Smoking To Attract Older Kids
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Famous rapper and singer J. Cole recently shared a surprising fact about his childhood. During an episode of “Lead by Example” with Bob Myers, the “No Role Modelz” hitmaker revealed that he started smoking cigarettes at the very young age of six.
Growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole shared that he used to hang out with older kids in his neighborhood who were regular smokers. He wants to impress them, and soon, he’s making out with them.
“I was always hanging out with the older kids in the neighborhood,” he recalled per Insider. “They were smoking, and I was young and fearless and trying to be cool. So, it’s like, ‘Oh, you guys smoke. Let me see that,’” he added. According to the rapper, his mother had no idea he had developed such a habit.
J. Cole Shares The Moment He Realized ‘His Actions Could Hurt Others’
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In the podcast, Cole revealed that his mother was unaware of his smoking habit until his brother, Zach, caught him in the act and ran to inform her.
Recounting the confrontation with his mother, the “Love Yourz” rapper shared, “She was like, ‘Say something, I was like, ‘What do you mean, say something?’ and when I said it, he bent over, he smelled cigarette smoke on my breath.”
Cole described the confrontation as “life-changing.” “After that, I didn’t need much correction; I became a self-corrector,” he said. “That was the first time I realized that, ‘Oh, my actions can hurt other people.'”
J. Cole Gets Candid About His Grammy Win
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In his interview, Cole shared his thoughts on why he doesn’t care that his critically acclaimed third studio album “2014 Forest Hills Drive” failed to win the Grammy for best rap album in 2016.
Although widely regarded as one of his best works and a modern classic, the album lost to Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly”. Cole stated that winning the award would not change his experience or enjoyment of the album.
The rapper emphasized that although he has been nominated for 16 Grammy awards since 2012, winning is not his priority. It took him a few years before he won his first Grammy in 2020 for best rap song for “A Lot” with 21 Savage.
Not Winning a Grammy Early in His Career Gives Time for Self-Reflection
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The 38-year-old rapper also spoke about how his perception of the award’s importance has grown over the years after waiting so long to be recognized by the Recording Academy. He is now more concerned with artistic fulfillment and personal growth.
In his conversation, Cole opened up about his initial desire to win a Grammy. “It’s very important to me,” he said. “If I win early, I think it will confirm all my feelings for him. Maybe it will feel like a championship at that point; I’m not sure. The fact that it didn’t happen, and then it didn’t happen, and it didn’t happen, it allowed me to reflect.”
Cole explained that with more time to sit with himself, he realized that the desire to win awards was not necessarily for him, and winning a Grammy became less important. “Then, when it really came down to it, it was like, I’m not in love with this anymore,” she said.
Despite eventually winning a Grammy with 21 Savage for their song “A Lot,” Cole stated that the award was for the feature, not his solo work. “I won a Grammy with someone else. It’s me as a feature on someone’s song. It’s not something I do.”
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