Her career in entertainment began early - at the age of 15 she was nominated for a Youth In Film Award for her portrayal. Among the best of the crop of female urban singers to emerge in the mid-90s, Brandy soon established herself as a multi-media star. In March 2011, Aiko made her return to music with the release of her first full-length project, a mixtape titled Sailing Soul(s). Brandy Norwood, 11 February 1979, McComb, Mississippi, USA. It was used as a marketing tool, suggested by Sony and Epic Records, to promote Aiko through B2K and attract an audience. At the time, she was known as B2K member Lil' Fizz's "cousin", though she is not actually related to him. Post-Sony, Aiko independently released her first mixtape, 2011’s Sailing Soul(s) after it met with a raft of positive reviews, she met with American record producer and vice president of A&R at Def Jam, No ID, who signed her to his Artium Records imprint, through Def Jam.
Aiko embarked on her music career contributing vocals and appearing in several music videos for R&B group B2K. Hennessy who is featured on the EP as well. Jhene also has a rapping alter-ego named J. Sail Out consists of six new songs and features appearances by Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar.