Kelis

Biography

Kelis Rogers (; born August 21, 1979) is an American singer. She attended Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, where she played saxophone and was selected for the Girls Choir of Harlem. Upon graduation, Rogers landed a role as a backing vocalist for the hip hop group Gravediggaz. She then began working with music producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo—collectively known as the Neptunes—who led her to sign with Virgin Records in 1998. The following year, she appeared on Ol' Dirty Bastard's Neptunes-produced single "Got Your Money", which became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100. Rogers's debut studio album, Kaleidoscope (1999), inspired by jazz and disco music from the 1970s, sold poorly in the United States but drew critical acclaim and found moderate success on international charts.

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