Coi Leray
Leray in 2019, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 11, 1997
Ethnicity:
*father – Puerto Rican, Cape Verdean
*mother – African-American
Coi Leray, full name Coi Leray Collins, is an American rapper and singer. She is known for the songs “Huddy,” “No More Parties,” “Blick Blick,” and “Players.”
She is the daughter of rapper and media mogul Benzino (born Raymond Leon Scott). Her mother is pictured here. She was raised in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Coi’s paternal grandfather was named Edward DeJesus.
Coi’s paternal grandmother was Mary A. “Kinky” Timas (the daughter of Manuel Lopes Fontes and Ella Barros). Mary was born in Carver, Massachusetts. Ella was the daughter of Joseph Barros and Catherine Pires.
Sources: https://www.youtube.com
Obituary of Coi’s paternal grandmother, Mary A. “Kinky” Timas Scott – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Coi’s paternal great-great-uncle (great-grandmother’s brother) – https://www.legacy.com
Benzino has a page on the site:
https://ethnicelebs.com/benzino
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/mary-scott-obituary?id=18734301
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/wickedlocal-plymouth/name/august-barros-obituary?id=7490092
Coi’s paternal grandfather was Edward DeJesus.
Coi’s paternal grandmother was Mary A. “Kinky” (the daughter of Ella Barros). Ella was the daughter of Joseph Barros and Catherine Pires.
I’m not sure what the name of her grandmother’s father is. In her obituary, her name is “Mary A. (Timas)” but it also says she is the daughter of “Manuel Lopes Fontes and Ella (Barros) Timas”. So I don’t know if she was the daughter of Manuel Lopes Fontes or a man with the surname Timas.
In the obituary of her sister (who is only three years older than her), it says that her parents were Manuel Fontes and Ella (Barros) Fontes.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonherald/name/frances-gainey-obituary?id=16329021
https://twitter.com/coi_leray/status/1296527835109060608?s=21
Her mom is African American.
How do you know if she’s just African American? She looks like she could be mixed too
Because she said it lol https://youtu.be/66whk4VoCZY
Oh okay, I don’t know follow or much about her lol, the way this site says her mom is only “part African” in the info made me think she was the Cape Verdean parent
It’s cool! The info section is a little confusing lol