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How Coco Jones Went From Teen Disney Star to Grammy-Nominated R&B Singer-Songwriter

For the 26-year-old talent, music isn’t a side hustle to acting — it’s “the driving force” that kept her in entertainment.

When 9-year-old Coco Jones was first trying to break into the entertainment world — auditioning and sitting in business meetings with strange executives — her mother would sometimes give her a secret signal. Jones responded to the query on YouTube, sharing the struggles and second-guessing she had faced as a Black female artist while “opening doors for people to see me as an adult.” “Def Jam and High Standardz wanted to make sure the R&B audience understood, accepted and championed Coco,” says Balogun, whose roster also includes rising R&B stars Muni Long and Fridayy.

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