Rochelle Jordan is a Jamaican-British singer raised primarily in Toronto, Canada. Her music is known for its blend of alternative R&B, dance-pop, and house.
Record producer KLSH discovered Jordan through her YouTube videos in 2009.[2] The two collaborated on Jordan's first mixtape, Alien Phase, released in 2010.[2] This was followed by her 2011 mixtape Rojo[4] and 2012 mixtape Pressure.[5][6] Jordan released her debut album, 1021, in 2014.[7][8] She wrote and recorded the project in her bedroom after she moved to Los Angeles for her musical career.[1] Following the release of the album, she signed a record deal that she described as "toxic"[9] and fell into a "really intense depression" while continuing to deal with sickle cell anemia.[10][11] In the final year of the deal, she signed to Young Art, a label imprint run by record producer Tokimonsta.[3]
