Early life
Chanel was born in Los Angeles, California. Growing up, she spent her time living between North Hollywood, Los Angeles, North Hollywood with her mother ("Penny Porsche") and New York City with her father, Jamie Dudley, a DJ in New York City, who took Chanel to nightclubs as a child. Chanel took singing and dancing lessons at a young age. She began listening to rap music at eleven years old and began rapping at 14, citing "How Do U Want It" by Tupac Shakur as the song that inspired her to start rapping. Her father is of Russian Jewish descent. Chanel attended William Howard Taft Charter High School, Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Woodland Hills for two years before homeschooling until graduation.Television career
Chanel was introduced to television personality Rob Dyrdek through mutual friends in 2008, Shortly afterwards, Dyrdek offered Chanel a position as his receptionist while he was appearing on the MTV reality series ''Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory''. The series was later renewed for a second season by MTV. The third season of the series premiered in 2011, and featured a total of twelve episodes; The fourth season began airing in 2011. That same year, Chanel appeared as Sheila in an episode of the MTV series ''The Hard Times of RJ Berger'', marking her acting debut. She later became a main cast member on the series ''Ridiculousness (TV series), Ridiculousness'', in which West Coast, along with Dyrdek and Steelo Brim, Sterling "Steelo" Brim, review online internet videos. In 2012, Chanel appeared in both the fifth season of ''Fantasy Factory'' and the second season of ''Ridiculousness''. That same year she began to voice the character of Flipz in the animated series ''Wild Grinders''. West Coast continued to voice the character into 2013, when she also appeared on the third season of ''Ridiculousness''. The sixth season of ''Fantasy Factory'' was announced in 2013, and the fourth season of ''Ridiculousness'' premiered on January 2, 2014. In 2017, Chanel joined the supporting cast of ''Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood (season 4), Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood'' for season four and made ten appearances. However, she did not return to the following season four's reunion special.Music career
Chanel began recording music in 2009, and began collaborating with numerous artists. That year, she recorded the song "Melting Like Ice Cream" featuring Girlicious, Tiffanie Anderson. She later appeared in the Planet Hollywood song "PHAMOUS", collaborating with Midi Mafia on the project. In 2011, Chanel confirmed she had signed with Polow Da Don on his record label Zone 4 (record label), Zone 4, though she later left the label without releasing any material. During this time, Chanel began releasing her own material for free download online, later recording a music video for the song "I Love Money". Lil Wayne signed Chanel to his label Young Money Entertainment in 2012. She went on to release her mixtape ''Now You Know (mixtape), Now You Know'' in 2013 featuring Snoop Dogg, French Montana, Ty Dolla $ign, Robin Thicke and Honey Cocaine. Riley Sky of ''Dropkick Divas Media'' gave the mixtape a grade of B−, saying "Now You Know accomplishes [the] mission" of "[selling] Chanel as an independent woman, its hip-hop-inspired vibe makes "Now You Know" fiercely individual". Chanel promoted her mixtape by going on two headlining tours; the Punch Drunk Love Tour and the Now You Know Tour. She also released a music video for "Been On", featuring French Montana. She released her second mixtape ''WAVES'', featuring YG (rapper), YG and B-Real, in August 2015.2014–present: Debut studio album
In 2014, West Coast confirmed that she had begun recording her debut studio album set to be released in 2016, which was originally projected to drop in 2014. The first single, called "Blueberry Chills" featuring Honey Cocaine was released on January 15, 2014. The second single off the album, "New Feeling" was released on January 29. The third single off the album, "Miles and Miles" was released on October 29, which features West Coast providing vocals for the first time. In 2015, West Coast released a new song that was featured on Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory called "Bass In The Trunk". In 2018, West Coast released a song titled "Nobody." On August 23, 2019, Chanel released her Single "I Be Like" Featuring Dax, after performing to the public 2 years before the releasing date. Then The Song Is remixed by the Armenian Music Producer "Harout Zadikian" on November 23, 2020, in Bass House Genre. On October 23, 2020, Chanel West Coast released her debut studio album ''America's Sweetheart'' after delaying it for 4 years as a "surprise album."Other ventures
In 2009, Chanel helped create a clothing line named Valleywood. By 2019, she also released another clothing line named LOL CARTEL. In 2018, Chanel curated the Chanel West Coast collection of smoking supplies for the cannabis subscription box company Daily High Club.Personal life
On June 2, 2022, Chanel announced that she was expecting her first child. On June 19, 2022, Chanel announced that she is expecting a girl. On November 2, 2022 at 10:22 AM, Chanel gave birth to "Bowie Breeze Fenison" via a Caesarean section, C-section.Filmography
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Singles
As lead singer
* 2016: "Bad Things" * 2016: "Bass In The Trunk" * 2016: "Been On" (feat. French Montana) * 2016: "Blueberry Chills" (feat. Honey C) * 2016: "C'est la vie" * 2016: "Creepin" * 2016: "Holiday" * 2016: "I Love Money" * 2016: "Miles And Miles" * 2016: "Own World" * 2016: "Quicksand" * 2016: "Notice" * 2016: "Countin" * 2017: "New Bae" (feat. Safaree Samuels, Safaree) * 2017: "Everywhere We Go" * 2018: "Nobody" * 2018: "Have It" * 2019: "The Middle" * 2019: "Sharon Stoned" * 2019: "Old Fashioned" (feat. Nessly) * 2019: "I Be Like" (feat. Dax (rapper), Dax) * 2019: "Anchors" * 2020: "Black Roses" * 2020: "No Plans" * 2020: "West Coast Christmas" * 2020: "40 Yard Dash"As featured artist
* 2015: "If You Didn't" (with Rich Homie Quan, T.I.) * 2016: "Project X" (with Frenchie (rapper), Frenchie) * 2017: "Ain't My Fault" (with JildyT) * 2018: "Flex on a Bih" (with Bpace) * 2019: "Butter" (with Grizz Lee) * 2020: "Secure the Bag" (with Anaya Lovenote, Ying Yang Twins) * 2020: "Twerk Train" [with Too Short, Too $hort / including a remix version] * 2021: "Yea Yea Yea" (with Minus Gravity)References
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