Coco Peila

Coco Peila is a multi-hyphenate Hip Hop Artist (Emcee/Singer/Songwriter/Record Producer) and THE Music Midwife™ (like a songwriting coach but better) known for creating music that moves the culture forward and helping world-class artists birth their most precious, purpose-driven songs. Her work has been featured by The Kennedy Center, BUST Mag, Stanford, Yale, the International Museum of Women, and the Museum of the African Diaspora, on Elton John’s Rocket Hour and Hip Hop historian Davey D’s “Artist to Watch” list. She’s worked with Grammy-winning artists and rocked legendary venues—including The Hollywood Bowl, Stern Grove, and Teatro Nacional de Guatemala—sharing stages with Ledisi, The Pharcyde, Slum Village, and even President Obama. A cultural organizer & strategist, Coco wields Hip Hop as a weapon for joy, resistance, and power. She’s guest-taught Hip Hop Songwriting & Activism at UC Berkeley and SF State, wrote and produced a Hip Hop & Climate Justice EP for the national climate organizing project Creative Wildfire, and was selected by Women’s Earth Alliance for her visionary work as Director of Hip Hop & Climate Justice at Youth Vs. Apocalypse. Her latest project, the TRIGGER WARNING mixtape dropped April 2026. The limited edition cassette tape features 8 tracks off the her forthcoming album Confessions of a Black Feminist Rapper pt 2: TRIGGER WARNING (December 2026). Go to COCOPEILA.COM/CASSETTE to scoop 1 of 50 copies worldwide. There are 31 left.