Jacki-O

Biography

Angela Faye Kohn (born November 24, 1975), better known as Jacki-O, is an American rapper who is signed to her own label Jack Movement Entertainment. She got her first break in 2003 with the bawdy sex rap "Nookie" which garnered the MC comparisons to fellow Southern rapper Trina and Khia. Although it was the first time that many had heard of Jacki-O, she kept a high profile, prior to her radio and club successes, with several appearances on Miami-area mixtapes. The success of "Nookie" led Jacki-O to discuss a similar subject matter on her second single, "Sugar Walls," released in 2004 in anticipation of her debut album, Poe Little Rich Girl.

Early life

Angela Faye Kohn was born on November 24, 1975, in Miami and grew up in the Liberty City area of the city. Her father is Haitian, while her mother, was African-American. She has two sisters and two brothers. She started writing poetry in middle school and freestyle rap in high school. She attended Miami Northwestern Senior High School, dropped out of high school, but later earned a GED. On December 23, 1994, Kohn gave birth to a daughter, Brittany Di'Angelis Brookins.

Writing

Jacki-O's first novel is called Grown & Gangsta (2008), described as an "urban tale". She released her autobiography, Relentless in 2010, which detailed her life growing up in Miami, Haitian background, rise to fame as a rapper, and her charity work with people with disabilities."

Foxy Brown

On April 23, 2005, an altercation occurred between Jacki-O and Foxy Brown at Circle House Studios in Miami, Florida. Jacki-O stated that her refusal to "bow down" to Brown was the prime motive in the physical altercation. A day following the incident, she stated to MTV News: "I just know that yesterday I did not go there to get in no altercation.more."

Khia

In the leadup to the release of Khia's second album Gangstress in 2006, defeated and she made disparaging comments about Jacki-O in magazine interviews. At the first annual Ozone Magazine Awards in 2006, both rappers were in attendance and claimed to be the "Queen of the South" onstage while presenting awards. Jacki-O had her crew and bodyguards dressed in shirts that said "Fuck Khia" on the front and "Jacki-O Queen of the South!" on the back. Khia responded to the shirts by saying, "It's promotion for me. I thanked them. It's marketing and promotion. I'm so happy about that!" Later, Jacki-O dropped a diss track against Khia called "Pop Off." In response, Khia dropped a diss track called "Hit Her Up," in which she repeatedly insinuated that Jacki-O was transgender.

DJ Khaled

Although Jacki-O gave DJ Khaled a positive shoutout in her 2004 mixtape The Official Bootleg, she claimed that he did not truly support Miami rappers in a 2010 interview with XXL Mag. In the interview, Jacki-O said that she believed Khaled felt more powerful as a DJ than artists themselves, and further claimed that Khaled only pretended to be from Miami.

Personal life

Before fame, Jacki-O was arrested for various crimes — including shoplifting, trafficking cocaine, aggravated assault, and carrying a concealed firearm.
Jacki-O revealed that once she started making money from music, her mother still distrusted her and refused to go to the bank with her.
In January 2006, in an attempt to break her recording contract with Poe Boy Entertainment, Jacki-O filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy - declaring debts of $144,225 and assets of $1,340. Later that year, she was arrested for shoplifting twice - once from Neiman Marcus and later from Bal Harbor.
In a 2008 interview with Hip Hop Weekly magazine, Jacki-O claimed that she was forced to have sex with a Poe Boy Entertainment executive to receive a $10,000 advance that she was previously promised. Although she received backlash for discussing her experience, she remained adamant that she was not glorifying having sex for money and that she was a victim of abused authority.

Mixtapes

The Official Bootleg (2004)
Free Agent (2006)
Jack Tha Rippa (2007)
Grown & Gangsta (2008)
BBBP (Bad Bitches Bang Pink) (2009)
Griselda Blanco, La Madrina (2010)
Straight From The Underground (2011)