Many people are familiar with the voice and name Jenelle “J Angel” De Leon. The former Arima radio personality, singer and songwriter is returning to the music industry after an almost four-year break.
Her focus is all on positivity. Come next year, she also plans to have a soca song offering her positive contribution to the Carnival period.
She also recently released two singles, Strap and Friend Killa, sharing her brand of positive local dancehall music.
Although strap is often used to refer to having a gun, in her song, J Angel sings that she is strapped with her bible on her desk.
She is not only focused on music but also has several business ventures she is working on. One of them is her brand of coconut water, Just Ah Vibe, currently on supermarket shelves across the country.
[caption id="attachment_982853" align="alignnone" width="768"] J Angel launched her own brand of coconut water called Just Ah Vibe. It is now on several supermerket shelves across TT. -[/caption]
She began selling the product out of the trunk of her car, at car parks of various supermarkets, before she got it on the shelves. This was also during the height of the pandemic.
J Angel spent about a decade on Slam 100.5 FM and resigned in 2018.
“I decided I wanted to work for myself. It is not that I cut off working for media entirely but I really wanted to pursue being an entrepreneur and focusing a bit more on the music.
“I had a really good run and I told myself even though radio is my foundation and start-up in terms of entertainment, I always wanted to have my own,” she said.
Coming from a business-oriented family made her drive to do this even stronger.
It was not easy making the transition from radio to entrepreneurship, especially navigating through the pandemic.
Even before covid19 it was challenging but she managed to go back to school and become a licensed cosmetologist as well.
[caption id="attachment_982854" align="alignnone" width="819"] Former radio personality Jenelle "J Angel" De Leon is an independent artiste and launched two new songs called Strap and Friend Killa. She will also have a new release come Carnival 2023. -[/caption]
While she sees nothing wrong with someone being employed, she thinks that the company will always belong to the employer.
“Working for someone, that was someone’s dream and they built their dream but what about my dream?”
She is currently an independent artiste, managing herself and while this presents with its own unique set of challenges, it gives J Angel ownership over what she creates and releases.
She has many business ideas for the future but knows that it will take some time as each venture requires a budget.
For her, there is no blueprint to success and everyone’s path is different.
She plans to release her first album next year.
“People are now getting to understand me as an entertainer, singer and songwriter. My audience is now getting the chance to feel me out and hear me out.”
Before her latest releases, J Angel had songs like 2013’s Wine Up.
