Jermaine Lamarr Cole akaberekwa musi waJanuary 28, 1985, pane imwe nzvimbo yeUnited States yechiuto muFrankfurt, West Germany. Baba vake ndiAfrican-American veteran, uyo akashanda muU.S. Army, uye amai vake, Kay, muAmerica akachena uyo aiva mushandi wepositi weUnited States Postal Service. Baba vaCole vakazosiya mhuri panguva yehuduku hwake. Pazera remwedzi misere amai vake vakatamira naye uye mukoma wake mukuru kuUnited States, kuFayetteville, North Carolina. Cole akakurira mumamiriro ezvinhu akawanda emarudzi, uye paakabvunzwa pamusoro pekuti rudzi rwake runomukanganisa sei, Cole akati, "Ndinogona kuzivikanwa nevanhu vachena, nokuti ndinoziva amai vangu, rutivi rwemhuri yake, wandinoda. Asi pakuguma kwezuva, [handina] kumbonzwa ndichivenga.
Yunivhesiti yeSt. John's