Nearly eight years after he graduated Summa Cum Laude, J. Cole finally received his diploma from his alma mater, St. John’s University, during a homecoming appearance at the school earlier this week.
Cole performed at St. John’s on Thursday (April 9) as a part of his ongoing promo tour for his latest release, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, and was surprised by one of his former professors with an official diploma.
“Tonight, I guess they let me slide,” Cole told the Village Voice before explaining the reason he never received the official acknowledgement. “I’m gonna send it to my Mom.”
“I owed money for a library book that I didn’t turn in,” Cole admitted. “If you have any outstanding fee, that translates to money. There’s a price associated with it. I never paid. That’s why I don’t have my degree.”
During the interview Cole also said the return to St. John’s reminded him of his early come-up in music.
“There were a few moments onstage when I literally had to remember, like, ‘Oh snap,'” he said. “I literally realized onstage that I wrote [‘Lights Please’]. I remembered the apartment that I was in when I wrote it. I remembered the night I wrote it. I definitely probably had class the next day. I just remember that era of making music and still going to class. It’s just crazy.”
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Congrats Cole
I know the big homie aka the 6 god aka the goat aka drizzy is cool with this guy but lets be real this dude needs to get out of the classroom and into the studio after that last album….
HAHAHA…. hopefully they taught him to make a good album…. he needs to rap a lot more about shit that matters like his money or how he’s about to run the game….
OVO XO ALL DAY WIT MY WOES…. COME TO THE 6 AND SEE HOW WE LIVE IF Y’ALL THINK WE SOFT!!!
Eat a dick.
This jokker is probably some white German guy who gets off on pretending to be black, smh.
Mr. OVO XO whatever… that is beyond ignorant…. I think you listen to waaaaayyyy too much drake…
Finally, a smart rappper! Yeah boy!
Migos would smack the little black left in this fool. He’s not hard!
Bet you giggled to yourself after typing that, didn’t you?
Students: pay your bills, get your diploma, and keep it moving.
Salute