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Kelis

April 14, 2023

Kelis Rogers-Mora (/kəˈliːs/;[2] born August 21, 1979), known mononymously as Kelis, is an American singer. She was admitted to New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts,[3] where she learned to play the saxophone and won a spot in the Girls Choir of Harlem.[4] After she graduated from high school, Kelis took on a variety of jobs before landing a backup vocal slot on an album track called "Fairytalez", released by the American hip hop group Gravediggaz. She then began working with music producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, known as The Neptunes, which ultimately resulted in her being signed to Virgin Records in 1998.[5][6]

Kelis
Kelis performing during Manchester Pride in Manchester on August 29, 2010
Born
Kelis Rogers

(1979-08-21) August 21, 1979 (age 43)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materLe Cordon Bleu (Bachelor of Arts)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • chef
Years active1997–present
Works
Spouses
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    (m. 2005; div. 2010)​
  • Mike Mora
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    (m. 2014; died 2022)​
Children3
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
Labels
Websitekelis-official.com

Kelis released her debut studio album Kaleidoscope with Virgin Records on December 7, 1999. Inspired by jazz and disco music from the 1970s, the album was a critical and international success.[7] It spawned three singles: "Caught Out There", "Good Stuff", and "Get Along with You". The album reached number 43 in the United Kingdom, becoming her first album to be certified gold.[8] She left her label Virgin Records after its follow-up Wanderland (2001) received little sales attention and no U.S. release until 2019. In 2003, Kelis released her third studio album Tasty. The album produced the singles "Milkshake", "Trick Me", "Millionaire" (featuring André 3000), and "In Public" (featuring Nas). The album earned the singer commercial prominence. Her fourth album, Kelis Was Here (2006), was preceded by the lead single "Bossy" (featuring Too Short) and reached number 10 on the Billboard 200. Kelis took a hiatus from music after its release, venturing into culinary arts at Le Cordon Bleu. She later signed with will.i.am and began recording her fifth album, Flesh Tone, which was released in 2010. The album spawned four singles, including "Acapella" and "4th of July (Fireworks)", which were successful on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and the UK Dance Singles Chart. Kelis' neo soul-inspired sixth studio album Food (2014) became her second top-20 album in the UK and spawned three singles: "Jerk Ribs", "Rumble" and "Friday Fish Fry".[9][10][11]

Kelis has been recognized at the Brit Awards, Q Awards, NME Awards, and Grammy Awards ceremonies.[12] Her musical output, both as a lead and featured artist, encompasses various genres. She has collaborated with R&B and hip hop acts including Busta Rhymes and Clipse; electronic and dance producers such as Calvin Harris, Timo Maas, and Richard X; pop and rock acts Enrique Iglesias and No Doubt; and indie and alternative musicians including Björk and Dave Sitek. She has sold 6 million records worldwide[13] and has had particular success in the United Kingdom, where ten of her singles have peaked within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.

Early life

Rogers was born and raised in the Frederick Douglass Houses in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Her first name is a portmanteau of her father's name Kenneth (1944–2000) and her mother's name Eveliss. Her father Kenneth was an African-American jazz musician and Pentecostal minister and was formerly a professor at Wesleyan University.[14] Her mother Eveliss is a Chinese-Puerto Rican fashion designer who inspired Rogers to pursue her singing career. She has three sisters, Rogers being the third-born of the four girls.[15]

As a child, Rogers sang in church choirs and played violin, piano, and saxophone while attending Manhattan Country School, a private school. At the age of 13, Rogers shaved off all of her hair. In an interview, Rogers says she was kicked out of her parents' house at the age of 16 for bad behavior, stating that she would sometimes clash with her mother,[14] but continued her education at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, where she formed the R&B trio BLU (Black Ladies United). Rogers was also a bartender and a sales associate at a clothing store before graduating high school.

Career

1997–2002: Kaleidoscope and Wanderland

In 1997, Kelis provided background vocals on "Fairytalez", a track on hip hop group Gravediggaz's album The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel. Afterward, a friend introduced Kelis to The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo); they formed a strong bond, and with their support she landed a record deal with Virgin Records. According to Kelis, Virgin Records advised her that publishing royalties would be split evenly among Williams, Hugo, and herself; however, Kelis made no money from sales of her first two albums on the label.[16][17] Kelis has said that Williams was credited as a songwriter on songs of hers that he had not written.[18]

Kelis began recording her debut album Kaleidoscope in mid-1998 and was finished within a year.[citation needed] Produced by The Neptunes and released by Virgin Records in 1999, Kaleidoscope peaked at number 144 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and reached the top five on the Top Heatseekers chart.[19] As of 2006, the album has sold 249,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[20] Its lead and most notable single "Caught Out There" became a top 10 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs hit and peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100.[19] During this time, Kelis featured on Ol' Dirty Bastard's U.S. top 40 single "Got Your Money".

The album performed better in Europe, where "Caught Out There" was a moderate hit in most European countries except the United Kingdom, where the song saw massive success, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The single "Good Stuff" (featuring Terrar of Clipse) reached number 19; another single "Get Along with You" was less successful, reaching number 51.[21] The British Phonographic Industry certified Kaleidoscope gold for sales of 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom,[22] where it reached number 43 on the UK Albums Chart.

In 2001, Kelis won the Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act and the NME Award for Best R&B/Soul Act, then joined Moby and U2 on the Area:One and Elevation tours, respectively. Kelis and the Neptunes' output at this time was heralded as foreshadowing an innovation in contemporary R&B, but she later said "I was never an R&B artist. People coined me one but that's because, especially if you're in the States, if you're black and you sing, then you're R&B".[12] Her colorful style in both clothing and hair received considerable attention.[23]

Kelis's second album Wanderland was released in 2001 in Europe, Asia, and Latin America but did not receive a North American release until 2019.[24] According to Kelis, Virgin Records, her U.S. record company at the time, had laid off those that worked on Kaleidoscope; their replacements did not understand or believe in Wanderland. Eventually, Kelis was dropped from Virgin around the time of the album's European release, but she remained on the label's roster in Europe.[25][26] A commercial failure, Wanderland peaked at number 78 in the UK; its only single "Young, Fresh n' New" managed to crack the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart.[27][21] The album, which was produced in its entirety by the Neptunes and features collaborations with members of Clipse and No Doubt, received a subdued critical response.[28] NME wrote: "In our collective fantasies, Kelis Rogers is already the ghetto-fabulous sex-queen of discodelic future-funk pop-rock-soul...But beyond the initial shopping-and-funking dazzle, there is way too much filler here for a hotly hyped alterna-soul princess with her eyes on the big prize".[29] The Fader later referred to Wanderland as "Kelis’s long lost masterpiece".[30]

In 2002, Kelis recorded "So Be It" for the Red Hot Organization's Fela Kuti tribute CD Red Hot and Riot, from which all proceeds were donated to AIDS-awareness charities. The same year, she had a top 20 U.S. club hit with a remix of "Young, Fresh 'n' New", produced by Timo Maas, who featured Kelis on his single "Help Me".[19][21] She hosted the DanceStar USA Awards ceremony at that year's Winter Music Conference.[27]

2003–2005: Tasty

In 2003, Kelis achieved a second top 10 hit in the UK as a featured artist on Richard X's "Finest Dreams", a reworking of the S.O.S. Band's 1986 single "The Finest", and a European club hit (and UK top 40 single) as a featured artist on "Let's Get Ill" by P. Diddy, her manager for a brief period.[31][21][32] She found mainstream success in the U.S. later in 2003 with her Hot Dance Club Play number one, Billboard Hot 100 top three single "Milkshake"; this single helped to propel her third album Tasty to gold status in the U.S., where it peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 533,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[19][33][34] "Milkshake" also went gold, selling over 500,000 copies,[33] and earned Kelis a Grammy Award nomination in 2004 for Best Urban/Alternative Performance.[35]

Although the Neptunes contributed several tracks to Tasty—the album was released by their label Star Trak Entertainment, a joint venture with Arista Records—Kelis also collaborated with other producers such as Dallas Austin, André 3000, Rockwilder, and Raphael Saadiq.[36][28] She stated in an interview: "I felt like I had a lot to prove with this album. People had started messing with me along the lines of 'Is she REALLY any good without The Neptunes?' — which I knew was ridiculous. And so I was like 'I'll take that challenge'."[32] The album was well-received critically; Entertainment Weekly wrote that Tasty is "Kelis' past—big beats, out-there imagery, and sex appeal—refined...much of the beauty of Tasty is in witnessing Kelis rise to the challenge of working with multiple imaginative maestros."[37][38]

"Milkshake" and Tasty immediately found success in Europe. According to the BPI, Tasty went platinum in the United Kingdom, selling over 300,000 copies, and "Milkshake" went silver, selling over 200,000 units.[39][40] The Dallas Austin-produced "Trick Me", the album's second single, went to the top 10 in many European countries during mid-2004; it did not, however, garner success in the U.S. in the absence of promotion by Jive Records, the label Kelis had been transferred to after Arista Records folded at the time of Tasty's release.[26] Kelis' success grew in Australia, where Tasty went gold and where "Milkshake" and "Trick Me" went platinum.[citation needed] Kelis followed the success of the third Tasty single, the BPI silver-certified "Millionaire" (featuring André 3000), with the Rockwilder-produced track "In Public" (featuring Nas), which reached number 17 on the UK chart.[41][21]

"Not in Love", Kelis's collaboration with Enrique Iglesias from his 2003 album 7, was released as a single the following year, reaching the UK top five.[21] Although the single failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it topped the country's Hot Dance Club Play chart.[42] Also in 2004, Kelis collaborated with Björk on a remix of the latter's track "Oceania" (from Björk's album Medúlla), which appeared as a B-side to the single "Who Is It".[43] Kelis toured as the opening act for fellow Jive artist Britney Spears's The Onyx Hotel Tour[citation needed], then headlined her own tour of Australia and New Zealand.[44] In 2005, she was featured on the soundtrack to the film Just Like Heaven with a cover version of The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket".[45]

2006–2008: Kelis Was Here

Kelis contributed a track titled "80's Joint" to the soundtrack of the 2006 dance film Step Up. She collaborated with Busta Rhymes and will.i.am on the track "I Love My Bitch", the second single from Rhymes's 2006 album The Big Bang. This was the second time Kelis collaborated with Rhymes, the first being his 2001 song "What It Is".

 
Kelis performing in 2007

Kelis Was Here was released in 2006, and it debuted and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200. Despite the career-high debut, the album has sold only 157,000 copies in the United States as of 2007, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[19][34] In the UK, Kelis Was Here charted at number 41 and has sold 60,000 copies, earning a silver certification from the BPI.[21][46] The album was Kelis's first not to feature contributions from The Neptunes, as she had left Star Trak by this time; instead, she recorded with Cee-Lo, Max Martin, Raphael Saadiq, Scott Storch, and will.i.ams.[47][26][48] According to Kelis, she received no support from Jive Records for the recording or promotion of Kelis Was Here and argued heavily with the label, later describing the period as "[not] the most creative atmosphere" and "the only time where I felt like I was being pulled in different directions. There were too many cooks in the kitchen".[25][49][50] MTV characterised critical consensus of the album as "intriguingly intelligent, if unjustifiably disjointed and long" and wrote in 2016 that "it remains her most creatively anarchic project".[48] Kelis Was Here was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards.[35]

"Bossy" (featuring Too Short), Kelis Was Here's lead single, was a moderate hit in the U.S., peaking at number 16; it additionally went multi-platinum as a mobile phone ringtone, according to the RIAA.[19][33] The single "Blindfold Me" (featuring Nas) reached number 91 on the R&B chart and did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100.[19] Kelis's European label, Virgin, instead released the Cee-Lo-featuring "Lil Star", which was another top 10 hit for Kelis in the United Kingdom (peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart).[21] During mid 2007, Kelis toured in Europe, appearing in numerous festivals across the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, such as Wireless, Rise and Gurtenfestival.[citation needed] Ford chose Kelis to help advertise the 2007 Ford Edge, and she recorded a theme song for the commercial, titled "Push It to the Edge", with help from producer Scott Storch.[51]

Jive Records dropped Kelis in late 2007.[52] Her manager at the time said that the singer was working with Cee-Lo Green on an alternative dance album and would be shopping a pop album produced by songwriter Guy Chambers.[52] Scottish electronica producer Calvin Harris was said to be collaborating with her.[53] Kelis took a hiatus from music: "I was like 'I will never put out another record again, I hate this business, I hate all these people.' I was in this race that I didn't even realise that I was in. I woke up and ten years had passed. That was never my plan".[12]

After Kelis left Jive, the label released a fourteen-track greatest hits album titled The Hits in 2008. The album does not contain any previously unreleased songs; Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Got Your Money", N.E.R.D's "Truth or Dare", and Richard X's "Finest Dreams" appear on the album with every charted Kelis single to that date, with the exception of "Blindfold Me". Also in 2008, the Kelis Was Here album track "I Don't Think So" became a top 40 hit in Australia after being used in promotion for the 2008 season of the reality series Big Brother Australia.[54][55]

2009–2011: Flesh Tone

In 2009, Kelis signed to Interscope Records via the will.i.am Music Group to release Flesh Tone, which included production from Ammo, Free School, Benny Benassi, Burns, Boys Noize, DJ Tocadisco, will.i.am, and David Guetta.[56][57][31] Flesh Tone marked Kelis' transition into dance music. Kelis said she was hesitant to sign to another major label after her experiences with Jive Records but did not want the album to be "swept under the rug with a smaller label".[57] Coinciding with her change in musical direction, Kelis appeared on Basement Jaxx's 2009 album Scars on the title track, on Benassi's 2010 single "Spaceship" (with apl.de.ap and Jean Baptiste)—a top 40 U.S. and UK club hit[19][58]—and on the Crookers single "No Security" from their debut album Tons of Friends.[59][60]

Critical reception to Flesh Tone was generally positive, with Pitchfork naming the album Kelis's best since her debut Kaleidoscope.[37][61] "Acapella" (produced by David Guetta), the first single from Flesh Tone, debuted in the top five on the UK Singles Chart and reached number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs and the UK Dance Chart, eventually receiving a BPI silver certification.[21][19][62][63] Flesh Tone peaked at number 48 on the Billboard 200 and at number five on the Dance/Electronic Albums.[19] The single "4th of July (Fireworks)" was accompanied by a video co-directed by Kelis (with Rankin and Nicole Ehrlich) and became a top 10 club hit in America and Britain.[19][64] The singles "Scream" and "Brave" made minimal chart impact.

During mid-2010, Kelis embarked on her first U.S. tour, titled All Hearts with Robyn,[65] amid a selection of club, festival, and solo dates that continued through 2011 – these included Glastonbury, The Big Chill, Good Vibrations Festival, and Lovebox. Kelis appears on the Mark Ronson-produced track "The Man Who Stole a Leopard" from the 2010 Duran Duran album All You Need Is Now, a song she and the band performed in a concert directed by filmmaker David Lynch.[66] She co-wrote the song "Waiting" for British pop singer Cheryl Cole's Messy Little Raindrops.[67] Kelis then collaborated with Calvin Harris on the 2011 single "Bounce", the lead single from Harris' album 18 Months.[68] "Bounce" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Kelis's tenth UK top 10 single and her biggest selling in the country (as of 2017).[21][69] It eventually received a platinum certification from the BPI.[70]

2012–2017: Food

 
Kelis performing in 2011

In 2012, Kelis's management firm at the time announced that her sixth studio album would be released in late 2012 and feature production from Skream, BURNS, Tom Neville, Dan Black, and Caspa.[71] The first single, the Skream-produced "Distance", received its UK radio premiere in mid 2012.[72] Kelis said of the album, "I've been on a real 1990s vibe with this record, it's kind of trip-hoppish...it's more electro, it's a little deeper and darker".[73] Kelis was featured on Dan Black's single "Hearts" and Skream's "Copy Cat" (both 2013), the latter of which led to a dispute after Kelis alleged that Skream refused to have her appear in the music video.[74][75] She opted to move on from dance music: "when everyone else starts doing it, it's not as much fun...too much time went by. That [sound] wasn't a new idea any more".[76] The rest of the material from these recording sessions remains unreleased.[77]

By 2013, Kelis was working with producer Dave Sitek, and it was announced that she would release two albums via Sitek's label Federal Prism.[74][78][79] The single "Jerk Ribs" premiered online.[80] Kelis then signed to British independent label Ninja Tune for the release of the album Food in 2014.[81] Produced entirely by Sitek, Food entered the UK Albums Chart at number 20, becoming Kelis' second highest-peaking album after Tasty in 2004.[82] In the U.S., it reached number 73 on the Billboard 200 and the top 20 on the Independent Albums.[19] Subsequent singles were "Rumble" (a top 40 hit on the UK Independent Singles Chart) and "Friday Fish Fry".[83][84] Food received positive reviews from critics, including a five-star review in The Independent: "Kelis's sixth album is a moveable feast...If music be the food of love, Kelis has cooked up something tasty enough to satisfy all but the hungriest of hearts."[85] Mic named Food the best album of 2014 and of Kelis's career, and Rolling Stone listed it as one of the year's best R&B albums.[86]

A limited edition version of Food included remixes by electronic producers such as Actress, Mount Kimbie, Ben Pearce, Breach, Machinedrum, and Will Saul.[87] Breach reworked his remix of "Rumble" into "The Key", a track featuring Kelis, released as a single later in 2014.[88] Kelis' performance at London's Somerset House was recorded and released as the album Live in London in late 2014.[89] In 2015, Kelis featured on veteran disco producer Giorgio Moroder's album Déjà Vu, singing on the track "Back and Forth".[90] In 2017, she was featured with rapper Sage The Gemini on English house DJ TCTS' single "Do It Like Me (Icy Feet)"[91] and on Dan Black's single "Farewell". Also in 2017, she released the song "Who's Lovin' You" (originally sung by The Miracles), on the Danger Mouse-produced compilation Resistance Radio: The Man in The High Castle for the television show The Man in the High Castle.[92]

2018–present: Kaleidoscope anniversary tour and new music

Kelis contributed vocals to the dance track "My Milkshake", a rework of her 2003 single "Milkshake" by British producer Freejak, in 2018.[93] Kelis embarked on the Kaleidoscope 20th Anniversary Tour, a UK and European tour celebrating the 20th-anniversary release of her debut album Kaleidoscope, in March 2020, though this was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[94][95] Kelis was featured on a Disclosure song titled "Watch Your Step" in 2020 and on "Deal with It", a track on Demidevil, the debut mixtape by Ashnikko, in 2021. The former single, from Disclosure's Grammy Award-nominated album Energy, received frequent airplay on radio stations in the UK and reached the UK dance chart top 40.[96][97] In October 2020, a biographical animated short about her life as a singer and chef was released on YouTube.[citation needed]

Kelis revealed to i-D magazine in 2019 that she was working on an EP that, at the time of the interview, was intended for release in 2020;[98] in 2021, she said an album, Dirt, would be released in 2022.[99][unreliable source?] Kelis released the single "Midnight Snacks" in 2021 and "Feed Them" in 2022, the latter in collaboration with the meal delivery service Daily Harvest.[100][101][102]

An interpolation of Kelis's "Milkshake" was used in the Beyoncé song "Energy" on her 2022 album Renaissance. The song was updated on some streaming services to remove the interpolation after Kelis said that she was not notified nor asked for approval for the song's use. Kelis said that Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of the Neptunes, the credited songwriters on "Milkshake", had "stolen" and "swindled" her publishing rights for the song.[103]

Other ventures

Culinary

From 2006 to 2010, Kelis trained part-time as a saucier, eventually graduating from Le Cordon Bleu.[12][104] In 2013, Kelis debuted her sauce line, Feast, at the Beverly Hills Food & Wine Festival.[105] Kelis has described sauce as "what accessories are to a woman's outfit. Sauce defines where the dish is from and who's making it...I think everything is better smothered, poured, or dipped."[106] The line went on general sale in 2015 under the new name of Bounty & Full.[107] Kelis's first cookbook, My Life on a Plate, was also released in 2015; Kelis describes it as "an exploration of tastes and cultures, and my experience as a chef, musician, mother and wife".[108] Kelis had previously written an unreleased cookbook with Lauren Pesavento in 2006.[109]

In March 2014, Kelis set up a food truck to cook for attendees of the American music festival SXSW.[110] She promoted her 2014 album Food by sharing her recipes for apple farro, jerk ribs, New York vanilla bean cheesecake, and more on the Spotify app Supper.[111] That same year, the Cooking Channel aired a cooking television series starring Kelis, titled Saucy and Sweet.[112] In 2016, Kelis and cooking duo Le Bun opened a pop-up restaurant in London that she adapted as a food truck to tour around UK music festivals.[113] In September 2017, she released a milkshake recipe in collaboration with Baileys.[114] In 2019, Kelis developed an exclusive menu with a local street food vendor for Jam on Rye Festival in London.[115] She also appears in Cooked with Cannabis, a competition cooking series that Netflix launched on April 20, 2020.[116]

Fashion/TV

In 2006, Kelis designed her own line of fashion accessories, titled Cake.[117] In 2007, she was in talks to host a Project Runway-esque show for VH1 and auditioned for various film and TV roles.[34][52]

In 2017, Kelis joined BBC One's singing contest Pitch Battle as a judge of the competition with Gareth Malone.[118] In 2020, Kelis competed as the Daisy in the British version of The Masked Singer, where she was eliminated in the fifth episode.[119]

Personal life

Kelis met rapper Nas at an MTV Video Music Awards party in 2002; they dated for one year, became engaged in 2004, and married in January 2005. In April 2009, she filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. She was seven months pregnant at the time.[120] In July 2009, Kelis gave birth to her first son, Knight.[121] The couple's divorce was finalized in May 2010.[122] Kelis has described her relationship with Nas as physically and mentally abusive, crediting the anticipated birth of her child as a factor in her decision to end her marriage.[123] Kelis also recalled that the domestic violence incident between Rihanna and Chris Brown influenced her decision to leave Nas.[123] After she saw pictures of Rihanna battered, she felt embarrassed because she also had bruises all over her body, but she was hesitant to speak about it.[124] Nas replied to the accusations on social media, accusing Kelis of attempting to slander him in the time of a custody battle and accusing Kelis of abusing his daughter.[125] In addition to the domestic abuse claims, she alleged that Nas' drinking habit began to damage their relationship, and he had been having adulterous affairs for two years.[126] They are involved in an ongoing custody battle over their son. In April 2018, Kelis claimed that until 2012, she had not seen "a single cent" from Nas in child support and he has not been an active parent. She said "He doesn't participate. He shows up when it's fun, he shows up when there's a good photo-op...I don't think it should be 50/50 just because you had sperm involved."[127]

In March 2007, Kelis was detained by police in Miami Beach, Florida and charged with disorderly conduct. The arrest report said an operation in which officers posed as prostitutes in the South Beach nightclub district was disrupted when Kelis started screaming racial profanities at them. She was sent to Miami-Dade County Jail and was later released on a $1,500 bond.[128] In September 2008, Kelis was acquitted of the charges. A spokesman for Kelis further commented that the singer would file a lawsuit against the Miami Beach Police, claiming unlawful arrest and the violation of her civil rights.[129]

Kelis married photographer Mike Mora in 2014,[130] and she gave birth to her second son Shepherd in November 2015.[131] Since January 2020, Kelis has been living on a remote farm outside Los Angeles that she manages.[132] In September 2020, she gave birth to her and Mora's second child, a daughter named named Galilee.[133] In September 2021, Mora revealed publicly that he had stage-4 stomach cancer. In an Instagram post, he stated he had been diagnosed with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma in September 2020 and given eighteen months to live.[134][135] Mora died on March 14, 2022, at age 37.[136][137]

Artistry

AXS called Kelis a "punky, rebellious" singer-songwriter.[138] The New York Times considered Kelis's vocals "dynamic" and commended her for being "well schooled in the intricacies of heartache".[139] IGN described Kelis as being "strange, weird, and eccentric".[140] The Chicago Tribune stated that Kelis made the most of "a voice that lives in the basement".[141]

Kelis's debut album Kaleidoscope took influence from a variety of 1970s genres,[142] which included urban, rock, jazz, hip hop, R&B, soul, and disco music.[143][144][145][146][147] Kelis cited early Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington as major influences for the album.[139] Several of the album's tracks were designed for clubs, and contained electro beats meant for dancing.[148] Her second studio album Wanderland resembles musically its predecessor while exploring more modern funk sounds, dabbling heavily into genres such as soul and rap.[149][150][151] It carried on the same themes developed in Kaleidoscope, and was criticized for doing so.[152]

Food (2014) contains influences of soul, funk, gospel, and Afrobeat—Kelis said of the album "You know, those records in your life that your parents played and they resonate with who you are? They make you nostalgic. I wanted to find out how to get that feeling."[76]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Kelis

Discography

Main article: Kelis discography
Studio albums

Tours

Filmography

List of television and films credits
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Volcano High Song (voiceover) MTV dub TV movie
2004 Saturday Night Live Musical Guest (Herself) "Drew Barrymore/Kelis" (Season 29, Episode 12)
2007 Me and Mr. Jones Herself Reality television/Executive producer
2010 Freaknik: The Musical Tyra Banks (voice) TV movie
2011 Duran Duran: Unstaged Herself Direct-to-Video documentary
2011 Top Chef Masters Quickfire Judge (Herself) "Everything Old Is New Again" (Season 3, Episode 2)
2012 Fashion Police Herself Guest judge
2013 Brazzaville Teen-Ager Herself Short film
2014 Saucy & Sweet Herself Cooking special
2014 Hell's Kitchen Herself "12 Chef's Compete" (Season 13, Episode 7)
2014 Holiday Feast with Kelis Herself Cooking special
2017 Pitch Battle Herself Judge
2020 The Masked Singer Herself / Daisy Contestant, UK version
2020 Cooked with Cannabis Herself Host/Judge
2021 Selena + Chef Herself Guest star

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kelis, rogers, mora, born, august, 1979, known, mononymously, american, singer, admitted, york, fiorello, laguardia, high, school, music, performing, arts, where, learned, play, saxophone, spot, girls, choir, harlem, after, graduated, from, high, school, took,. Kelis Rogers Mora k e ˈ l iː s 2 born August 21 1979 known mononymously as Kelis is an American singer She was admitted to New York s Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Music amp Art and Performing Arts 3 where she learned to play the saxophone and won a spot in the Girls Choir of Harlem 4 After she graduated from high school Kelis took on a variety of jobs before landing a backup vocal slot on an album track called Fairytalez released by the American hip hop group Gravediggaz She then began working with music producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo known as The Neptunes which ultimately resulted in her being signed to Virgin Records in 1998 5 6 KelisKelis performing during Manchester Pride in Manchester on August 29 2010BornKelis Rogers 1979 08 21 August 21 1979 age 43 New York City U S Alma materLe Cordon Bleu Bachelor of Arts OccupationsSingersongwriterchefYears active1997 presentWorksDiscographyfilmographySpousesNas m 2005 div 2010 wbr Mike Mora m 2014 died 2022 wbr Children3AwardsFull listMusical careerGenresR amp BpopLabelsNinja Tune 1 VirginStar TrakAristaInterscopeJiveGeffenwill i amBMGWebsitekelis official wbr comKelis released her debut studio album Kaleidoscope with Virgin Records on December 7 1999 Inspired by jazz and disco music from the 1970s the album was a critical and international success 7 It spawned three singles Caught Out There Good Stuff and Get Along with You The album reached number 43 in the United Kingdom becoming her first album to be certified gold 8 She left her label Virgin Records after its follow up Wanderland 2001 received little sales attention and no U S release until 2019 In 2003 Kelis released her third studio album Tasty The album produced the singles Milkshake Trick Me Millionaire featuring Andre 3000 and In Public featuring Nas The album earned the singer commercial prominence Her fourth album Kelis Was Here 2006 was preceded by the lead single Bossy featuring Too Short and reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 Kelis took a hiatus from music after its release venturing into culinary arts at Le Cordon Bleu She later signed with will i am and began recording her fifth album Flesh Tone which was released in 2010 The album spawned four singles including Acapella and 4th of July Fireworks which were successful on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and the UK Dance Singles Chart Kelis neo soul inspired sixth studio album Food 2014 became her second top 20 album in the UK and spawned three singles Jerk Ribs Rumble and Friday Fish Fry 9 10 11 Kelis has been recognized at the Brit Awards Q Awards NME Awards and Grammy Awards ceremonies 12 Her musical output both as a lead and featured artist encompasses various genres She has collaborated with R amp B and hip hop acts including Busta Rhymes and Clipse electronic and dance producers such as Calvin Harris Timo Maas and Richard X pop and rock acts Enrique Iglesias and No Doubt and indie and alternative musicians including Bjork and Dave Sitek She has sold 6 million records worldwide 13 and has had particular success in the United Kingdom where ten of her singles have peaked within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1997 2002 Kaleidoscope and Wanderland 2 2 2003 2005 Tasty 2 3 2006 2008 Kelis Was Here 2 4 2009 2011 Flesh Tone 2 5 2012 2017 Food 2 6 2018 present Kaleidoscope anniversary tour and new music 3 Other ventures 3 1 Culinary 3 2 Fashion TV 4 Personal life 5 Artistry 6 Awards and nominations 7 Discography 8 Tours 9 Filmography 10 References 11 External linksEarly life EditRogers was born and raised in the Frederick Douglass Houses in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan Her first name is a portmanteau of her father s name Kenneth 1944 2000 and her mother s name Eveliss Her father Kenneth was an African American jazz musician and Pentecostal minister and was formerly a professor at Wesleyan University 14 Her mother Eveliss is a Chinese Puerto Rican fashion designer who inspired Rogers to pursue her singing career She has three sisters Rogers being the third born of the four girls 15 As a child Rogers sang in church choirs and played violin piano and saxophone while attending Manhattan Country School a private school At the age of 13 Rogers shaved off all of her hair In an interview Rogers says she was kicked out of her parents house at the age of 16 for bad behavior stating that she would sometimes clash with her mother 14 but continued her education at the Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Music amp Art and Performing Arts where she formed the R amp B trio BLU Black Ladies United Rogers was also a bartender and a sales associate at a clothing store before graduating high school Career Edit1997 2002 Kaleidoscope and Wanderland Edit In 1997 Kelis provided background vocals on Fairytalez a track on hip hop group Gravediggaz s album The Pick the Sickle and the Shovel Afterward a friend introduced Kelis to The Neptunes Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo they formed a strong bond and with their support she landed a record deal with Virgin Records According to Kelis Virgin Records advised her that publishing royalties would be split evenly among Williams Hugo and herself however Kelis made no money from sales of her first two albums on the label 16 17 Kelis has said that Williams was credited as a songwriter on songs of hers that he had not written 18 Kelis began recording her debut album Kaleidoscope in mid 1998 and was finished within a year citation needed Produced by The Neptunes and released by Virgin Records in 1999 Kaleidoscope peaked at number 144 on the U S Billboard 200 chart and reached the top five on the Top Heatseekers chart 19 As of 2006 the album has sold 249 000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan 20 Its lead and most notable single Caught Out There became a top 10 Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs hit and peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 19 During this time Kelis featured on Ol Dirty Bastard s U S top 40 single Got Your Money The album performed better in Europe where Caught Out There was a moderate hit in most European countries except the United Kingdom where the song saw massive success peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart The single Good Stuff featuring Terrar of Clipse reached number 19 another single Get Along with You was less successful reaching number 51 21 The British Phonographic Industry certified Kaleidoscope gold for sales of 100 000 copies in the United Kingdom 22 where it reached number 43 on the UK Albums Chart In 2001 Kelis won the Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act and the NME Award for Best R amp B Soul Act then joined Moby and U2 on the Area One and Elevation tours respectively Kelis and the Neptunes output at this time was heralded as foreshadowing an innovation in contemporary R amp B but she later said I was never an R amp B artist People coined me one but that s because especially if you re in the States if you re black and you sing then you re R amp B 12 Her colorful style in both clothing and hair received considerable attention 23 Kelis s second album Wanderland was released in 2001 in Europe Asia and Latin America but did not receive a North American release until 2019 24 According to Kelis Virgin Records her U S record company at the time had laid off those that worked on Kaleidoscope their replacements did not understand or believe in Wanderland Eventually Kelis was dropped from Virgin around the time of the album s European release but she remained on the label s roster in Europe 25 26 A commercial failure Wanderland peaked at number 78 in the UK its only single Young Fresh n New managed to crack the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart 27 21 The album which was produced in its entirety by the Neptunes and features collaborations with members of Clipse and No Doubt received a subdued critical response 28 NME wrote In our collective fantasies Kelis Rogers is already the ghetto fabulous sex queen of discodelic future funk pop rock soul But beyond the initial shopping and funking dazzle there is way too much filler here for a hotly hyped alterna soul princess with her eyes on the big prize 29 The Fader later referred to Wanderland as Kelis s long lost masterpiece 30 In 2002 Kelis recorded So Be It for the Red Hot Organization s Fela Kuti tribute CD Red Hot and Riot from which all proceeds were donated to AIDS awareness charities The same year she had a top 20 U S club hit with a remix of Young Fresh n New produced by Timo Maas who featured Kelis on his single Help Me 19 21 She hosted the DanceStar USA Awards ceremony at that year s Winter Music Conference 27 2003 2005 Tasty Edit In 2003 Kelis achieved a second top 10 hit in the UK as a featured artist on Richard X s Finest Dreams a reworking of the S O S Band s 1986 single The Finest and a European club hit and UK top 40 single as a featured artist on Let s Get Ill by P Diddy her manager for a brief period 31 21 32 She found mainstream success in the U S later in 2003 with her Hot Dance Club Play number one Billboard Hot 100 top three single Milkshake this single helped to propel her third album Tasty to gold status in the U S where it peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 533 000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan 19 33 34 Milkshake also went gold selling over 500 000 copies 33 and earned Kelis a Grammy Award nomination in 2004 for Best Urban Alternative Performance 35 Although the Neptunes contributed several tracks to Tasty the album was released by their label Star Trak Entertainment a joint venture with Arista Records Kelis also collaborated with other producers such as Dallas Austin Andre 3000 Rockwilder and Raphael Saadiq 36 28 She stated in an interview I felt like I had a lot to prove with this album People had started messing with me along the lines of Is she REALLY any good without The Neptunes which I knew was ridiculous And so I was like I ll take that challenge 32 The album was well received critically Entertainment Weekly wrote that Tasty is Kelis past big beats out there imagery and sex appeal refined much of the beauty of Tasty is in witnessing Kelis rise to the challenge of working with multiple imaginative maestros 37 38 Milkshake and Tasty immediately found success in Europe According to the BPI Tasty went platinum in the United Kingdom selling over 300 000 copies and Milkshake went silver selling over 200 000 units 39 40 The Dallas Austin produced Trick Me the album s second single went to the top 10 in many European countries during mid 2004 it did not however garner success in the U S in the absence of promotion by Jive Records the label Kelis had been transferred to after Arista Records folded at the time of Tasty s release 26 Kelis success grew in Australia where Tasty went gold and where Milkshake and Trick Me went platinum citation needed Kelis followed the success of the third Tasty single the BPI silver certified Millionaire featuring Andre 3000 with the Rockwilder produced track In Public featuring Nas which reached number 17 on the UK chart 41 21 Not in Love Kelis s collaboration with Enrique Iglesias from his 2003 album 7 was released as a single the following year reaching the UK top five 21 Although the single failed to chart on the U S Billboard Hot 100 it topped the country s Hot Dance Club Play chart 42 Also in 2004 Kelis collaborated with Bjork on a remix of the latter s track Oceania from Bjork s album Medulla which appeared as a B side to the single Who Is It 43 Kelis toured as the opening act for fellow Jive artist Britney Spears s The Onyx Hotel Tour citation needed then headlined her own tour of Australia and New Zealand 44 In 2005 she was featured on the soundtrack to the film Just Like Heaven with a cover version of The Pretenders Brass in Pocket 45 2006 2008 Kelis Was Here Edit Kelis contributed a track titled 80 s Joint to the soundtrack of the 2006 dance film Step Up She collaborated with Busta Rhymes and will i am on the track I Love My Bitch the second single from Rhymes s 2006 album The Big Bang This was the second time Kelis collaborated with Rhymes the first being his 2001 song What It Is Kelis performing in 2007 Kelis Was Here was released in 2006 and it debuted and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 Despite the career high debut the album has sold only 157 000 copies in the United States as of 2007 according to Nielsen SoundScan 19 34 In the UK Kelis Was Here charted at number 41 and has sold 60 000 copies earning a silver certification from the BPI 21 46 The album was Kelis s first not to feature contributions from The Neptunes as she had left Star Trak by this time instead she recorded with Cee Lo Max Martin Raphael Saadiq Scott Storch and will i ams 47 26 48 According to Kelis she received no support from Jive Records for the recording or promotion of Kelis Was Here and argued heavily with the label later describing the period as not the most creative atmosphere and the only time where I felt like I was being pulled in different directions There were too many cooks in the kitchen 25 49 50 MTV characterised critical consensus of the album as intriguingly intelligent if unjustifiably disjointed and long and wrote in 2016 that it remains her most creatively anarchic project 48 Kelis Was Here was nominated for Best Contemporary R amp B Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards 35 Bossy featuring Too Short Kelis Was Here s lead single was a moderate hit in the U S peaking at number 16 it additionally went multi platinum as a mobile phone ringtone according to the RIAA 19 33 The single Blindfold Me featuring Nas reached number 91 on the R amp B chart and did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 19 Kelis s European label Virgin instead released the Cee Lo featuring Lil Star which was another top 10 hit for Kelis in the United Kingdom peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart 21 During mid 2007 Kelis toured in Europe appearing in numerous festivals across the United Kingdom France and Germany such as Wireless Rise and Gurtenfestival citation needed Ford chose Kelis to help advertise the 2007 Ford Edge and she recorded a theme song for the commercial titled Push It to the Edge with help from producer Scott Storch 51 Jive Records dropped Kelis in late 2007 52 Her manager at the time said that the singer was working with Cee Lo Green on an alternative dance album and would be shopping a pop album produced by songwriter Guy Chambers 52 Scottish electronica producer Calvin Harris was said to be collaborating with her 53 Kelis took a hiatus from music I was like I will never put out another record again I hate this business I hate all these people I was in this race that I didn t even realise that I was in I woke up and ten years had passed That was never my plan 12 After Kelis left Jive the label released a fourteen track greatest hits album titled The Hits in 2008 The album does not contain any previously unreleased songs Ol Dirty Bastard s Got Your Money N E R D s Truth or Dare and Richard X s Finest Dreams appear on the album with every charted Kelis single to that date with the exception of Blindfold Me Also in 2008 the Kelis Was Here album track I Don t Think So became a top 40 hit in Australia after being used in promotion for the 2008 season of the reality series Big Brother Australia 54 55 2009 2011 Flesh Tone Edit In 2009 Kelis signed to Interscope Records via the will i am Music Group to release Flesh Tone which included production from Ammo Free School Benny Benassi Burns Boys Noize DJ Tocadisco will i am and David Guetta 56 57 31 Flesh Tone marked Kelis transition into dance music Kelis said she was hesitant to sign to another major label after her experiences with Jive Records but did not want the album to be swept under the rug with a smaller label 57 Coinciding with her change in musical direction Kelis appeared on Basement Jaxx s 2009 album Scars on the title track on Benassi s 2010 single Spaceship with apl de ap and Jean Baptiste a top 40 U S and UK club hit 19 58 and on the Crookers single No Security from their debut album Tons of Friends 59 60 Critical reception to Flesh Tone was generally positive with Pitchfork naming the album Kelis s best since her debut Kaleidoscope 37 61 Acapella produced by David Guetta the first single from Flesh Tone debuted in the top five on the UK Singles Chart and reached number one on the U S Hot Dance Club Songs and the UK Dance Chart eventually receiving a BPI silver certification 21 19 62 63 Flesh Tone peaked at number 48 on the Billboard 200 and at number five on the Dance Electronic Albums 19 The single 4th of July Fireworks was accompanied by a video co directed by Kelis with Rankin and Nicole Ehrlich and became a top 10 club hit in America and Britain 19 64 The singles Scream and Brave made minimal chart impact During mid 2010 Kelis embarked on her first U S tour titled All Hearts with Robyn 65 amid a selection of club festival and solo dates that continued through 2011 these included Glastonbury The Big Chill Good Vibrations Festival and Lovebox Kelis appears on the Mark Ronson produced track The Man Who Stole a Leopard from the 2010 Duran Duran album All You Need Is Now a song she and the band performed in a concert directed by filmmaker David Lynch 66 She co wrote the song Waiting for British pop singer Cheryl Cole s Messy Little Raindrops 67 Kelis then collaborated with Calvin Harris on the 2011 single Bounce the lead single from Harris album 18 Months 68 Bounce debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart becoming Kelis s tenth UK top 10 single and her biggest selling in the country as of 2017 21 69 It eventually received a platinum certification from the BPI 70 2012 2017 Food Edit Kelis performing in 2011 In 2012 Kelis s management firm at the time announced that her sixth studio album would be released in late 2012 and feature production from Skream BURNS Tom Neville Dan Black and Caspa 71 The first single the Skream produced Distance received its UK radio premiere in mid 2012 72 Kelis said of the album I ve been on a real 1990s vibe with this record it s kind of trip hoppish it s more electro it s a little deeper and darker 73 Kelis was featured on Dan Black s single Hearts and Skream s Copy Cat both 2013 the latter of which led to a dispute after Kelis alleged that Skream refused to have her appear in the music video 74 75 She opted to move on from dance music when everyone else starts doing it it s not as much fun too much time went by That sound wasn t a new idea any more 76 The rest of the material from these recording sessions remains unreleased 77 By 2013 Kelis was working with producer Dave Sitek and it was announced that she would release two albums via Sitek s label Federal Prism 74 78 79 The single Jerk Ribs premiered online 80 Kelis then signed to British independent label Ninja Tune for the release of the album Food in 2014 81 Produced entirely by Sitek Food entered the UK Albums Chart at number 20 becoming Kelis second highest peaking album after Tasty in 2004 82 In the U S it reached number 73 on the Billboard 200 and the top 20 on the Independent Albums 19 Subsequent singles were Rumble a top 40 hit on the UK Independent Singles Chart and Friday Fish Fry 83 84 Food received positive reviews from critics including a five star review in The Independent Kelis s sixth album is a moveable feast If music be the food of love Kelis has cooked up something tasty enough to satisfy all but the hungriest of hearts 85 Mic named Food the best album of 2014 and of Kelis s career and Rolling Stone listed it as one of the year s best R amp B albums 86 A limited edition version of Food included remixes by electronic producers such as Actress Mount Kimbie Ben Pearce Breach Machinedrum and Will Saul 87 Breach reworked his remix of Rumble into The Key a track featuring Kelis released as a single later in 2014 88 Kelis performance at London s Somerset House was recorded and released as the album Live in London in late 2014 89 In 2015 Kelis featured on veteran disco producer Giorgio Moroder s album Deja Vu singing on the track Back and Forth 90 In 2017 she was featured with rapper Sage The Gemini on English house DJ TCTS single Do It Like Me Icy Feet 91 and on Dan Black s single Farewell Also in 2017 she released the song Who s Lovin You originally sung by The Miracles on the Danger Mouse produced compilation Resistance Radio The Man in The High Castle for the television show The Man in the High Castle 92 2018 present Kaleidoscope anniversary tour and new music Edit Kelis contributed vocals to the dance track My Milkshake a rework of her 2003 single Milkshake by British producer Freejak in 2018 93 Kelis embarked on the Kaleidoscope 20th Anniversary Tour a UK and European tour celebrating the 20th anniversary release of her debut album Kaleidoscope in March 2020 though this was cut short due to the COVID 19 pandemic 94 95 Kelis was featured on a Disclosure song titled Watch Your Step in 2020 and on Deal with It a track on Demidevil the debut mixtape by Ashnikko in 2021 The former single from Disclosure s Grammy Award nominated album Energy received frequent airplay on radio stations in the UK and reached the UK dance chart top 40 96 97 In October 2020 a biographical animated short about her life as a singer and chef was released on YouTube citation needed Kelis revealed to i D magazine in 2019 that she was working on an EP that at the time of the interview was intended for release in 2020 98 in 2021 she said an album Dirt would be released in 2022 99 unreliable source Kelis released the single Midnight Snacks in 2021 and Feed Them in 2022 the latter in collaboration with the meal delivery service Daily Harvest 100 101 102 An interpolation of Kelis s Milkshake was used in the Beyonce song Energy on her 2022 album Renaissance The song was updated on some streaming services to remove the interpolation after Kelis said that she was not notified nor asked for approval for the song s use Kelis said that Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of the Neptunes the credited songwriters on Milkshake had stolen and swindled her publishing rights for the song 103 Other ventures EditCulinary Edit From 2006 to 2010 Kelis trained part time as a saucier eventually graduating from Le Cordon Bleu 12 104 In 2013 Kelis debuted her sauce line Feast at the Beverly Hills Food amp Wine Festival 105 Kelis has described sauce as what accessories are to a woman s outfit Sauce defines where the dish is from and who s making it I think everything is better smothered poured or dipped 106 The line went on general sale in 2015 under the new name of Bounty amp Full 107 Kelis s first cookbook My Life on a Plate was also released in 2015 Kelis describes it as an exploration of tastes and cultures and my experience as a chef musician mother and wife 108 Kelis had previously written an unreleased cookbook with Lauren Pesavento in 2006 109 In March 2014 Kelis set up a food truck to cook for attendees of the American music festival SXSW 110 She promoted her 2014 album Food by sharing her recipes for apple farro jerk ribs New York vanilla bean cheesecake and more on the Spotify app Supper 111 That same year the Cooking Channel aired a cooking television series starring Kelis titled Saucy and Sweet 112 In 2016 Kelis and cooking duo Le Bun opened a pop up restaurant in London that she adapted as a food truck to tour around UK music festivals 113 In September 2017 she released a milkshake recipe in collaboration with Baileys 114 In 2019 Kelis developed an exclusive menu with a local street food vendor for Jam on Rye Festival in London 115 She also appears in Cooked with Cannabis a competition cooking series that Netflix launched on April 20 2020 116 Fashion TV Edit In 2006 Kelis designed her own line of fashion accessories titled Cake 117 In 2007 she was in talks to host a Project Runway esque show for VH1 and auditioned for various film and TV roles 34 52 In 2017 Kelis joined BBC One s singing contest Pitch Battle as a judge of the competition with Gareth Malone 118 In 2020 Kelis competed as the Daisy in the British version of The Masked Singer where she was eliminated in the fifth episode 119 Personal life EditKelis met rapper Nas at an MTV Video Music Awards party in 2002 they dated for one year became engaged in 2004 and married in January 2005 In April 2009 she filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences She was seven months pregnant at the time 120 In July 2009 Kelis gave birth to her first son Knight 121 The couple s divorce was finalized in May 2010 122 Kelis has described her relationship with Nas as physically and mentally abusive crediting the anticipated birth of her child as a factor in her decision to end her marriage 123 Kelis also recalled that the domestic violence incident between Rihanna and Chris Brown influenced her decision to leave Nas 123 After she saw pictures of Rihanna battered she felt embarrassed because she also had bruises all over her body but she was hesitant to speak about it 124 Nas replied to the accusations on social media accusing Kelis of attempting to slander him in the time of a custody battle and accusing Kelis of abusing his daughter 125 In addition to the domestic abuse claims she alleged that Nas drinking habit began to damage their relationship and he had been having adulterous affairs for two years 126 They are involved in an ongoing custody battle over their son In April 2018 Kelis claimed that until 2012 she had not seen a single cent from Nas in child support and he has not been an active parent She said He doesn t participate He shows up when it s fun he shows up when there s a good photo op I don t think it should be 50 50 just because you had sperm involved 127 In March 2007 Kelis was detained by police in Miami Beach Florida and charged with disorderly conduct The arrest report said an operation in which officers posed as prostitutes in the South Beach nightclub district was disrupted when Kelis started screaming racial profanities at them She was sent to Miami Dade County Jail and was later released on a 1 500 bond 128 In September 2008 Kelis was acquitted of the charges A spokesman for Kelis further commented that the singer would file a lawsuit against the Miami Beach Police claiming unlawful arrest and the violation of her civil rights 129 Kelis married photographer Mike Mora in 2014 130 and she gave birth to her second son Shepherd in November 2015 131 Since January 2020 Kelis has been living on a remote farm outside Los Angeles that she manages 132 In September 2020 she gave birth to her and Mora s second child a daughter named named Galilee 133 In September 2021 Mora revealed publicly that he had stage 4 stomach cancer In an Instagram post he stated he had been diagnosed with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma in September 2020 and given eighteen months to live 134 135 Mora died on March 14 2022 at age 37 136 137 Artistry EditAXS called Kelis a punky rebellious singer songwriter 138 The New York Times considered Kelis s vocals dynamic and commended her for being well schooled in the intricacies of heartache 139 IGN described Kelis as being strange weird and eccentric 140 The Chicago Tribune stated that Kelis made the most of a voice that lives in the basement 141 Kelis s debut album Kaleidoscope took influence from a variety of 1970s genres 142 which included urban rock jazz hip hop R amp B soul and disco music 143 144 145 146 147 Kelis cited early Sarah Vaughan Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington as major influences for the album 139 Several of the album s tracks were designed for clubs and contained electro beats meant for dancing 148 Her second studio album Wanderland resembles musically its predecessor while exploring more modern funk sounds dabbling heavily into genres such as soul and rap 149 150 151 It carried on the same themes developed in Kaleidoscope and was criticized for doing so 152 Food 2014 contains influences of soul funk gospel and Afrobeat Kelis said of the album You know those records in your life that your parents played and they resonate with who you are They make you nostalgic I wanted to find out how to get that feeling 76 Awards and nominations EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by KelisDiscography EditMain article Kelis discography Studio albumsKaleidoscope 1999 Wanderland 2001 Tasty 2003 Kelis Was Here 2006 Flesh Tone 2010 Food 2014 Tours EditHeadlining Tasty Down Under Tour 2004 All Hearts Tour with Robyn 2010 Intimate Venues Tour 2014 Kaleidoscope 20th Anniversary Tour 2020 Supporting act Area One Tour 2001 Elevation Tour 2001 MTV2 s Sisters for Hip Hop amp Soul Tour 2001 The Onyx Hotel Tour 2004 Hip Hop Don t Stop with Missy Elliott and Talib Kweli 2004 Sugar Water Festival 2006 Filmography EditList of television and films credits Year Title Role Notes2003 Volcano High Song voiceover MTV dub TV movie2004 Saturday Night Live Musical Guest Herself Drew Barrymore Kelis Season 29 Episode 12 2007 Me and Mr Jones Herself Reality television Executive producer2010 Freaknik The Musical Tyra Banks voice TV movie2011 Duran Duran Unstaged Herself Direct to Video documentary2011 Top Chef Masters Quickfire Judge Herself Everything Old Is New Again Season 3 Episode 2 2012 Fashion Police Herself Guest judge2013 Brazzaville Teen Ager Herself Short film2014 Saucy amp Sweet Herself Cooking special2014 Hell s Kitchen Herself 12 Chef s Compete Season 13 Episode 7 2014 Holiday Feast with Kelis Herself Cooking special2017 Pitch Battle Herself Judge2020 The Masked Singer Herself Daisy Contestant UK version2020 Cooked with Cannabis Herself Host Judge2021 Selena Chef Herself Guest starReferences Edit Kelis signs to Ninja Tune announces new album Food FACT Magazine Music News New Music Factmag com December 11 2013 Archived from the original on February 20 2014 Retrieved April 23 2014 She can be heard singing her name in the song Blindfold Me Kelis Biography Biography com 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October 25 2017 Retrieved March 23 2018 Kelis Acquitted on Charges of Disorderly Conduct Resisting Arrest MTV News September 12 2008 Archived from the original on September 13 2008 Retrieved September 13 2008 Hautman Nicholas April 26 2018 Kelis Claims She Endured a Lot of Mental and Physical Abuse During Nas Marriage US Weekly Archived from the original on April 27 2018 Retrieved April 26 2018 Kelis Gives Birth to Her Second Son E News December 17 2015 Archived from the original on March 30 2016 Retrieved April 28 2016 Freeman Hadley January 30 2020 Unmasked singer Kelis on music men and her missing money The Guardian Archived from the original on January 30 2020 Retrieved October 19 2020 Peters Mitchell September 13 2020 Kelis Welcomes First Daughter Following Intense Labor Billboard Archived from the original on September 17 2020 Retrieved October 19 2020 Litton Jamie October 8 2021 Kelis Drops Comeback Single Midnight Snacks As Husband Battles Terminal Cancer Urban Island Archived from the original on October 15 2021 Retrieved October 15 2021 Smith Ryan October 15 2021 Kelis Husband Reveals Doctors Can Do Nothing More for Him amid Cancer Battle Newsweek Archived from the original on October 15 2021 Retrieved October 15 2021 Uwumarogie Victoria March 14 2022 Kelis Husband Mike Mora Passes Away After Battle with Stomach Cancer Essence Archived from the original on March 15 2022 Retrieved March 15 2022 Khalifeh Mona March 14 2022 Mike Mora Singer Kelis Husband Dead at 37 After Battle With Cancer Entertainment Tonight Archived from the original on March 15 2022 Retrieved March 15 2022 The 10 best Kelis songs AXS Archived from the original on May 4 2017 Retrieved April 15 2019 a b Chambers Veronica August 19 2001 Uptown girl The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on April 15 2019 Retrieved April 15 2019 D Spence February 20 2004 Kelis Interview IGN Archived from the original on April 15 2019 Retrieved April 15 2019 Kot Greg Concert review Kelis at Park West chicagotribune com Archived from the original on April 15 2019 Retrieved April 15 2019 Petridis Alexis August 22 2001 Kelis Astoria London The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on April 16 2019 Retrieved April 16 2019 The SPIN Interview Kelis Talks Milkshake Feminism and Inspirational Love Spin April 28 2014 Archived from the original on April 16 2019 Retrieved April 16 2019 Easlea Daryl BBC Music Review of Kelis Kaleidoscope Bbc co uk Archived from the original on January 31 2019 Retrieved April 16 2019 Looking through Kelis Kaleidoscope of music Pause amp Play CD and Music Site Pause amp Play February 27 2000 Archived from the original on April 16 2019 Retrieved April 16 2019 Kelis All You Need Is Hate EW com Archived from the original on April 16 2019 Retrieved April 16 2019 N E R D s Shae Haley on Kaleidoscope the Kelis album that started it all The FADER Archived from the original on April 16 2019 Retrieved April 16 2019 Kelis Tasty Album Review Pitchfork Archived from the original on April 20 2019 Retrieved April 20 2019 Petridis Alexis October 19 2001 CD review Kelis Wanderland The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved April 20 2019 nme September 12 2005 Kelis Wanderland NME Archived from the original on April 20 2019 Retrieved April 20 2019 This is what it was like to record Wanderland Kelis s long lost masterpiece The FADER Archived from the original on April 20 2019 Retrieved April 20 2019 Cinquemani Sal February 22 2002 Review Kelis Wanderland Slant Magazine Archived from the original on August 3 2020 Retrieved April 20 2019 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kelis Official website Kelis at AllMusic Kelis at IMDb Kelis at china underground comAwards and achievementsPreceded byMacy Gray BRIT Award for Best International Breakthrough Act2001 Succeeded byThe Strokes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kelis amp oldid 1149657180, wikipedia, 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