J. Cole became famous in the world of hip-hop music because of his unique, natural musical talent. The American rapper, who was the first rap artist signed to Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation, was recently nominated for a Grammy for the very first time. He will join other artists such as The Band Perry, Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj, and Skrillex, who have also received nods from the prestigious award-giving body for Best New Artist.
However, the German-born emcee revealed that at one point he did not see himself being nominated. Even though he hurried to release his album before the Grammy deadline, J. Cole disclosed that he was not very confident during the nomination period.
In a recent interview with Associated Press, he confessed, “I thought my album was that good. But then the crazy thing is even though I thought that when it was time for the Grammy’s announcement for the nominations to come out, I really, truly had already given up. I was like ‘Ah nah.’ It didn’t feel right. I didn’t think they saw, I didn’t think anybody really noticed or whatever, but they did.”
The famed rapper also explained that he had the intention to release his album, “Cole World: The Sideline Story” before the Grammy deadline. “Around the time of ‘Work Out’ or whatever when I was like ‘Yo, this is the single. Come on. Let’s go, we gotta move.’ And everybody at the label knew we had to move just like I knew, but I was like ‘This is the one. Let’s go.’ It was because I was telling my management and telling the label ‘I have to beat the Grammy deadline. I gotta do it’,” he stated.
