Jelo Acosta

Angelo Acosta (born December 15, 2001) is a Filipino rapper, singer, songwriter, and occasional actor.[1][2][3] He joined the second season of The Voice Teens[4] where he was mentored by apl.de.ap.[4][5]

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Birth nameAngelo Acosta
Also known asjelo aco$ta
Born (2001-12-15) December 15, 2001
Quezon City, Philippines
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • commercial model
  • actor
Instruments
Years active2018–present
LabelsCurve Ent. (2019-2020)

Early and personal life

Acosta was born on December 15, 2001 in Quezon City, Philippines. He has a sibling named Lorraine; their father, who was a cop in Manila was murdered on his duty when they were at a young age and their mother Geraldina had to raise them on her own.[6][5][7]

Shortly after his father died, he began to record in a studio from time to time after being inspired by FlipTop Battle League emcees.[5] He transferred schools[6] because they would often move out to another apartment almost every year,[6] and was bullied initially.[8][5][9] In 2016, a fire broke at their neighbor's house in Navotas,[6] forcing them to move out again, this time back to his mother's relatives in Quezon City.[6][5][9]

Career

Career beginnings and The Voice Teens
Acosta posing for a photo with a fan in 2019. (cropped)

At age 13, he uploaded his first song on SoundCloud.[10] Struggling financially, he worked as an extra being paid "around 10 dollars a day" at age 15 to help his mom with expenses, while also saving money to go to the studio and for his school allowance.[5][9] He was persuaded to try going to VTR castings, and tested his luck on "every audition opportunity" for films, TV ads and reality shows and was "rejected for atleast one hundred times" prior to landing a role on a Grab commercial, and a few more mostly in cameo, including a film shown on Netflix.[2]

In 2018, Acosta began uploading music again under his birthname Angelo Acosta[3] beginning with a mixtape entitled "Swerte", it garnered 200,000 streams in less than a week but was deleted.[11][12]He was then discovered by "Curve Entertainment", a PARI-certified local label, who manages Ely Buendia[13] and kakie, and signed him to a one-year recording deal after he reached out to their landline & submitted demos.[2]

In 2020, Acosta participated in the blind auditions of the second season of The Voice Teens on his "sixth attempt on making the show" and sang Shanti Dope's hit "Nadarang" and managed to make Bamboo Mañalac and apl.de.ap turn. He picked the latter as his coach.[4] He got eliminated in the Battles after performing "Imposible" by KZ Tandingan with opponent CZ Baylosis, who emerged as the winner.[14] He became the first hip-hop artist to get into a coach's team and reach the Battles across all eight seasons of the local The Voice Philippines franchise.[15]

Influences

On a radio interview, Acosta said that he "grew up listening" to Gloc-9, Bruno Mars, and the Black Eyed Peas.[16][9] Acosta also mentioned Drake, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Post Malone, The Weeknd and late rappers, XXXTentacion, Mac Miller and Juice Wrld as his main musical influences.[9] Other artists Acosta has said inspired his work include Polo G, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, and Rex Orange County.[9]

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
Myx
"Just Like Manny P"
 2021 – TBA

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Film Production Notes
2019 Finding You Friend of Nel & Grace (Credited) Regal Films First film appearance
(also on Netflix)

Television
Year Title Network Role Notes
2017 It's Showtime ABS-CBN Sinong Nanay Mo? contestant First TV appearance
2018 Magandang Buhay Himself Guest (McDonald's/Coca Cola segment)
2018 Kadenang Ginto Ser Appeared on three episodes only[17]
2018 Since I Found You Adrian Brother of lead character Mona (Arci Muñoz)
2018 Home Sweetie Home Angry Customer Minor recurring role
2018 Imbestigador GMA Network Roy Episode: "July 21, 2018"; First lead role
2018 Pambansang Almusal Net 25 Himself Guest performer
2018 Letters And Music Himself Guest performer
2019 iJuander GMA News TV Himself Featured guest
2019 Imbestigador GMA Network Limuel Episode: "March 2, 2019"
2019 S.M.A.C. Pinoy Ito! IBC Channel 13 Himself Guest performer
2019 It's Showtime ABS-CBN Mr. Q and A Candidate Guest contestant & daily winner
2019 Wish Ko Lang! GMA Network JM Episode: "November 3, 2019"
2020 The Voice Teens ABS-CBN Teen Artist Under Team APL
2021 It's Showtime Himself Episode: "September 23, 2021"

Awards
Year Ceremony/Organization Award/Distinction Result
2019 Gintong AlabMultimedia KingWon[18]

See also

References
  1. "Meet Jelo Acosta, Pinoy Rap's Newest Prodigy". One Music PH.
  2. Ciar, Troy. "Ciar: Fast-rising OPM artists sa Curve Entertainment". sunstar.com.ph. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. "Angelo Acosta promotes 2 of his original rap songs "Swerte" & 'Abaniko" (NET25 LETTERS AND MUSIC)".
  4. "'The Voice Teens 2': Aspiring rapper charms Bamboo, Apl.de.ap with 'Nadarang'". ABS-CBN News.
  5. "Meet Jelo Acosta from Quezon City".
  6. "Showtime Online U". YouTube. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  7. "Geraldina Acosta, hinirang na ReiNanay of the day, It's Showtime". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  8. "Video on Facebook".
  9. Subaria, Abrah Ann. "ANGELO ACOSTA SA PINAS FM 95.5". pinasfm.com.
  10. "Angelo Acosta - Muling Umusad".
  11. "SIZZLING on Twitter".
  12. "Video on Facebook".
  13. "Ely Buendia ventures into acting, filmmaking". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  14. "Voice Teens 2: Team Apl's Jelo goes against CZ in battle round". ABS-CBN News.
  15. "Mga fans nagulantang JK biglang nagpaalam". Abante.
  16. "Jelo Acosta, Pinoy Rap's newest prodigy". www.manilatimes.net.
  17. "Kadenang Ginto Recap: Cassie and Marga get drunk in a party".
  18. "Post on Facebook".
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