Coco Jones Marries Donovan Mitchell: 'Meant to Be'
Singer Coco Jones and Cleveland guard Donovan Mitchell married Saturday night. Their first dance was to Musiq Soulchild, with guests including Ciara, Russell Wilson and three NBA players.
Singer and actress Coco Jones married basketball player Donovan Mitchell on Saturday night, August 1, though the first footage from the reception did not surface online until the next day, and only from guests’ phones. The bride wore a wedding gown with a long veil, the groom a cream colored tuxedo. The ceremony was attended by a close circle of family and friends.
The guest list shows how much their two worlds overlap. Basketball players Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson and Bam Adebayo were there, along with singer Ciara and former NFL quarterback Russell Wilson. Mitchell, who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, enters the new NBA season a married man.
The date was no accident. August is the only stretch of the year when active NBA players have neither games nor training camp, making it the one window when this many names from the court can be gathered in one place.
The First Dance and the Video Going Viral
For their first dance, the couple chose “Love” by Musiq Soulchild instead of the usual wedding staples. A guest filmed the moment, and the clip spread across social media within hours.
In a second video, Mitchell sings Fantasia’s “When I See U” to his bride. Both sports and music accounts picked up the clip, since a basketball player singing at his own wedding is not an everyday sight. Official photos from the ceremony have not been released yet, so everything known about that night comes from footage shot by guests.
How Did They Meet?
Mitchell first reached out on Instagram years before they actually met. His sneaker line had partnered with the series “Bel-Air,” in which Coco Jones plays Hilary Banks, and that is how he learned about her. She never saw the message he sent.
They met in person later, at an event for creatives where phones were banned. She spoke about it in an earlier interview with Complex.
“That’s how you know it’s bigger than us. That’s God. It was meant to be.”
She also said it was better that she never saw the message, since it would have swayed her at the time. She confirmed the relationship in 2024 on the Club Shay Shay podcast, after months of rumors.
A Year of Validation for Both
The wedding arrives at what has been the best stretch yet for both of them. After her debut album “Why Not More?,” Coco Jones performed at the Super Bowl and picked up two Grammy nominations this year. She has held a statuette since 2024, for her R&B performance on “ICU.”
Mitchell signed a contract extension with Cleveland this summer worth $273 million, keeping him with the club through 2031. The couple had kept their relationship out of the public eye, and at this year’s Grammys she said she wanted a wedding that would be “truly intimate, truly special,” with the day belonging to her rather than to the public.
Their timeline looks like this:
- 2023, they start dating
- 2024, she confirms the relationship on the Club Shay Shay podcast
- July 2025, engagement, with the proposal video set to her song “You”
- August 1, 2026, wedding
Thirteen months passed between the engagement and the wedding, and about three years from the start of the relationship to the altar.
Mitchell had spoken about her before, at the Cavaliers’ media day, after following her on the “Why Not More?” tour.
“She’s a special person. It shows in her work, and being able to call her my fiancee, my wife, is a blessing. I’m grateful.”
Neither the singer nor the basketball player has posted a single photo from the wedding on their own accounts. Everything that has come out so far was filmed by guests, from the dance floor and the hall, with official shots still expected.
