I’m becoming my mother, my beautiful mother, she is love in the flesh, what a sight. I am becoming my mother, my beautiful mother, who taught me with age, comes might. I’m better, I’m wiser, I’m leveling up overall. For over a decade, Los Angeles singer/songwriter Jhené Aiko has skirted the periphery of R&B stardom, thanks to an early association with the Omarion-led R&B boy band B2K, later work with. “I found another grey hair today but I was not bothered at all.
Jhene talked about her mother as she performed at a 2018 Mother’s Day music tribute concert titled, Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms. Aiko and her Spanish, Dominican, and Japanese mom still share a tight bond. Jhene’s mom, Christina Yamamoto, helped manage her daughters’ musical careers. She signed with Epic Records when she was 13, but she was released from her contract three years later so she could focus on school. Thanks to her sisters and mom, Jhene started her music career when she was young.
She is famous for her mix tape Sailing Soul(s), which released on her website in 2011. Aiko’s sister’s, Miyoko and Jamila, were part of the R&B group Gyrl. Who is Jhené Aiko Jhene Aiko is an American R&B singer and songwriter. In 2014, Aiko received three Grammy nominations including Best Urban Contemporary Album for her debut EP "Sail Out" and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for a feature on Common's song "Blak Majik.Jhene was born into a musical family, and two of her sisters had musical careers in the 90s. Music's biggest awards show, which had been scheduled for Jan. 31 in Los Angeles, will no longer take place this month because of rising COVID-19 cases in California. The Recording Academy now aims to hold a ceremony on March 14. More: 2020 wasn't 'just a random bad year,' health experts say: COVID-19 made it one of the deadliest in US historyĪiko has three Grammy nominations from her most recent project, "Chilombo": Best R&B performance, Best progressive R&B album and (the one she's most excited about), Album of the year.ĭue to the coronavirus pandemic, the R&B artist will have to wait a bit longer to find out if the nominations will turn into wins.
"It was just, kind of, reflective of life, you know the ups and downs that come simultaneously sometimes," Aiko said. "At the same time, I was getting messages from my family because I found out my uncle had passed from COVID," Aiko said, "that same moment."Īiko recalled the moment saying her room was overlooking the ocean and that the mix of good and bad news was a dreamlike experience. More: 2021 Grammy nominations: See the complete list of artists up for an awardĪfter getting off the phone with her manager, excited by the news of two Grammy nominations with one more to come, Aiko received sad news about a family member.
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