At 25, Coco Jones has already starred in a Disney Channel movie and been dropped by a record label. Now, she's a top contender for the best new artist Grammy.
Coco Jones recorded her first songs when she was just 11 years old, an entirely DIY project, burned onto a CD with help from her mom. 'Corny sounds, corny vibes, corny subject matter,' Jones recalled. 'But that was my life at the time.' It's an adjective that couldn't be more inaccurate when describing her current musical identity.
But despite the promising start, fully realizing her dreams proved to be a laborious process; she says rampant colorism played a role in her losing out on desired roles, and Jones was often passed over in auditions for other young entertainers singing the same songs as her. 'I remember being a young girl, and young Black girls would be floored by me,' Jones remembered. 'I didn't understand because I was just doing what I enjoyed.
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