Coco Joneshopes to inspire the next generation of girls who look like her.
On the red carpet for Sunday’s66th annual Grammy Awards, Jones, 26, spoke with E!’sLive from the Red CarpethostLaverne Coxabout how she’s feeling as a first-time Grammy Award nominee.
“Honestly, so many emotions,” Jones said. “I’m really trying to keep it together. I think I’m just reflecting on everything that got me here. And it makes me emotional.”
“I just want to continue to inspire the girls who look like me to just keep pursuing because all of this wouldn’t have happened if I gave up and I’m just grateful I did not,” she added.
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The musician andBel-Airstar recently spoke with PEOPLE about her reaction to being nominated for the first time ever.
“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,' " Jones told PEOPLE in December 2023. “Then I look at my phone, and I had all these notifications saying, ‘Congratulations!’ Of course, I was geeking.”
Jones rose to prominence on the Disney Channel with roles in the filmLet It Shineand shows such asSo Random!andGood Luck Charlie.She shared that her ongoing success comes amid a positive shift in representation in the entertainment industry.
“I definitely feel like the industry for dark-skinned Black women has gotten better and better, especially since I was a young girl,” Jones told PEOPLE. “And I think the more storylines and the more positions of power that are told from a woman of color’s perspective, the more opportunities [there are] for women to play those roles and to hire women that would understand those storylines.”
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See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 66th annualGrammy Awardsas they’re broadcasting live on CBS from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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