Instead, she poured her feelings into words. As the family drove up the hill in LaBrea to her grandmother’s house, she looked back and thought the world was coming to an end.” riots when everything was on fire where they lived. “At times life felt very real, since they lived a few blocks from a blighted neighborhood. “Jhene Aiko grew up in a middle class family on Rodeo and LaBrea,” the website says. Jhene’s childhood in Los Angeles was marked by unrest. Her brother Miyagi died in July 2012 after a two year battle with cancer.” She has two older sisters named Miyoko and Jamila. Karamo Chilombo (birth name Greg Barnes) is a pediatrician, and her mother is Christina Yamamoto. According to the website, “Jhene Aiko’s ethnicity is that of Japanese, African American, Spanish, and Native American descent. Jhene Aiko has a very interesting family background. Jhené Aiko was born Main Los Angeles, California. i only smile when it’s realĪ post shared by Chilombo on at 9:47pm PDT Jhene Aiko Is Divorced From Oladipo Omishore & Has a Son With Singer O’Ryan She is known as “Lil’ Fizz’s cousin,” but, according to IMDB, they are not related, and “it was used as a marketing tool suggested by Sony/Epic to promote her through B2K and to attract an audience.”ģ. Her official website contains links to her book of poetry. And through this process of making music, I’ve been rediscovering her.” Musically, she admires Tupac Shakur, Aliyah, Rapper Kid Cudi, and Eminem, among others. Since 2012, I’ve been trying to get back to her. Penny is me in my purest and most authentic form. She told The Los Angeles Times, “When I was born, my grampy gave me the nickname Penny. She worked as a law firm receptionist and at a vegan restaurant.ĮOnline describes her as an R&B artist who “created a buzz when she popped up on tracks with Drake, Kanye West, Big Sean and more in recent years, which continued even further when she dropped her debut LP, Sail Out in November 2013.” Her single “Beware” made the top 40 Billboard hits list. “By the age of 15, Jhene Aiko’s self-titled solo album was set for release, but because of creative differences with her record label Epic, she asked to be released,” the website says. She also appeared in many music videos, including O’Ryan’s debut video Take It Slow.”
She was their opening act on their Scream Tour 3. She contributed her vocals to several tracks on the R&B group B2K album, B2K: The Remixes – Volume I. According to the website, at that young age “she inked a deal with Epic Records. Jhene Aiko’s music career started at just the age of 12. A post shared by Chilombo on at 1:02am PDT
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