Kelis Rogers-Jones (née Rogers, born August 21 1979), better known as
Kelis, is an American R&B singer and songwriter.
Biography Kelis was born and raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York
City, New York. Her first name, , is a combination of her father's name,
Kenneth, and her mother's name, Eveliss. Kenneth is an African-American
jazz musician, a Pentecostal minister, and a professor at Wesleyan
University. Eveliss is a Chinese-Puerto Rican fashion designer, who
inspired Kelis to pursue her singing career.
As a child, she sang in church choirs and played violin, piano, and
saxophone while attending Manhattan Country School, a private school.
Kelis left home at age sixteen, but continued her education at age sixteen
when she went to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and
Performing Arts, where she formed the
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