The singer cannot be called a child whose life was carefree. She grew up in a foster family who adopted her when she was 2 years old.
They did not live in a prosperous, quiet place, but where it was necessary to defend their rights to existence, in the harsh neighborhoods of Oakland, California. Her date of birth is October 15, 1981.
The place where she grew up, her homeland forever influenced her personality, the girl had to be strong, often show her character in order to defend her case.
Calling herself a workaholic, she seemed to taunt her interlocutors, amused and grimacing, and it may seem that everything in life was given to her, playfully.
But is it? Who else of Cole's age could persuade Cole to sing a duet and record in the studio with MC Hammer himself, even if he had a beautiful strong voice as a 12-year-old teenager?
Her entire further career path in show business is a struggle to make dreams come true in real life.
By the way, the tattoo on her right shoulder, in the singer's own words, is a symbol of the fact that everything can be achieved if you strive for it. That is, her dreams, at least, are destined to come true.
She also boasts her duets with Massy Marv, Nubian Queen, and with Tony Toni Tone they performed D'wayne Wiggins. This is the single that became the soundtrack to the movie Me & Mrs. Jones.
Career: making dreams come true
At her age, the girl went to conquer the expanses of domestic show business. In the early 2000s, Cole had already signed an agreement with A&M.
In 2005, her first album The Way It Is began with this studio, it reached its "gold" in the same year, having sold 500 copies. The very next year, the album went platinum, as 1 million copies of the discs were sold.
In 2007, the duet single Last Nigt with Diddy was released. Another successful work was the recording of Let It Go with Lil Kim and Missy Eliot. It was intended to be part of Lil' Kim's album.
When it became known that the composition had won a leading position in two charts at once: Hot R&B / Hip Hop Songs and Billboard Hot 100, the singer agreed with Lil to include it in her second album. It was released on September 25, 2007 and was called Just Like You.
The success of the second album was again outstanding - 1st position in the top R&B / Hip Hop Albums and 2nd position in the charts. Three months later, that is, by the end of the year, the Just Like You album went platinum and was nominated for the famous Grammy Award.
In the fall of 2009, the single Playa Card Right was released, the debut swallow from the third album A Different Me, the full version of which was published a little later - in December.
The composition Playa Card Right is valuable in that it included the vocal part of Tupac Shakur in its recording. It was she who became almost the last, made by him shortly before his death.
The third, "precious" disc of the singer
The third album continued the line of "precious" discs of the singer - it became "gold". In the hit parade of contemporary artists, he took the 2nd position, and among the albums of rhythm and blues and hip-hop, he topped the list.
The fourth album, Calling All Hearts, only peaked at #9 on Billboard and #5 on the R&B/Hip Hop top. In 2012, Cole recorded her latest 5th album, Woman To Woman.
Compared to number four, it lost another position on Billboard and went to number two on the top R&B/Hip Hop charts.
Personal life of the singer
The singer does not advertise her personal life after the television reality show showed the whole world how her family lives. The transfer was called Family First.
Then she was happily married to basketball player Daniel Gibson of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Together they raised their son Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr., born March 2, 2010.
The singer promoted honest and clean relationships. In her interview, she announced that she would not kiss an unloved person, even if this is a necessary working moment, for example, it is necessary to shoot a video clip for a song.
Cole songwriter
Since the girl grew up in an area where life required the struggle for existence, she could not ignore this burning topic. Cole is not only a performer, but also the author of her works.
Streets Is A Mothafucka is a song she composed and recorded to acquaint listeners with the realities of life in these areas. This is a vanity of vanities, consisting of drugs, crimes and violence, which inevitably accompany the struggle for existence.
Such a life left an imprint on her work, hardened and forced her to make efforts to go to a better future herself and call modern girls and young people along, help them not to go astray in their life path.
Cole is well aware that it is at a young age that people are very vulnerable, they need a guiding star. This is how she would like to look in the eyes of the public, and her fans sincerely believe that this is the way it is.
