At the age of nine, Villegas appeared in a commercial for the animated featureThe Land Before Time IX. and her first professional singing performance at age 11, performing the national anthem at a Los Angeles Clippers game. Later that year, she signed a record contract with Damon Dash and worked extensively on a debut that was slated to feature collaborations from label-mate and former Missy Elliott protégée, Nicole Wray. When she was 16, she then signed with Sony Music, and appeared in Justin Bieber's music video for his single "Baby", as his love interest in the video. She later joined Bieber on the second part of his My World Tour as well as at the Kids' Choice Awards. She also appeared in the Sean Kingston and Bieber music video for Eenie Meenie. Villegas has also written with musician Nick Jonas. In 2013, Villegas signed with Interscope Records., appearing alongside American rapper Becky G, on the cover of Latina magazine's February 2014 issue. Her single, "That's Me Right There" featuring Kendrick Lamar debuted August 5, 2014 and rose to No. 39 on the Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart. Her debut EP was released on November 10, of that year. On March 11, 2015, Villegas released a new single called "One Night" featuring Problem and Jeremih. The song samples "Kiss Of Life" by Sade. On May 3, 2015, Villegas released the first installment in her songbook series, co-written with R.W. Thomas. On June 8, 2015, Jasmine released a Spanish single titled "Renegades".
Personal life
Villegas is of Filipino and Mexican descent. She has 3 brothers, Robert Villegas, Jream Andrew Sablan, and Justin Villegas. Her parents separated when she was a young girl. Her grandmother, Sofia Vales, was the one who got her started into modeling at the young age of 6. Jasmine started out doing beauty pageant contests. On November 2, 2015, Villegas announced via Twitter that she was expecting her first child with YouTuber Ronnie Banks. The pair started dating in 2014. Three months later, she gave birth to a daughter, Ameera Reign Eloise Hackett, on February 19, 2016. Jasmine and Ronnie officially broke up in 2017 after an on-off relationship. In 2019, she started dating Omar Amin and revealed on March 2020 she was expecting his child. On 15 May 2020 she gave birth to a baby boy, Zayne Omar Amin.
