Keyshia Cole Biography

Fast Facts

• Won an ASCAP Award for R&B/Hip Hop Song for "Love" in 2007
• Her second album, "Just Like You," debuted at No․ 2 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2007
• Won an Early Entertainment Award for Video of the Week for "Heaven Sent" in 2008
• Moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 to begin her music career, collaborating with D'Wayne Wiggings and Messy Marv before meeting and signing with Ron Fair of A&M Records in 2002
• Started out in the music industry at the age of 12 when she recorded her first song with MC Hammer
• Quote: "The realities [in my songs] allow people to come into my life to let them know not only am I speaking from a place they can understand, but also they can see that I've been to the bottom and made it to the top․"
• Was the subject of the reality series "Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is" in 2006 and "Family First" in 2012
• Best known as an R&B singer and songwriter, record producer, and television personality whose hit songs include "I Should Have Cheated" and "Love․"