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keyshia michlle cole born keyshia miesha johnson on october 15 1981 in oakland,california is a grammy award nominated american, r&b singer-songwriter and record producer known for her soulful voice. she released her platinum selling debut album the way it is in 2005 and her second album just like you 2007 cole was born to an african- american mother fankie and an itlalian father sal who is deceased. her mother drug addiction led to her becoming a foster child adopted by yvonne cole at 4 year old she recently found out that she had 2 twin sister named linda and lydia wamer which are living in cleveland,ohio. she currently resides in atlanta georgia with her birth mom her older sister neffe and neffe three daugthers in february 2008 neffe had her fourth child and first son cole says that her older brother sean cole and tupac shakur were close friends sean cole raps under the alias nutt so and recorded several songs with shakur brfore his death keyshia's first recordings with mc radiant at the age of twelve in the early 2000s. she appeared on tracks by san franciso bay area artists including tony! toni! tone! dwayne wiggins and san francise rapper mess marv cole was inspired by her ex-boyfriend's mother to further pursue her career. after catching her boyfiend cheating,cole left the bay area with a rented car and two hundred dollars she moved to los angeles and within severl months of her arrival, had attracted the attention oflove in june july 2002 she was signed by then a&r rep fair in december 2002 cole started recording her debut album soon after in 2003 she made her first solo appearance on the biker boyz soundtrack with the track get up. in 2004 cole made another solo appearance on the track never taken from thr barershop2 back in business soundtrack with rapper eve