 After she caught her then boyfriend cheating on her with another woman, within “minutes” she got in her car and drove for nine hours to Los Angeles, California to further pursue her music career according to her biography page on her website.After getting an interview with him, Cole was signed to A&M Records by its president, Ron Fair and he later began mentoring her in 2004.While explaining her life struggles and career beginnings, Cole said, "I was 21, He signed me after he heard half a song, Ron took me to Jimmy Iovine that next week, and then 'I Changed My Mind' came out."