What is Kelis ethnicity?

Her father Kenneth was an African-American jazz musician and Pentecostal minister and was formerly a professor at Wesleyan University. Her mother Eveliss is a Chinese-Puerto Rican fashion designer who inspired Kelis to pursue her singing career.

Where is Kelis today?

Born and raised in Harlem, Kelis now lives in Southern California where she continues to work on her line of distinctive sauces, called Bounty & Full. Why there? I love that Glendale is a real city outside of Los Angeles. It’s still L.A. without being inside the busy city.

How long were Kelis and Nas married?

However, it wasn’t until eight years after their divorce was finalized that Kelis revealed what really went wrong in her and Nas’ marriage. In a 2018 interview with Hollywood Unlocked, the singer alleged that the rapper had abused her during their five-year marriage.

Who is Nas married to now?

KelisNas / Spouse (m. 2005–2010)

Did Nas and Nicki Minaj date?

In September 2017, Nas and Nicki Minaj started dating and it seemed hip-hop had found a new power couple. By January of the new year, the two called it quits and it looks like there may have been one person who was perhaps more upset by their split than fans —the rapper’s ex-wife, Kelis.

What happened with Kelis and Pharrell?

In an interview with The Guardian published on Thursday, Kelis has accused Pharrell and Chad Hugo, known together as the producing duo The Neptunes, of stealing the profits and publishing from her first two albums Kaleidoscope and Wanderland.

Why did Nas get a divorce?

Nas’s first public response came via seven Instagram posts in which he claimed Kelis had been abusive to him. The pair divorced in 2009, with Kelis saying in April that she considered going public about the alleged abuse at the time – after seeing pictures of Rihanna’s face following an attack by Chris Brown.