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Harlem, New York NY, United States (1997 – present)

Kelis Rogers-Jones (born Kelis Rogers on August 21, 1979), is known simply by her first name Kelis (pronounced Kuh-lees). Her name is an amalgamation of her parents’ first names, her black father Kenneth and Chinese-Puerto Rican mother Eveliss. Growing up in Middle Class Harlem, New York Kelis’ childhood was not a deprived one. But she was not without problems, after her parents realised they could not cope with her unruly behaviour (Kelis shaved all her hair off at age 13, soon afterwards dyeing the regrowth the colors of the rainbow), Kelis moved out of the family home, continuing her private education.

After a short spell working as a model, 5’10” Kelis began appearing on songs by Neptunes produced rappers such as ‘Got Your Money’ by the late rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Soon afterwards, she released her debut album, Kaleidoscope in 1997 of which the first single was ‘Caught Out There,’ a song based on the time she caught her boyfriend cheating on her, and she beat him. The video feautures Kelis leading a pack of angry women down the street screaming ‘I hate you so much right now!’. The album was released in USA, Europe and Asia, but did not find much audience in the USA. Not a great success, it only sold 249,000 copies to date.

After finding her largest audience in Europe, Kelis released her second album titled Wanderland (2001) in Europe only, which like her first album did not fare well. It only sold 80,000 copies and was entirely produced by The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) again, similarly to her debut. Only one single was released ‘Young Fresh N New’.

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nichisherrr wrote:
50 minutes ago

How is "Lil Star" not even in the top 20?

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clubtrash wrote:
4 hours ago

OMG I didn't even know about Acapella until I looked at the profile pics! Iloveitloveitloveit!

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modernaire wrote:
7 hours ago

Acapella is so joyous. I'm so glad this is Hip-Hop/R&B free. Pour that Giorgio Moroder on 'em chica!

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yigitbrkl wrote:
yesterday evening

i want to like it but i'm not feeling it :/ [3]

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havmaleducado wrote:
Tuesday evening

diplo/switch are going to produce some tracks too, cooler tracks than Acapella, definitely :)

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nichisherrr wrote:
Tuesday evening

I like "Acapella", it's a grower though...

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Saberium wrote:
Tuesday evening

Vote: http://www.lastfm.it/music/Kelis/+images/38346097

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Juve_Rule wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Can't go wrong with Crookers/David Guetta production really...

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BamBus3000 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Acapella is AMAZING. I've been wanting Kelis to go in the direction of dance/electronic music for ages, hope the album is similar! Still, Kelis is one of those rare artists who could turn her hand to any style of music and pull it off.[2]

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Zoran_Torty wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Acapella is GREAT!!!!!!

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ultimatedhani wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

i want to like it but i'm not feeling it :/ (2)

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tomstar86 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Acapella is AMAZING. I've been wanting Kelis to go in the direction of dance/electronic music for ages, hope the album is similar! Still, Kelis is one of those rare artists who could turn her hand to any style of music and pull it off.

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HitlerIsGay wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

I want to suck her dick really good

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kirill_m_07 wrote:
Tuesday morning

i want to like it but i'm not feeling it :/

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kittyketreid wrote:
Tuesday morning

Acapella is a tune!!!! She never disapoints! http://bit.ly/6yxtUF

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BamBus3000 wrote:
Tuesday morning

http://www.last.fm/music/Kelis/+images/38346097

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blindfold_me wrote:
Tuesday morning

Acapella is so beautiful! Oh gosh Kelis I missed you so much. THE QUEEN IS BACK! [3] Don't ever leave us again!

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Make-It-Hot wrote:
Tuesday morning

Her new single is so cute.

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Ldannyweb wrote:
Tuesday morning

Ok so acapella may have to grow on me..I MEAN GROW!!!!

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havmaleducado wrote:
Monday evening

Kelis is gonna blow up with the new album, im sure, but it wont be with Acapella (even though its a cool track)

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