We had the good fortune of connecting with Jelani Jones and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Jelani, other than deciding to work for yourself, what was the single most important decision you made that contributed to your success?
Being a teen mother made me the person I am today. I believe if I didn’t keep my kids at the age I was when I had them my life would have been much different and difficult at that time I was off the chain.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I want everyone one to know about me I beat statistics. I was teen mom at 16
I was a foster kid
I was molested in foster care multiple times
I have abused drugs
I was a domestic violence victim
My mom was on drugs and alcohol
My dad used to beat my mom
I graduated high school at 16
I own a mini market with my husband
I have 4 kids by my high school boyfriend
I have 3 kids with my husband and we raise his daughter together as well my kids and our babies total of 8 as one
We own a tax company
We own are on Label we started together and I’m our artist
2lani CPT
We went from working jobs to owning buisnesses we been married 9 years are 10 year is coming up
What sets me apart from others is that I made through my trials and I continue to push myself daily to be better and to make something and have something out of life

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I would eat at all you can eat buffet places so we can enjoy varieties of food. Like a Golden Corrals

I would visit a skating places to have fun enjoy music and exercise at same time!
Skate place in fountain valley

I would take them out to a nice bar for drinks and appetizers and to watch a good show. In Hollywood somewhere

I would go have a pampered day of body massages and pedicures in Santa Monica and do some shopping.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My husband is my MVP without him nothing I have would have not been possible

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