Setting an example of woman power, Kelis Rogers-Mora is a big name in America who gets known for her work. She is an American singer, songwriter, professionally trained chef, designer, and businesswoman.
Kelis got her name from a combination of the name of her father, Kenneth, and mother, Eveliss. Kenneth turned to a jazz musician after leaving his job as a professor at Wesleyan University. Eveliss is a fashion designer who encouraged Kelis to pursue a music career.
According to Kelis, she misbehaved at sixteen and got kicked out of the house for misbehaving at sixteen. However, she graduated high school while working at a clothing store as a salesperson and bar as a bartender. It shows that struggle is a part of success.
She (Kelis) was married to the rapper and entrepreneur named Nas from 2005 to 2009. After eleven years, she revealed him being physically abusive towards her, but he denied it.
Kelis married a photographer named Mike Mora in 2014 and had a son and a daughter together. However, he died in 2022 of stomach cancer. Now, she gets rumored to date 72-year-old actor named Bill Murray.
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Kelis’ Career
Kelis worked as a backing vocalist for a track named Fairytalez. She bagged a record deal with Virgin Records and got promised her share of royalties. However, she neither got her payment from the sales of her first two albums nor credit for the song she had written. Thus, some struggling artists go through partiality in the beginning.
Kelis wrapped her debut studio album named Kaleidoscope within a year in 1998. She released her second album, Wanderland, in 2001. She donated all amount from her record ‘So Be It’ to charitable trusts spreading AIDS awareness.
‘Milkshake,’ the song written by Kelis for Tasty, her third studio album released in 2003, went gold. Over 500,000 copies were sold, and she got nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004.
Kelis graduated from Le Cordon Bleu as a part-time saucier in 2010. She joined Lauren Pesavento in 2006 to write a cookbook that never got released. She offered food through her food truck to the people attending SXSW in 2014.
Kelis auditioned for and acted in various TV shows and films. She designed Cake, a line of essential fashion elements. She participated in ‘The Masked Singer,’ the British reality singing competition in 2020, but could survive only five episodes.
Brit Awards for International Breakthrough Act, Glamour Awards for Best Solo Artist, MP3 Music Awards for the HDT, and New York Music Awards for Best R&B Video are some of the awards received by Kelis.
Kelis Net Worth 2023
Kelis’s Net Worth in 2023 is $5 million. It was $4.4 million in 2022, $4 million in 2021, $3.4 million in 2020, $3 million in 2019, and $2.4 million in 2018. As of 2023, her monthly income is more than $40,000, while her annual income is more than $0.5 million.
Americans know Kelis Rogers-Mora for her famous tracks like Bossy and Milkshake. She has worked with famous producers like Pharrell Williams and William James Adams Jr. (Will.i.am). So, most of her income comes from being a singer and chef.
Around six million albums of Kelis got sold throughout her music career and got nominated for a couple of Grammy awards. She used to live on a farm out of Los Angeles with her husband, Mike Mora, before his death.
In March 2017, Kelis got arrested for using racial statements against the officers dressed as prostitutes for an operation. Later, she got released after paying $1,500. She enjoys time with her family in her mansions in Miami and Los Angeles. She owns many properties across America.
Talking about her car collection, Kelis owns a Mercedes, Jaguar, Land Rover, and more, and she does not talk much about it. She lived in Glendale, California, for twenty years before moving to a 3,850 square feet house worth $875,000 in 2012.
Kelis’ house in California included two fireplaces, a big garden, two kitchens (one inside the house and the other outside), a saltwater pool, a swimming pool, and more. She wanted to sell it for $2 million in 2017 but ended up selling it for $1.7 million the following year. The multimillionaire, Kelis, sold her $1.8 million mansion in Los Angeles and went to live in Ranch.
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