Keyshia Myeshia Cole is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality.
32 Facts About Keyshia Cole
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Keyshia Cole's work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including an ASCAP Award and a Billboard Music Award.
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Keyshia Cole Myeshia Johnson was born on October 15,1981, in Oakland, California, and is the biological daughter of Francine "Frankie" Lons and boxing trainer Virgil Hunter.
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Keyshia Cole was adopted at the age of two by family friends Leon and Yvonne Cole, changing her last name to Cole.
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At the age of 12, Keyshia Cole was introduced into the music industry, along with her brother Sean, where she met and recorded with MC Hammer.
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Keyshia Cole later formed a friendship with Tupac Shakur, who promised to help her start her singing career after asking her to write a hook on his then-upcoming project on the night he got shot in a drive-by shooting unexpectedly, which caused his death six days later.
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At the age of 16, Keyshia Cole became a participant at the East Oakland Youth Development Center, a local youth organization.
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Keyshia Cole moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 to pursue a music career.
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On November 9,2004, Keyshia Cole released her first single from "The Way It Is" entitled "I Changed My Mind" featuring Kanye West.
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Keyshia Cole was featured on the single "Last Night" by Diddy from his album Press Play which ended up being on her second LP.
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Now under Geffen, Keyshia Cole released her second album, Just Like You on September 25,2007.
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Over a year after Keyshia Cole announced the beginning production of her fourth studio album, she released her first single, "I Ain't Thru", featuring Young Money Entertainment rap star, Nicki Minaj, on October 15,2010, her birthday.
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In February 2011, Keyshia Cole released her third single from "Calling All Hearts", "Take Me Away", to urban radio as a fan choice, which was released on December 21,2010.
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Keyshia Cole performed the single on January 19,2011, on Conan.
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Keyshia Cole disclosed that recent business disagreements played part in their departure.
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Keyshia Cole started development on her fifth studio album shortly after she came out with her fourth album.
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Keyshia Cole began production on the project working first with writers Ester Dean and Betty Wright.
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Keyshia Cole embarked on her third headlining concert tour, in support of her fifth studio album, Woman to Woman.
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Keyshia Cole later returned to the studio and began recording her sixth studio album.
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In March 2014, Keyshia Cole revealed the title of her sixth studio album to be Point of No Return.
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In February 2015, Keyshia Cole revealed to Rap-Up TV that following the release of Point of No Return, which sold poorly, she was contractually free from Interscope and was intending on moving forward as an independent recording artist.
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In December 2016, it was announced that Keyshia Cole signed a new record deal with Sony's Epic Records.
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On January 27,2017, Keyshia Cole released the lead single "You" from her seventh studio album.
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That same year she started hosting her own talk show, One on One with Keyshia Cole, airing on Fox Soul.
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In June 2020, it was reported that Keyshia Cole had signed a management deal with talent management company Primary Wave which was shortly after the reveal that she had reunited with longtime friend and record producer who she worked with for her first four albums, Ron Fair.
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In November 2014, BET confirmed that Keyshia Cole is back with her third reality TV show Keyshia Cole: All In; which was originally slated to premiere during Fall 2014, but aired on February 24,2015.
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In 2019, BET announced and confirmed that Keyshia Cole is back with a fourth reality show Keyshia Cole: My New Life, which premiered November 2019.
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Keyshia Cole announced that she was teaming up with fashion designer Steve Madden to create her own shoe collection, specifically high heels, wedges, and boots.
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In May 2009, Keyshia Cole began dating former NBA player Daniel Gibson.
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On March 21,2014, during an interview, Keyshia Cole announced and confirmed that she and Gibson had broken up, but they have not yet filed for divorce.
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On May 3,2019, Keyshia Cole announced via her Instagram that she was expecting her second child, a son, with her then boyfriend, Niko Khale.
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Lil' Mo shrugged off the incident, saying she was told that Keyshia Cole was intoxicated at the time, which Keyshia Cole denied.