1. Kelly Price provided uncredited guest performances on Kanye West's 2016 songs "Ultralight Beam" and "Low Lights", both from his album The Life of Pablo.
19 Facts About Kelly Price
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Kelly Price has won a Soul Train Music Award, and received nine Grammy Award nominations.
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Kelly Price was born in New York City in Far Rockaway, Queens, and she sang in church as a youngster.
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Kelly Price was later introduced to Carey's then-husband, Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola, and was offered a gig as a background singer for Carey, which she did until 1997.
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In October 2005, Kelly Price recorded her first live gospel album.
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Kelly Price was inducted as an honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in July 2006.
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In early 2007, Kelly Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.
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In 2016, Kelly Price was included in several songs on rapper Kanye West's album, The Life of Pablo.
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In September 2021, Kelly Price was declared missing as reported by TMZ.
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Kelly Price grew up in the Edgemere Projects located in New York City in Far Rockaway, Queens.
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Kelly Price's father died when she was nine years old.
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Kelly Price's grandfather was Jerome Norman, Bishop and Pastor of the Full Gospel Mission Church of God in Christ in Queens and Jurisdictional Prelate of the Barbados First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, since 1985.
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Kelly Price's sister, Shanrae Kelly Price, is a singer and served as a background vocalist for Mariah Carey.
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In December 2000, Kelly Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer.
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Kelly Price donated the proceeds from her single "Love Sets You Free" which she recorded in January 2000.
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The previous year, in 1998, Kelly Price learned that both her mother and her mother-in-law had been diagnosed with breast cancer, which would later claim her mother-in-law's life.
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Kelly Price's mother was a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer and an activist in educating the public about the disease.
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Kelly Price was the chairwoman of the seventh annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival held in Dallas, Texas which was sponsored by the Celebrating Life Foundation.
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Kelly Price underwent chemotherapy, and the disease was in remission as of October 2006.