By YouTube’s “Aritst on the Rise” shares her story in a new feature where Leray also talks about bossing up in a male-dominated industry.
To accompany the recognition, YouTube featured Leray in a mini-documentary where she discusses her career and development as an artist. She told the platform that her entire family is lovers of music and even revealed that her mother “liked trap music from the day I was born.”
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“My mom also loved Caribbean music and Jamaican music,” Leray added. “My mom used to go in the car just to listen. What I admire is she’s strong, she’s confident, and she don’t let nobody tell her nothing; she’s dominant, she’s an alpha female, so that’s why I’m an alpha female. I’m dominant, I’m confident.”
“As a young female, a Black female artist in this industry…it’s tough. It’s a male-dominant industry and a lot of guys will make you feel like, ‘Girl, you gon’ listen to me.’ No, you gon’ listen to me! When I get up in the morning, I do what I do. So, you not gonna tell me who I am.”
Check out more from Coi Leray and her feature with YouTube’s “Artist on the Rise” below.
