Coco Jones has revealed she made the mistake of confusing Busta Rhymes with E-40 during an encounter at the Roc Nation Brunch.
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During her recent interview with The Breakfast Club, the “Bel Air” star detailed the awkward incident, revealing how she approached who she thought was Busta Rhymes at the Roc Nation brunch to rap for him. For context, Jones had previously rapped Busta’s iconic verse on Chris Brown’s 2011 F.A.M.E. album track “Look At Me Now,” flawlessly on TikTok and during her appearance on Nick Cannon’s “Wild ‘n Out,” TV show. Jones says she decided to approach who she thought was Busta Rhymes because he had apparently seen her delivery of the verse and approved of her skills as an MC. Completely ready to drop bars, Jones says she approached Busta Rhymes, who turned out to be E-40, and proceeded to give him a performance live and direct.
“When I tell you I gotta tell y’all a story, you’re going to scream laugh and cry,” Jones said. “Okay so basically, Lord! When I was at the Roc Nation Brunch, right? I saw Busta Rhymes. So I go up to him and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh you had just seen my freestyle over your thingymabob on Wild ‘n Out,’ and he was like, ‘Yeah, yeah,” she said, mimicking the confused look E-40 had on his face. Not sensing that something was amiss at first, Jones says she continued to rap the verse for him.
“I was like, ‘Remember? ‘Cause I’m feelin’ like I’m running And I’m feelin’ like I gotta get away, get away, get away,’ and he was like, ‘That’s good shawty, that’s good,'” Jones said. “So I was like, ‘Alright, you take care now.’ So then I walk away and I’m talking to my manager, and I’m also like looking up the lyrics to ‘Look At Me Now,’ because I’m thinking something was off, that wasn’t right. I’m looking it up and I’m saying, ‘Busta Rhymes who was that?’ My manager goes, ‘Girl, that’s E-40,’ I was like ‘Oh no!'”
She continued, adding, “Then I felt real bad. I was so mortified. Because how was, I didn’t — I felt real bad. And then didn’t he hit somebody up and be like, ‘I think Coco thinks I am Busta Rhymes,’ but then my manager cleared it up, she cleared it up.”
In her defense, Jones’ manager says she had met nearly fifty other people prior to her introduction to E-40. Nonetheless, Jones described the entire incident as a “humble slice of pie.” In addition to recalling her embarrassing Roc Nation Brunch blunder, Jones also spoke about season two of “Bel Air,” and her recent EP What I Didn’t Tell you.
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