Smart and Beautiful: Jazzmine Jackson

by Mankine in People, June 13, 2011

Model turned athlete, turned singer- Mrs. Jazzmine.

Jazzmine Jackson

Meet this Pasadena-born songstress that spent years as a model, sang behind will.i.am at Barack Obama’s inauguration and seeks to get her career going with her R&B duo The Jazzmins. It’s no secret that Los Angeles has plenty of beautiful women and many of them are either aspiring or established actresses or models. After all, it’s Hollywood. Whereas they would usually be found in upscale Hollywood clubs, that’s not the case any more. With the L.A. Hip Hop scene as effervescent as ever these days, many dimes have gravitated towards parties where the likes of Pac Div, U-N-I and Dom Kennedy perform or hang out. Jazzmine, who modeled as a child, is a singer who is just now getting back into modeling. As her pictures will attest, she’s definitely a beauty. Add in the fact that the early twenty-something, who was raised in San Gabriel Valley and currently calls the city of San Dimas – of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure fame – home, ran track in college and sings, she definitely qualifies as a beauty with brains.

Jazzine recently got back into modeling and did a shoot with Brass Photography and a t-shirt line with Pistol Etiquette, besides modeling Jazzmine simply describes herself as a natural born singer. “I’ve been a part of all of the choirs since I was a kid. I’m a member of AGAPE international spiritual center. I’ve sung there for years. They have an international choir and a joy ensemble. We did a lot of stuff for the inauguration, we sang behind will.i.am on Oprah and Larry King [Live], the Neighborhood Ball & a bunch of different balls around there in [Washington] D.C. last year. But as far as me, I’m just working with a bunch of different producers for my EP, Jazmin and I are a group, she produces and I sing, we’re called ‘The Jazzmins’. We’re working on that to come out sometime later this year.”