1. Keyshia Myeshia Cole is an American singer, songwriter, television personality and actress.
64 Facts About Keyshia Cole
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Keyshia Cole Myeshia Johnson was born in Oakland, California on October 15,1981.
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Keyshia Cole is the daughter of Francine "Frankie" Lons and boxing trainer Virgil Hunter.
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Keyshia Cole has four siblings, including two brothers, Sean and Sam, a younger sister, Elite Noel, and an older sister, Neffeteria Pugh.
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At the age of 12, Keyshia Cole met and recorded with MC Hammer, after being introduced to him by her brother Sean.
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Keyshia Cole later formed a friendship with Tupac Shakur, who promised to support her burgeoning music career.
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Tragically, Shakur was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting the same night he asked Keyshia Cole to write a hook for his upcoming project at the time.
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Keyshia Cole attended Fremont High School in Oakland, before later attending and graduating from Tracy High School in Tracy, California.
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Keyshia Cole moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 to pursue a music career.
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In June 2006, Keyshia Cole was featured on " Give It Up to Me" by Sean Paul from the soundtrack of the romantic dance film Step Up.
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In March 2007, Keyshia Cole was featured on Diddy's single "Last Night", taken from his fourth album Press Play.
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On September 25,2007, Keyshia Cole released her second album Just like You, to generally favorable reviews from music critics.
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Keyshia Cole received a variety of accolades for the album, including four Grammy Award nominations and three BET Award nominations.
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Additionally, Keyshia Cole was scheduled to make a cameo on Missy Elliott's album, Block Party, which was originally intended to be released that year.
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Shortly after the tour ended, Keyshia Cole embarked on her first headlining concert tour, A Different Me Tour, which began on May 13 and concluded on June 21,2009.
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In November 2009, at the Soul Train Music Awards, Keyshia Cole earned a nomination in the Best Collaboration category for "Trust".
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In September 2011, Keyshia Cole began working on her fifth album, which was expected to be released in February 2012.
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Keyshia Cole's second headlining concert tour, the Woman to Woman Tour, began in March 2013, in support of Woman to Woman.
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In October 2013, Keyshia Cole released the music video for the album's third and final single, "I Choose You", directed by Ethan Lader.
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In March 2014, Keyshia Cole debuted the title and first two singles for her sixth studio album Point of No Return, "Rick James", which features American rapper Juicy J, and "Next Time ".
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In September 2015, Keyshia Cole independently released the London on da Track-produced song "Don't Waste My Time" and her own remixed version of Drake's "Hotline Bling".
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That same year, Keyshia Cole made two guest appearances on hip-hop albums.
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Keyshia Cole was featured alongside J Cole on "Black Heaven", a track from Boosie Badazz's Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, and appeared on "Nothing to Me" with rapper E-40 from G-Eazy's When It's Dark Out.
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On November 11,2016, it was revealed that Keyshia Cole had finished recording her then-upcoming seventh studio album and had signed a record deal with Epic Records.
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On January 27,2017, Keyshia Cole released the lead single "You".
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On November 17,2019, Keyshia Cole performed a freestyle at the 2019 Soul Train Music Awards cypher.
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In June 2020, it was reported that Keyshia Cole had signed a management deal with talent management company Primary Wave, shortly after revealing that she had reunited with longtime friend and record producer Ron Fair, with whom she worked with for her first four albums.
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On December 2,2020, Keyshia Cole announced via her Instagram Live, while singing a few of her previous records, that she would soon be competing in a match.
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On February 5,2021, Keyshia Cole released the standalone single "I Don't Wanna Be in Love", under her independent record label, Hearts and Stars, created with the support of BMG.
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In March 2021, Keyshia Cole announced her intention to retire from the music industry after the release of her upcoming eighth studio album.
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At the Lights On Festival in Concord, California on September 18,2021, Keyshia Cole performed live for the first time since the death of her biological mother.
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On January 11,2022, Keyshia Cole signed a global deal with the Creative Artists Agency.
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In March 2022, Keyshia Cole was profiled and interviewed by Tami Roman for her own episode in the TV One documentary series, Uncensored.
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In support of her Lifetime-original biographical film, Keyshia Cole: This Is My Story, in which she starred in and executive produced, Cole released the standalone single "Forever Is a Thing" on June 23,2023.
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Keyshia Cole: This Is My Story, which premiered on June 24,2024, was inspired by the death of Cole's mother, along with other major events in her life and career.
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On September 12,2023, Keyshia Cole performed "Last Night" alongside Diddy during his Global Icon set at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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In December 2023, Keyshia Cole featured on the soundtrack to the film The Color Purple and on the Gag City Edition of Nicki Minaj's fifth studio album Pink Friday 2.
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In 2024, Cole headlined The Love Hard Tour; joined by co-headlining acts Trey Songz, Jaheim and K Michelle.
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On October 25,2024, Keyshia Cole was featured on Hunxho's song "Don't Let Me Down", from his second album Thank God.
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Keyshia Cole cites Mary J Blige as one of her greatest musical inspirations, along with Faith Evans, Toni Braxton, Monica, Chante Moore and Brandy.
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In 2008, Keyshia Cole partnered with Luster Products to endorse their relaunched Pink Brand Smooth Touch hair care line, aimed at women aged 16 to 24.
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On July 26,2013, Keyshia Cole posted images of more shoes from the collection.
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Keyshia Cole brings fresh ideas to the table, and knows what girls want.
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In January 2015, Keyshia Cole donated $15,000 to the family of Oscar Grant, an unarmed African-American man who was fatally shot by a police officer in Oakland, California.
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Between November 2005 to October 2007, Keyshia Cole was discreetly involved in a romantic relationship with rapper Jeezy.
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Keyshia Cole began dating NBA player Daniel Gibson in May 2009, announcing their engagement and her pregnancy in January 2010.
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In March 2014, Keyshia Cole confirmed during an interview on The Breakfast Club that she and Gibson were separated, succeeding the rumors that Gibson had cheated on Keyshia Cole with a stripper.
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On May 3,2019, Keyshia Cole announced that she was expecting her second child, with her then-boyfriend Niko Khale.
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Keyshia Cole gave birth to her second son, Tobias Khale, on August 1,2019.
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In October 2020, Khale confirmed that he and Keyshia Cole had ended their relationship.
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The reason for this was that Keyshia Cole's mother claimed an unknown Italian man was Keyshia Cole's biological father.
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In May 2016, Keyshia Cole met her biological father, Virgil Hunter, after a paternity test confirmed their connection.
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On November 14,2021, Keyshia Cole announced that her adoptive father, Leon Keyshia Cole, Jr.
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Keyshia Cole became romantically involved with rapper and record executive Birdman in January 2014.
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On September 19,2014, Keyshia Cole was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery after allegedly assaulting a woman in Birdman's condominium home; which led to him cutting ties with Keyshia Cole soon after.
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Mercadel claimed that Keyshia Cole threw objects at her, punched her in the face, pulled her hair, and slashed her with fingernails.
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Keyshia Cole went so far as to mention Cole as a vocalist she thinks she can surpass vocally.
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Amid rumors that Keyshia Cole had thrown eggs at the car of rapper Bow Wow, Lil' Mo dubbed Keyshia Cole a "thot" on an episode of her podcast, The Lil' Mo Show, on March 11,2016.
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Keyshia Cole negatively tweeted about Michelle Williams' Super Bowl XLVII halftime show performance on February 4,2013, when she performed onstage alongside fellow Destiny's Child members, Kelly Rowland and Beyonce.
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Keyshia Cole said that Williams' accusation that Keyshia Cole had utilized an auto-tune microphone at a prior Soul Train Music Awards performance was the reason behind it.
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Later that month, both Williams and Keyshia Cole publicly made amends over the situation.
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In March 2013, Keyshia Cole posted a rant on her Twitter page, in which she criticized Beyonce for her audio track "Bow Down ".
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Keyshia Cole responded to this by tweeting that it was fine for him to not work with her again.
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On October 29,2008, Keyshia Cole was honored with the Dr Betty Bahiyah Shabazz Award by the Black Cotton Foundation, a nonprofit organization in the New York metropolitan area, alongside former Black Panther Party leader Ericka Huggins.