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About Kelis
Kelis Rogers-Jones (born Kelis Rogers on August 21, 1979) is a twice Grammy Award-nominated American singer and songwriter. She is married to rapper Nas.
Kelis was born and raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Her first name, pronounced [kuh lees], is a combination of the name of her father Kenneth and of her mother Eveliss. Kenneth is an African-American jazz musician, a Pentecostal minister, and a professor at Wesleyan University.[2] Eveliss is a Chinese-Puerto Rican fashion designer, who inspired her to pursue her singing career.
As a child, she sang in church choirs...
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