Before the Fame · 2000s
J. ColeStanding outside in the rain with a CD for Jay-Z
J. Cole stood outside a studio hoping to hand Jay-Z a CD.
J. Cole once waited outside a New York studio for hours hoping to hand Jay-Z a CD. Jay-Z declined it.
Cole kept going. Roughly a year later, Jay-Z wanted to meet the young rapper whose music had finally reached him — and Cole became the first artist signed to Roc Nation.
Talent was not the problem. Getting the music into the right hands was.
Reporting: ABC News
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