J. Cole Professions : Recording Artist Born : January 28, 1985 Browse All Authors Top 125 quotes by J. Cole I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was more of a secret grind. J. Cole grind rapper secret I didn't even have to be a big fan of someone to enjoy hearing them speak. I remember when Nikki Giovanni came - I wasn't really familiar with her. But she said some things I'll never forget. Like, okay, for example, she was talking about the amount of beef that's in the world. There are so many McDonald's, Burger Kings, Wendy's. J. Cole never-forget remember world It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can go two weeks without making a song and just making beats and I'll be OK. J. Cole song two art A lot of my music is just self-observation. Like telling you, "Oh man. What did I just do? How much did I just pay for this chain? Why did I do that? Wait a minute." Let me talk about that. Or like, the temptation. Let me talk about that. Let me observe myself. J. Cole self waiting men I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications. J. Cole stay man want science Similar Authors Beyonce Knowles recording-artist Iggy Azalea recording-artist Chris Brown recording-artist Classified recording-artist Cee Lo Green recording-artist Carly Rae Jepsen recording-artist All Authors