<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4MsZPq_0wCMHv2F00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4MsZPq_0wCMHv2F00" width="500" height="500" ><p>Jalesa Jessie, aka Chief Cleopatra, grew up in Corsicana, a relatively small city in East Texas. She grew up playing piano and was part of her high school marching band’s drumline before relocating to Austin in 2012 to pursue music. On Saturday, October 5, I sat down with Cleo ahead of her performance on Sunday morning.</p><p>You can catch her next at The Far Out Lounge on October 19 at the Taste of Texas Hemp Cup.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GNSTYturi7k?feature=oembed" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0NzFY9_0wCMHv2F00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0NzFY9_0wCMHv2F00" width="1536" height="2048" ></figure></div></body>

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Making Friends with Chief Cleopatra

Jalesa Jessie, aka Chief Cleopatra, grew up in Corsicana, a relatively small city in East Texas. She grew up playing piano and was part of her high school marching band’s drumline before relocating to Austin in 2012 to pursue music. On Saturday, October 5, I sat down with Cleo ahead of her performance on Sunday morning.