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

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7 Responses

  1. bablah says:

    Benzino has a page on the site:
    https://ethnicelebs.com/benzino

  2. madman says:

    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

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