As we continue our 3 Dope Song series designed to turn folks on to underplayed and new artists, we turn our attention to Coco Peila who is a dope emcee/ singer who comes from Berkeley, California. She’s been putting in work for a minute, both as an activist , student and artist doing everything from winning Poetry slam championships (2005) to graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Recording Arts and a Master of Science Degree in Entertainment Business from Full Sail University in Orlando Florida, to performing on stages all over the world including in Guatemala and New Zealand.
She first caught a lot of people’s attention back in 2007 when her song Any Day was chosen by Youth Noise to be the face of a campaign they had launched to raise awareness about body image.
A couple of years ago Coco released her first mixed tape entitled “Can I Reminisce…Progress Not Perfection” .
She recently dropped a banger of a song called ‘Misses Shoot ’em Down‘ that deals with female empowerment and respect. It’s the first single from her debut album as she takes a firm seat at the table of dope emcees making moves from the Bay..
Misses Shoot ’em Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S1SBdWreVs
“Any Day Now”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZsA99tgi8
Coco Peila and Groove Major- Make It Hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyCPDxiEXt0
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