Jacki-O
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Angela Kohn better known as Jacki-O, is a Haitian American rapper from Miami, Florida
Florida
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, who is currently signed to her own label Jack Movement Entertainment. She got her first break in 2003 with the bawdy sex rap "Nookie" which garnered the MC comparisons to fellow Southern rappers Mia X
Mia X
Mia Young , better known by her stage name Mia X, was the first female emcee to sign with No Limit Records. In 1992, she released a single titled “Ask Them Niggas.” From 1995 to 1998, Mia X released three albums for No Limit: Good Girl Gone Bad, Unlady Like, and Mama Drama...

 and Trina
Trina
Katrina Laverne Taylor , better known by her stage name Trina, is an American rapper, songwriter and model from Miami, Florida. Trina first gained notoriety in 1998 with her appearance on Trick Daddy's second studio album www.thug.com to the single "Nann Nigga"...

. Although it was the first time that many had heard of Jacki-O, she kept a high profile, prior to her radio and club successes, with several appearances on Miami-area mixtapes. The success of "Nookie" led Jacki-O to discuss a similar subject matter on her second single, "Sugar Walls," released in 2004 in anticipation of her debut album, Poe Little Rich Girl
Poe Little Rich Girl
Poe Little Rich Girl is the debut album by Jacki-O. The album was released on October 26, 2004, on Poe Boy/TVT Records. The album produced three official singles: "Fine" featuring Ying Yang Twins, "Sugar Walls" , and "Break You Off" featuring Jazze Pha...

. Jackie-O has also worked with WWE & Jim Johnston
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 in producing vocals for some of their theme songs, including Michelle McCool
Michelle McCool
Michelle Leigh McCool , is a retired American professional wrestler who is best known for her time in WWE.McCool originally worked as a middle school teacher in Palatka, Florida. She joined WWE in 2004 after participating in the 2004 WWE Diva Search. In her initial on-screen role, she acted...

, Candice Michelle
Candice Michelle
Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich better known as Candice Michelle or just Candice, is an American model, actress, and professional wrestler best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment....

 & Stephanie McMahon.

Music career

In 1999, Jacki teamed up with PoE Boy Entertainment to obtain a recording contract; in the process, she released her first mixtape, entitled The Official Bootlegg. It went on to sell over 70,000 copies and was downloaded over 200,000 times. Subsequently, she released her first music video, "Nookie", which became her biggest hit to date.

In 2004, Jacki-O was signed to TVT Records
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TVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and...

, whereupon she released another music video, "Fine", (featuring the Ying Yang Twins
Ying Yang Twins
The Ying Yang Twins is an Atlanta-based American crunk rap duo consisting of Kaine and D-Roc . The group debuted in 2000 and rose to mainstream popularity in 2003 collaborating with Lil Jon in his single "Get Low"...

), as well as two more singles, "Slow Down" and "Sugar Walls". Her debut album, Poe Little Rich Girl
Poe Little Rich Girl
Poe Little Rich Girl is the debut album by Jacki-O. The album was released on October 26, 2004, on Poe Boy/TVT Records. The album produced three official singles: "Fine" featuring Ying Yang Twins, "Sugar Walls" , and "Break You Off" featuring Jazze Pha...

, was released October 26, 2004, selling 11,181 in its first week. The next year, she filed for bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
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, reportedly to be released from her contract with TVT Records and Poe Boy Entertainment. In late 2006, Jacki-O released her second mixtape, entitled Free Agent.

Her next mixtape, released two years later in 2008, was entitled Jack-Da Rippa and featured the singles "I Got Yo Man", "3rd Eye", "Cool It Now" and "Queen Of The South". This led to a recording contract with her own label imprint Jackmove Ent. the next year, where she released Lil Red Riding Hood, featuring her newest single, "Baby Mama", as the lead-off track. Following this, she released a mixtape entitled BBBP (Bad Bitches Bang Pink).

In March 2010, Jacki-O announced that she is gearing up for the release of a new street album/mixtape, titled Griselda Blanco, which she plans to release digitally.

Business career

Jacki-O's first novel is called Grown & Gangsta (2008), an "urban tale". She is currently working on an autobiography called Relentless (est. 2010), in which she will "detail her life growing up in Miami, her rise to fame as a rapper, and her charity work with people with disabilities."

Discography

Album information
Poe Little Rich Girl
Poe Little Rich Girl
Poe Little Rich Girl is the debut album by Jacki-O. The album was released on October 26, 2004, on Poe Boy/TVT Records. The album produced three official singles: "Fine" featuring Ying Yang Twins, "Sugar Walls" , and "Break You Off" featuring Jazze Pha...

  • Released: October 26, 2004 on Poe Boy/TVT Records
  • US Album Chart position: #95
  • US R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart position: #12
  • US Independent Album Chart position: #5
  • US Rap Album Chart position: #6
  • Singles: "Nookie (Real Good)", "Fine", "Break You Off", "Slow Down"
Album information
Lil Red Riding Hood
  • Released: March 10, 2009 on Jack Move/Gracie/EMI
  • Chart position: #72
  • RIAA certification
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    :
  • Singles: "Baby Mama"

  • Mixtape information
    Official Bootlegg
    • Released: 2004 on Poe Boy
    • Singles: "Nookie (Real Good)"
    Mixtape information
    Free Agent
    Free agent
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  • Released: 2006 on Jack Move Entertainment
  • Singles: "Jacki” “Steal Yo Shit”
  • Mixtape information
    Jack-Da Rippa
  • Released: 2008 on Jack Move Entertainment
  • Singles: "Hood Girl” “I Got Yo Man” “Cool It Now”
  • Mixtape information
    Bad Bitches Bang Pink
  • Released: 2009 on Jack Move Entertainment
  • Singles: “My Dawg” “Hey Hey Hey” “Pussy Kat” “More Than 70 Bars”
  • Mixtape information
    Griselda Blanco, La Madrina
  • Released: 2010 on Jack Move Entertainment
  • Singles: "Love My Gangsta,” "Show You How It Go," "Good Day"

  • Year Song Top 100 Hot R&B
    Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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    Album
    2004 "Pussy (Real Good)" - - Poe Little Rich Girl
    "Fine" (featuring Ying Yang Twins
    Ying Yang Twins
    The Ying Yang Twins is an Atlanta-based American crunk rap duo consisting of Kaine and D-Roc . The group debuted in 2000 and rose to mainstream popularity in 2003 collaborating with Lil Jon in his single "Get Low"...

    )
    - 86
    2005 "Break You Off" - -
    "Slow Down" - 65
    2008 "Baby Mama" - - Lil Red Riding Hood
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