J.Cole, Rapper, Recalls Starting To Smoke Cigarettes At Age 6

J. Cole first started dominating the rap charts when he was just 6 years old, smoking cigarettes.
On Tuesday’s episode of the “Lead by Example With Bob Myers” podcast, the 38-year-old “No Role Modelz” rapper, whose real name is Jermaine Cole, discussed how his single mother Kay was disappointed to learn about his habit.

J. Cole admitted in the interview that he started smoking when he was only six years old.
He stated:

“At six years old, I was smoking cigarettes regularly around the neighborhood. … I was always hanging around the older kids in the neighborhood that [my older brother] was hanging around, and they were smoking.

“And I was young and fearless and trying to be cool. So, it was like, ‘Oh, y’all smoking. Like, let me see that.’ And, of course, we’re all out there kinda [with] young parents, with long leashes.

“To them, it’s funny. They’re 10 themselves. So, it’s funny for them. Nobody’s really worried about me. Nobody is like, ‘Hey! Don’t do that.’ They’re 10 and smoking cigarettes.”

J. Cole said while he smoked at that age for two or three weeks, it all came to end one day when he was at a friend’s house. He said his brother who was confused after he asked a friend for a cigarette, walked home and told their mom.
Seeing the disappointment on his mom’s face was all he needed to see. He said;

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“20 minutes later, my brother walks back to the backyard where we was at. ‘Jermaine!’ He’s like, ‘Mom wants to see you’.

“So I’m walking home, no fear. No worry at all. I saw her face. When she smelled cigarettes on my breath, her face was heartbroken. It was disbelief. It was like, crushed.

“I remember the look on her face and she was like, ‘You have been smoking.’ It like hit her.”

J. Cole explained how the moment changed his life, as it made him aware that his actions could hurt someone. He added;
“The reason why I think that was a life-changing moment, where after that I didn’t need much correction—I became a self-corrector—is because that was the first time I became aware that, ‘Oh, my actions can hurt someone else.’”

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