The Big Tigger Morning Show: Coco Jones

Coco Jones called in to chat with Audacy Atlanta V-103’s Big Tigger, to talk all about her first VMA nomination, Bel-Air, her brand new single “Sweep It Up,” and more.

“It's so so exciting,” Coco expressed about her VMA nom. “I mean… I cannot believe how different my life is now and how much more recognition I've gotten. I'm so grateful for it.”

Listing off her accolades, which in addition to her latest nomination, includes a GRAMMY award, a BET Award, and singing her “face off at the BET Awards during the Usher tribute,” Tigger asked Jones, what the latter was like.

“That was so cool to be a part of. I think it was really refreshing to see BET uplift, of course, Usher, the talented. But also to give all of us R&B girls, and Latto — give us all a different way of shining our light but in a cohesive manner.”

Talking about working with Disney again on a reimagined track for The Princess and the Frog, Coco shared, “It was really exciting to get to work with Disney again. They were the first company to really see something in me and give me that opportunity to do my thing.”

“And I love Princess Tiana,” she continued. “I mean, Black Princess, of course the representation, but also her storyline is really awesome. And being able to like make it modern, and maybe reintroduce her in a different way or introduce her to girls who listen to me and maybe haven't listened to a Princess Tiana song, it’s really cool to do.”

“That's a big thing that I like to do is, you know, pay homage to the classics, whether it's classic R&B, A classic Princess, and put my spin on things,” added Coco, who also puts her own spin on the character of Hilary Banks on The Fresh Price re-imagined series Bel-Air.

With so much recent success, Tigger asked Coco outright, “Are you where you thought you'd be?”

"That is a great question,” she answered, saying, “It depends on what year of thought because my brain and my expectations changed all the time. I would say my nine-year-old self would say I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be and if not, she'd be like you need to do more.”

“But me, the young adult, I think I am where I'm supposed to be because I learned so much about myself through the peaks and valleys, that I don't think I would have had enough of an identity had I not been through my journey.”

Sharing what the hardest part of that journey has been, Jones expressed, “the hardest part is loving what you do,” Even when, “not having the recognition, not having the attention, not having the support.”