20 Facts About Jhene Aiko

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In 2003, Aiko was set to release her debut album, My Name Is Jhene, through her labels Sony, The Ultimate Group and Epic; however, the album was never released, with Aiko eventually asking to be released from the label in order to continue her education.

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In March 2011, Jhene Aiko made her return to music with the release of her first full-length project, a mixtape titled Sailing Soul.

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In 2013, Jhene Aiko appeared on Big Sean's single "Beware" alongside Lil Wayne, which became her first top 40 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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4.

Jhene Aiko is the daughter of Christina Yamamoto and Karamo Chilombo was born on Gregory Wycliff Barnes and a pediatrician.

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5.

Jhene Aiko's took vocal lessons in Culver City, California, but quit when she unexpectedly became pregnant.

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6.

Jhene Aiko embarked on her musical career contributing vocals to several B2K releases, as well as a song on The Master of Disguise soundtrack in 2002, while signed to The Ultimate Group and managed by Chris Stokes.

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Jhene Aiko has songs featured on the soundtracks of Barbershop, The Master of Disguise, You Got Served, The Proud Family and Byou.

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8.

Jhene Aiko later left the aforementioned labels in order to continue her education.

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9.

Jhene Aiko released a video for the mixtape's second track, "Stranger".

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10.

In June 2013, Jhene Aiko was featured on the Big Sean song "Beware", which became her first song to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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11.

In March 2016, Jhene Aiko announced a collaboration album with rapper Big Sean, under the name Twenty88, their self-titled debut album was made available to stream exclusively on TIDAL for four days, and was made available for download on April 1.

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However, Jhene Aiko went on Twitter to dispell the rumors about "Triggered " being a diss track.

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13.

Jhene Aiko was baptized when she was 16 at the evangelical Pentecostal Foursquare Church.

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14.

Jhene Aiko suffered a broken wrist, chipped a tooth and had stitches in her chin.

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15.

Jhene Aiko was rumored to be dating Big Sean in 2016, and their relationship was later confirmed in an Instagram post.

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16.

In November 2018, it was rumored that Jhene Aiko broke up with Big Sean after she covered up a tattoo of him.

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17.

Jhene Aiko writes music every day, often writing lines or a poem, and begins to add them to melodies.

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18.

Jhene Aiko's describes her writing style as "freestyle, " where she just says how she is feeling, taking a day or up to a month to complete.

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19.

Jhene Aiko is noted for being an author to her first published book 2Fish.

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Jhene Aiko reveals several lyrical verses in her book that can be found in her album Trip which was released the same year as the publication of 2Fish.

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