{"id":69514,"date":"2024-01-18T22:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/coco-jones-nails-mariah-careys-whistle-tone-with-her-impersonation\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T22:55:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:55:06","slug":"coco-jones-nails-mariah-careys-whistle-tone-with-her-impersonation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/coco-jones-nails-mariah-careys-whistle-tone-with-her-impersonation\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Jones Nails Mariah Carey&#8217;s Whistle Tone With Her Impersonation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/coco-jones\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coco Jones<\/a><span>\u00a0is a woman of many talents, and her knack for spot-on celebrity impressions is always fun to watch! The\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Bel-Air<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0star appeared on Thursday&#8217;s episode of\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Sherri<\/span><\/em><span>, where she showed how her powerhouse vocals can lend to some impressive impersonations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;What I love about you is that you&#8217;re so multifaceted &#8212; you do so many things,&#8221; host Sherri Shepherd began the segment. &#8220;I did not know you do impressions of celebrities and you have millions of views online because of your impressions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The host convinced Jones, 26, to play what she calls &#8220;Celebrity Spin,&#8221; a game in which two wheels spin on a screen and land on a pop star and a random scenario that the guests have to perform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fans of Jones are already hip to the singer&#8217;s talent with impersonations; she often breaks out into them on\u00a0<\/span><a data-component=\"link\" data-ordinal=\"1\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cocojones?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a><span>, and has gone viral for her impressions while appearing on the online show she hosts with YouTube personality Terrell Grice,\u00a0<\/span><a data-component=\"link\" data-ordinal=\"2\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1J14qp5XoWQ&amp;list=PLaFwlt6dTPJXA5HGsb0E9jt-GASXm1o5T\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>T and Coco<\/em><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So it&#8217;s no surprise that Jones&#8217; impressions of Britney Spears and Rihanna had Shepherd and the audience laughing. She even gave a little run as the latter on a rollercoaster, singing, &#8220;Hell nah \/ Hell nah \/ Stop the ride \/ Stop the ride,&#8221; in the &#8220;Work&#8221; singer&#8217;s Barbadian accent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But it was her impersonation of Mariah Carey that really got the crowd in an uproar. Jones even nailed the pop diva&#8217;s whistle tone and left the host stunned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Let me channel her,&#8221; the &#8220;ICU&#8221; singer said after the wheels landed on Carey and &#8220;on the phone with DJ Suss One,&#8221; the show&#8217;s resident DJ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Hey Mr. DJ are you going to play my favorite song,&#8221; the singer-songwriter crooned before\u00a0breaking out into a high-pitched vocal run and imitating Carey&#8217;s infamous hand movements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Although Jones started to laugh at herself, DJ Suss One, Shepherd and the crowd broke out into applause at her stellar imitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The singer has been on a rollercoaster herself! Since she released\u00a0her EP,\u00a0<\/span><em><span>What I Didn\u2019t Tell You<\/span><\/em><span>, in 2022, the singer has\u00a0earned the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/2023-bet-awards-the-complete-winners-list-206905\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best New Artist<\/a><span>\u00a0title at the 2023\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.com\/bet-awards\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"2021 BET Awards\" rel=\"noopener\">BET Awards<\/a><span>\u00a0and earned\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/2024-grammy-nominations-see-the-full-list-214507\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five GRAMMY Award nominations<\/a><span>, including Best R&amp;B Performance,\u00a0Best Traditional R&amp;B Performance,\u00a0Best R&amp;B Song and\u00a0Best R&amp;B Album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/coco-jones-reacts-to-5-grammy-nominations-at-2023-soul-train-music-awards-exclusive-215211\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talking with ET from the red carpet<\/a><span> of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/event\/bet-soul-train-awards\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2023 Soul Train Awards<\/a><span>, Jones said she could not be more thankful and blessed for her nominations. &#8220;I have worked a really long time and I think when it rains, it pours,&#8221; she said. &#8220;When God says it&#8217;s your time, he means it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jones was also honored in the elite and elusive Best New Artist category. She is nominated alongside newcomers like\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/ice-spice\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ice Spice<\/a><span>, Noah Kahan,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/victoria-monet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Monet<\/a><span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/jelly-roll\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jelly Roll<\/a><span>.\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m just so grateful,&#8221; Jones continued, adding that she has already started to think about what she will wear to the GRAMMYS, which airs on Feb. 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Truthfully, I&#8217;m just on cloud nine still,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to like catch my breath and remind myself that I&#8217;m not only going to be there &#8212; which is going to be amazing &#8212; but I&#8217;m nominated there.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I pray I leave there with something because that is the ultimate, ultimate accolade,&#8221; Jones told ET.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/coco-jones-nails-impressive-whistle-tone-with-her-mariah-carey-impression-218259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Jones\u00a0is a woman of many talents, and her knack for spot-on celebrity impressions is always fun to watch! The\u00a0Bel-Air\u00a0star appeared on Thursday&#8217;s episode of\u00a0Sherri, where she showed how her powerhouse vocals can lend to some impressive impersonations. &#8220;What I love about you is that you&#8217;re so multifaceted &#8212; you do so many things,&#8221; host [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2559,174,254,21,20,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-69514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-coco-jones","9":"tag-entertainment-tonight","10":"tag-mariah-carey","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sherri-shepherd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}