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Kelis
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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’.
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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Milkshake
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Trick Me
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Suspended
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Intro
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Bossy
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Get Along with You
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Good stuff
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Flashback
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Millionaire
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Shoutbox
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heycherry wrote:
Real girls get down on the flo' ! Kelis <3
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BamBus3000 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Kelis/+images/31112301
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babyboy75 wrote:
the music industry misses your EXTRA-VAGANZA and your ECCEN-TRI-CITY!
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AmazinElena wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/music/Kelis/+images/31031813
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Donovon-Bozu wrote:
OMG WANT NEW ALBUM NOW. Seriously. Kelis is a genius.
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BamBus3000 wrote:
Sean Garrett talked about his experience working with Kelis on uSTREAM. Funny shit!
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Facepainting wrote:
I can't wait for the fifth album, love you Kelis!
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dikkoglimmer wrote:
always loved Kelis. can't wait to hear her new stuff
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babyboy75 wrote:
cant wait kelis new material
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martyniarzzz wrote:
Milkshake *__*
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BamBus3000 wrote:
According to Kelis, she said back in April that the new single would be dropping around July.
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xAng3luSx wrote:
New single in July? Source?
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SirKelvin wrote:
It's almost time for some new music, y'all! Who's ready?
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disco-boy wrote:
I'm having Kelis withdrawl........the sooner she drops that baby and a new album the better!
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pipedreamz wrote:
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spark18 wrote:
Hey, dirtay. Baby, I got no money. Got no money.
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spark18 wrote:
Good luck getting your Nigger jacket back, Kel.
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PattyMcPat2666 wrote:
OMG Kelis come back!! Such a fucking amazing artist and so underrated...it should be a crime.
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BamBus3000 wrote:
YEAH thats fucking hilarious. & I dragged that fag who wrote that shit via facebook & eMAIL. & NecoleBitchie posted on her blog as well. =)
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babyboy75 wrote:
LOL at the NYPOST sayin that Kelis copied Rihanna hairstyle...cant stop laughin..
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"I Win! As Always :)"
12 Sep 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/kelis
Thank you to everyone who supported me during the time of my unjust arrest last year. I told everyone I would fight back and I did. Clearly there were several untrue stories about what happened that...
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XER_O and Aguuu96 added Kelis to their libraries. just now
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PIMP-E connected Kelis to the group 100% Girls. 3 hours ago
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jumpz23, terbor, ElaEl and 4 other people added Kelis to their libraries. 4 hours ago
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BamBus3000 uploaded Kelis OYSTER World Fashion magazine scan and Kelis OYSTER World Fashion magazine scan to Kelis. 18 hours ago
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BamBus3000 uploaded Kelis OYSTER World Fashion magazine scan and Kelis OYSTER World Fashion magazine scan to Kelis OYSTER World Fashion magazine scan. yesterday evening
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AmazinElena linked Kelis to 0000221765-64868L. Thursday evening
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AmazinElena uploaded 0000221765-64868L to Kelis’s images. Thursday evening
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