After finishing high school, Aiko had a daughter and began working with producers from her teenage years while moonlighting as a waitress. But the release of her debut album was plagued by label troubles, and she asked to be released. With Aiko marketed as the spunky cousin of a member of short-lived boy band B2K (her labelmates), her sassy pop-R&B tracks were packaged with the group, and she often toured with them. By the time Jhené was 13, she had a deal with Epic Records. Her dad, who writes his own music, converted part of the family home into a studio and her sister, emerging R&B singer Mila J, was a member in ‘90s R&B group Gyrl, along with another of Aiko’s older sisters. The child of a Japanese, Spanish and Dominican mother and black, Native American, German Jewish father, Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo grew up surrounded by music. “For me it’s all about keeping the ball rolling.”Īlthough she’s only 26, Aiko’s moment is happening more than a decade into her music career. There’s been so much going on and the ball is still rolling with the album, I haven’t been focused on if I’m going to win or not,” Aiko said.
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