āEarn Yo Sleepā is the motto Grammy Winning singer-songwriter, Cocoa Sarai lives by. Raised in a musical family, she has worked with Grammy Award-winning artists such as Dr. Dre, Anderson .Paak and Busta Rhymes and lending her song-writing skills to televisionās Academy Award-winning director Lee Daniels and more recently Tiffany Haddish, has been performing since the age of two. Inspired by her West Indian heritage, her church roots and her love for hip-hop, the Brooklyn, NY-bred, Jamaican-American songstress with three independent albums under her belt is establishing herself as a creative force to take note of.
After relocating to Los Angeles in 2018, Cocoa began working with producer and mogul Dr. Dreās Aftermath Records, where she metAnderson .Paak. Building off of their creative chemistry, Cocoa eventually contributed to 8 of the 14 Songs on his 2018 album OXNARD and even dropped a rap verse on the Dr. Dre-feat. "Mansa Musa" āIt was fun,ā says the former contestant.