I had my little call sheet and I said, “Hi, I’m calling from Farmer’s Insurance.” Then I talked super fast before they hung up. I was 14 and I worked at home and I called people. Then I worked for Farmer’s Life Insurance. I worked at Stylez, an urban clothing store. I worked at a concession stand at a bowling alley. Being around someone sick, you know, you have to take care of things and be there for them and go to school. I would have gotten to experience life there a little more. I miss my friends because I didn’t want to move out here. I picked up the accent my peers were using. I wanted to be like everyone else because I was different. Allo and I chatted up about Cameroon, caring for a sick parent in high school and her career.Ĭocoa Fly: You’re from Cameroon but I don’t hear an accent.Īndy Allo: When I moved here I wanted to fit in. But when it’s time to talk business, she gets serious. Her mother is a white American and her father, whom she’s named after, is a black African. She moved to Sacramento, Calif from Cameroon nine years ago. Her model frame was working a fitted black leather jacket and sparkly scarf. She greeted me with a bright smile and halo of hair. I met up with Allo at a Starbucks in Hollywood. Allo’s album was born in the same studio where Tony! Toni! Tone! created some of their hits. Nothing but studio-quality sounds on UnFresh. And don’t think her album sounds like something recorded in her mama’s garage.
Allo financed the independent project on her own when she was 21. Only 22, the Cameroonian-born model and actress now has singer, songwriter and executive producer to her long list of talents. Or as she likes to call it, alter-hip-soul. Allo shares her stories of life and love through a passionate blend of hip hop, neo-soul and alternative. Her sweet and soulful voice is candy to the ears. Allo makes an impressive musical debut with her album UnFresh. But what she definitely has me sold on is her music. But you’ve definitely seen her pretty face and funky afro on such ads as the U.S Post Office, and Toyota.
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