for the soundtrack of Barbershop 2: Back in Business. Cole made her debut with the Eve collaboration "Never," produced by Fair and Erroll "Poppi" McCalla, Jr. In Los Angeles, she quickly impressed A&M president Ron Fair, who signed her to a solo deal. She contemplated a move to Los Angeles following those early opportunities in the Bay, so when she discovered that her then-boyfriend had cheated on her, she headed downstate and never looked back.
Cole soon appeared on the remix of Messy Marv's "Nubian Queen" and the Wiggins-produced soundtrack for the independent film Me & Mrs. Near the end of the '90s, her singing aspirations began to take flight, aided by mentor D'wayne Wiggins (of Tony! Toni! Toné!). The native Oaklander started working the angles while still a preteen, including recording with fellow Bay Area resident MC Hammer. Cole has since released her seventh album, 11:11 Reset (2017), and entered the 2020s as an independent artist with "I Don't Wanna Be in Love" (2021).Ĭole, born Keyshia Myeshia Johnson, aspired from an early age to make music her life. Michelle and Teyana Taylor - continued to grow. As Cole lengthened her streak of Top Ten albums with Calling All Hearts (2010), Woman to Woman (2012), and Point of No Return (2014), the field of singers bearing her influence - such as K. Blige, singing about romantic turmoil with streetwise urgency and candor, but she set herself apart with her second and third platinum albums, Just Like You (2007) and A Different Me (2008), risk-taking sets that produced a total of seven Top Ten R&B/hip-hop singles, plus four Grammy nominations for the former. With The Way It Is (2004), the singer, songwriter, and producer came across as a Bay Area equivalent to Mary J. Known throughout her career for her raspy soprano voice and intensely expressive performance style, Keyshia Cole became one of the most successful R&B artists to emerge in the mid-2000s.
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