this year's Best New Artist at the BET Awards, but her journey to the title was anything but smooth. ET spoke with the star on the red carpet of Sunday night's festivities where she opened up about her rise to fame after kicking off her career on the Disney Channel.
The 25-year-old made her breakthrough as a teen actress in the Disney Channel film and although the film was a hit, the star's career didn't have the rise that she'd hoped for.
In a YouTube live stream posted in September 2020 that went viral amongst her fans, Jones openly shared that the initially proposed sequel for the film fell through and claimed she didn't receive the same support as her fellow Disney Channel stars despite her immense talent.But the singer saw a change in opportunities after she made a 2021 appearance on the YouTube web series, , hosted by Terrell Grice.
Soon after, Jones landed her starring roles as Hilary Banks in, the spin-off of the hit '90 TV series, leading her own YouTube web series , alongside co-host Grice, and dropping her fifth EP What I Didn't Tell You.«It's really a success for all of us,» Jones tells ET's Kevin Fraizer on the red carpet with her mother and sister as her guests. «This is [my sister]'s first time seeing me perform since I was literally 17… I hope I win something for them.»Reflecting on her journey, Jones says, «It's honestly humbling, and I hope that I forever stay this humble because I really do feel like just a regular girl from the middle of nowhere in Tennessee who fought for her dreams and I will always fight for my dreams.
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