KELIS WAS BORN AUGUST OF 79'.SHE GREW UP IN A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY IN HARLEM, NY. HER NAME WAS DERIVED FROM BOTH HER MOTHER (A DESIGNER) & FATHERS (A SAXOPHONIST,AND DEACON) (KENNETH & EVELISS).KELIS IS ONE OF THREE GIRLS AND ALWAYS WAS THE ARTISTIC ONE WHO STOOD OUT OF THE BUNCH. EVEN @ A YOUNG AGE KELIS SHOWED HER FLAIR FOR FASHION AND LOVE FOR MUSIC.SHE ALWAYS WORE THE HOTTEST CLOTHES AND SUNG ON THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR @ HER FAMILIES CHURCH (BETHEL GOSPEL ASSEMBLY).KELIS ALSO JOINED THE HARLEM GIRL'S CHOIR @ THE PRIVATE SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED.WHICH ENABLED HER TO TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY.HINTS WHY SHE IS A JET SETTER NOW! KEL PLAYED THE VIOLIN, SAXOPHONE,AND PIANO. KELIS LEFT HOME @ THE AGE OF 13, DUE TO COMMON DIFFERENCES WE ALL HAVE WITH OUR PARENTS GROWING UP BUT STILL REMAINED CLOSE WITH HER PARENTS AND WAS DETERMINED TO SHOW SHE WAS INDEPANDANT.KELIS GOT SEVERAL JOBS MODELING FOR ESSENCE MAGAZINE AND BLACK HAIR TO NAME A FEW. ALWAYS LOVING MUSIC, HER MOM PUSHED HER TO PURSUE HER PASSION. THRU THE HELP OF HER FRIEND COURTNEY, INTRODUCING HER TO SOME UP AND COMING PRODUCERS(NEPTUNES), AND THEM HELPING HER MAKE A DEMO, KEL SIGNED A DEAL WITH VIRGIN RECORDS/STAR TREK AND IT ALL SKY-ROCKETED FROM THERE. AND SHE HAS BECOME THE KELIS YOU ALL LOVE AND KNOW NOW!THE VERY ORIGINAL,BEAT TO HER OWN DRUM GIRL, I GREW UP WITH. THAT'S K.E.L.I.S.
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