According to Chanel West Coast's official website, the LA native has been "surrounded by music her entire life." Spending most of her childhood between Los Angeles with her mom and New York with her dad, whom she watched DJ in nightclubs at the tender age of 8, West Coast was destined for the recording studio from a young age. "I've always been around music, and I knew it's what I'd do for the rest of my life," West Coast says on her website. "I didn't have a choice."
Despite being known as the charismatic MTV host, West Coast's drive has always come from her music, taking singing and dancing lessons in the process, immersing herself in the world of hip-hop as she pushed forward to follow her dreams as a youngster. "My biggest influence is Tupac," West Coast told Vibe in 2013, shortly after she was signed to Young Money records. "He was a poet, and listening to Tupac is what inspired me to start rapping."
West Coast confirmed on her Instagram that she was "performing my little a** off preparing for my future" from an early age. "Never give up on your dreams ever!" she added. "You may take your first head shots at 5 years old and see your first acting role at 35! Who knows?"
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