Education

Cole attended Fayetteville's Terry Sanford High School
and graduated in 2003. Cole had been cut from his
highschool basketball team as a freshmen but later
joined and started on the varsity team. Cole graduated
highschool with a phenomenal 4.2 GPA. Cole earned a
scholarship to attend St. Johns university in New York.
Initially majoring in computer science, Cole later switched
to communication and business. At the college, Cole
was the president of Haraya, a pan-African student
coalition. He graduated magna cum laude in 2007,
with a 3.8 GPA. Despite graduating, Cole would officially
receive his degree during a homecoming concert in 2015,
revealing that he had owed money for a library book,
causing the university to hold back from granting
him his degree.