Coco Jones’ powerhouse vocals are certainly not a hidden talent — but the way she can manipulate them to do celebrity impressions definitely is!
Coco Jones and Mariah Carey.Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty, Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty
Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty, Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty
As soon as the former host ofThe Viewmentioned that she wanted to put the Grammy-nominated artist’s vocals up to the test, she jokingly interrupted, “Oh lord!”
The two then played what Shepherd called “Celebrity Spin,” in which two wheels spun on a screen and landed on a pop star and a random scenario that they had to perform.
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Coco Jones on Sherri Shepherd on ‘Sherri’.Andrew Werner
Andrew Werner
“Hey Mr. DJ are you going to play my favorite song,” the singer-songwriter crooned, as if she was doing a rendition of a song that might’ve appeared on one of the hitmaker’s classics likeThe Emancipation of Mimi. Immediately after performing the verse, she broke into a high-pitched vocal run and waved her hand like MC might.
As she started to laugh at herself, DJ Suss One, Shepherd and the crowd also wailed with laughter and applause.
TheBel-Airstar also did an impression ofBritney Spearsordering a latte — doing a sassy version of her signature, pop princess voice — and one ofRihanna. As the “Umbrella” singer, 35, she also got “on a roller coaster” and hilariously mimicked her Barbados accent, singing, “Hell nah / Hell nah / Stop the ride / Stop the ride.”
It’s hardly the first time that the singer/actress has gained attention for her shockingly accurate impressions. She often does them on herTikTok, as well as the online cooking show she hosts with YouTuber/singer Terrell Grice,T and Coco.
Jones’ music has been receiving its flowers as of late, as well. This year, the musician is up for her first-ever Grammynominations, including the coveted best new artist award.
Coco Jones in Beverly Hills in November 2023.Paras Griffin/Getty
Paras Griffin/Getty
“I was asleep on a plane, and you have your wifi on, so iMessages still work. I kept feeling like this vibration, and I was like, ‘Geez, this plane is going through some turbulence,'" she said. “Then I look at my phone, and I had all these notifications saying, ‘Congratulations!’ Of course, I was geeking.”
Of the success of her Grammy-nominated song, she added, “When I made ‘ICU’, I didn’t know if it would work in this time, in this generation. I didn’t know if it was too slow or too soulful. I didn’t know how the world would respond. I was just creatively experimenting."
“But I’m really grateful when I perform ‘ICU’ because the audience is screaming the lyrics at the top of their lungs,” the singer continued. “The last time that I had that type of reaction was when I was 14 or 15, and I was doing Disney Channel stuff.”
source: people.com
