Table of Biography
- 0.1 Jhene Aiko is a well-known American singer and songwriter. Moreover, Jhene Aiko has appeared and contributed vocals in several music videos for R & B group B2K.
- 0.2 Early Life and Childhood
- 1 Education
- 2 Jhene Aiko – Net Worth 2024
- 3 Professional Career
- 4 Awards
- 5 Relationship Status
- 6 Body Measurements
- 7 Jhene Aiko – Social Media
Jhene Aiko is a well-known American singer and songwriter. Moreover, Jhene Aiko has appeared and contributed vocals in several music videos for R & B group B2K.
Early Life and Childhood
Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo best known as Jhene Aiko born on the 16th of March 1988, in Los Angeles, California, the United States of America.
She belongs to a mixed ethnicity of Spanish, Dominican, Japanese, African-American, and Native American descent and has a birth sign of Leo. Her age is 35 years old as of 2022 and holds American nationality. And, Aiko believes in Christianity by religion.
She is the daughter of Dr. Karamo Chilombo (father) and Christina Yamamoto (mother). Her father was a pediatrician professionally. She has seven siblings four from both her mother’s and father’s side and three half-siblings from her father’s side.
Her two elder sisters Miyoko and Jamila are singers and Janhi and Miyagi are her brothers. And, Marica, Dio, and Kareena are her half-siblings.
Caption: Jhene Aiko childhood photo (Source: Instagram)
Education
Coming toward her academic career, she was homeschooled until high school. Moreover, she studied and took vocal lessons in Culver City, California. But, she quit her vocal lessons because she got pregnant unexpectedly at the age of 20 years.
Jhene Aiko – Net Worth 2024
As of 2022, this American singer’s net worth is estimated at around $6 million and her salary is around $40.2k-$53.1k at the moment. Her main income sources come from albums, EPs, and concerts.
Professional Career
When she was a young girl, her elder sisters Jamila and Miyoko had already begun their musical careers. Talking about her professional career, Jhene Aiko began her musical career after becoming a part of the band B2K and signed with Epic Music at the age of 12.
In 2002, she sang for B2K’s debut video album ‘Uh Huh’ and also won the ‘BET Award for Viewer’s Choice.’ She planned to release her debut musical album,’ My Name is Jhene,’ through Sony, The Ultimate Group, and Epic.
Due to some disagreements with Epic Music, she was forced to drop her venture. As a result, she retired from Epic to pursue her education.
After completing her education, she returned to music, and in 2011, she released her first mixtape ‘Sailing Soul(s)’, which featured artists like Drake, Kayne West, and Miguel. After a year, she got signed to American Hip-Hop and R&B record producer Ernest Dion Wilson a.k.a. No I.D. with Artium record imprints through Def Jam.
She released her debut EP ‘Sail Out,’ which was released in November 2013. The EP reached the number one spot on the R&B chart. In March 2014, she joined rapper Big Sean for a collaboration album titled ‘ Twenty88.’
Other Albums and Works
She released her single ‘Maniac’ in 2016 from her upcoming album set to be released in 2017. In February 2017, she appeared in 6LACK’s new seductive release ‘First F*ck’ in February 2017.
She released several non-album singles such as “Maniac”, “First Fuck” with 6lack, and “Hello Ego” featuring Chris Brown from late 2016 to mid-2017. ‘While We’re Young,’ her second studio album was released in June 2016.
Her second album, Trip was released without a prior announcement on September 22, 2017. She co-directed a 23-minute autobiographical film titled Trip, after the album was also released a day before Trip on September 21, 2017.
Moreover, Aiko released “Triggered (Freestyle),” released on 8th May 2019. This single debuted at number fifty-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 3 on the US R&B Songs. In March 2020, her third studio album, Chilombo was released.
Awards
The singer won the BET Award for Centric Award for her song ‘The Worst’ in the year 2014. In 2021, she won the NAACP Image Award for Oustanding Album category.
Caption: Jhene Aiko with an award (Source: Pinterest)
Moreover, she has been nominated for American Music Awards (2 times), BET Awards (4 times), Grammy Awards (6 times), NAACP Image Awards (2 times), and Soul Train Awards (5 times).
Relationship Status
Talking about her relationship status, Jhene Aiko is in a relationship with Big Sean. Their relationship started back in 2016, and the relationship between them has been in an on-again, off-again.
She and other family members, her daughter Namiko, older sister Miyoko, and her daughter’s father, O’Ryan were involved in a car accident in Los Angeles. However, she suffered several injuries, but the other passengers were unharmed.
Caption: Jhene with her boyfriend (Source: Instagram)
With the relationship, the couple has a son whose name is Noah Hasani. In the past, Aiko dated American R&B singer O’Ryan from 2005 to 2008. The couple has a daughter whose name is unknown.
Moreover, Aiko and Oladipo “Dot da Genius” Omishore revealed that they married on 16th March 2016. The marital relationship did not last long. Aiko filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences on the 9th of August 2016 and the divorce was finalized in October 2017.
Body Measurements
Aiko stands 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs around 45 kg. Moreover, she has black hair with black eyes and her body measurement measures 36-23-34 inches. Similarly, she wears a dress size of 4 (US), a shoe size of 8 (US), and a bra size of 34B.
Caption: Jhene posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
Jhene Aiko – Social Media
On her Instagram page ‘jheneaiko’ there are more than 16.2 million followers. Likewise, there are more than 2.8 million followers on Twitter, and this singer is not active on Facebook. Moreover, she has a self-titled YouTube channel, there are more than 3.26 million subscribers.