Today we’d like to introduce you to Queen CoCo.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I must say that I fell in love with music at a young age of about seven or eight while attending several family gatherings. I knew then that music was magical because of how others responded to it with their favorite dance along with shouting their favorite lines of the song across the room. However, I really did not start deejaying until my late teens early young adult years. I was afforded an opportunity by my youth pastor several years ago to deejay for a local television show called Stir It Up which was like the gospel version of 106 & Park. I was a nervous teenager who did not know anything about deejaying, but I researched and watched another legendary deejay that was also featured on the show. He showed me how to use a mixer along with his technics 1200’s in between show breaks and behind the scenes. The show lasted a few short years and my deejaying went silent as well. It was not until the year of 2013 that I decided I’ll get back to deejaying and pursue it wholeheartedly. From the year of 2013 until now, I have been blessed to be able to travel and deejay for some amazing clubs, artists, along with deejaying at The Mall of Georgia, Emory University, TuneCore, A3C, ASCAP, Apache, and several mega churches here in the U.S just to name a few. My journey as I like to tell people is only beginning and it is only forward movement from here.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
To be honest the journey has not been easy especially if you are doing it on your own. I have a few mentors/friends now that I can call and ask questions on how to go about doing this and doing that. I can remember trying to juggle being a full-time employee, full-time college student, and deejaying all at the same time. There were many nights I would leave work head home to do homework or head to school, and then head out to deejay an indie artist showcase where I did that for two years making hardly without money and getting no sleep. I also feel that being a female deejay people do not take you seriously, so you have to be ten times greater than the average male deejay because you will not get any sympathy or slack.
Please tell us more about your work, what you are currently focused on and most proud of.
I am a female deejay who specializes in being your one stop shop for all things entertainment for corporate events, private parties, school events, weddings, and more.
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
I personally define success as being able to see the results of the hard work that I have put in working towards my dreams and as long as I keep moving in the right direction I feel successful.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.iamqueencoco.com
- Phone: 347-559-0887
- Email: info@iamqueencoco.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamqueencoco/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IamQueenCoCo
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAmQueenCoCo
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