DJ Cocoa Chanelle

In 2018 Cocoa made history by headlining at Times Square Arena in South Africa, becoming the first American female DJ to do so. Additionally, she DJ'd for Wutang Clan legend Ghostface Killah, and in 2019 became the official touring DJ for the legendary female rap group Salt N Pepa.

In 1998, KRS-ONE wrote a song about Cocoa titled THIS DJ acknowledging her talent as a DJ. In 2009, Hip Hop legend Rakim requested for Cocoa to write, recorded and produced a hook for his single titled Euphoria featuring Cocoa alongside Jadakiss, Styles P, and Busta Rhymes.

At a young age, Cocoa entered local talent shows rapping and Djing. By age 16, while visiting family, Cocoa was asked by Houston, Texas legend DJ Walter D to make a guest DJ appearance on the popular radio station Magic 102. It is believed that this is the first time in Hip Hop history that a female DJ was heard scratching and mixing on the radio. Immediately following high school graduation, Cocoa began her DJ career on a professional level in her hometown New York City as the DJ for hip-hop duo Kings of Swing who signed with First Priority Music and Virgin Records in the early 1990s,. Her big break came when she landed a weekly spot on BET's teen talk show Teen Summit as the first-ever BET resident DJ, a spot she held for over six years. She has also worked on MTV's Spring Break. and made several guest appearances on BET's Rap City and 106 & Park.