She was featured on the single "Last Night" by Diddy from his album Press Play which also ended up being on her second LP. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and is regarded as Cole's "breakthrough single".Ĭole began work on the second album in early 2006. The fourth single, "Love" was released on Januand reached 19 on the Hot 100 and number one on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The third single from the album, "I Should Have Cheated" was released on August 3, 2005, and reached number 30 on the Hot 100. It has since sold over 2 million copies worldwide, receiving a platinum certification from the RIAA. It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, selling 89,000 copies in the first week of release.
The Way It Is was released on June 21, 2005. It featured appearances by Remy Ma, Fat Joe, and Ghostface Killah. In anticipation, Cole and DJ Green Lantern released a mixtape entitled "Team Invasion Presents Keyshia Cole" in February 2005 featuring remixes of hip-hop instrumentals and snippets of songs from her album. Cole completed her debut album in early 2005. Her second single from the album, "(I Just Want It) To Be Over", was released on Apand reached number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 (101). The radio remix, featuring then-incarcerated rapper Shyne reached #71 in the US.
On November 9, 2004, Cole released her first single from "The Way It Is" entitled "I Changed My Mind" featuring Kanye West. The single failed to reach the charts, but it eventually became the closing track on her debut album, "The Way It Is". After listening to an unfinished version of her single "Love", which would eventually become her first platinum single, he signed her and began mentoring her.Ĭole's debut single, "Never", featuring Eve, was released on Mato promote the soundtrack to the film Barbershop 2: Back in Business. In 2002, she was introduced to A&M Records A&R Ron Fair. During this time, Cole collaborated with artists from her native Bay Area, among them D'Wayne Wiggings of Tony Toni Tone and Messy Marv. Cole moved to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue a music career. At age 16, Cole became a participant at the East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), a local youth organization. She later formed a friendship with Tupac Shakur, who promised to help her start her singing career asking her to write a hook on his upcoming project the night he died unexpectedly. At age 12, Cole was introduced into the music industry, along with her brother Sean (also known as Nutt-So), where she met and recorded with MC Hammer. She was adopted at age two by family friends Leon and Yvonne Cole, changing her last name to Cole. Cole and Hunter met for the first time in 2016 after a paternity test confirmed their connection. Yes, Cole has range, but the strength she projects from every end of the spectrum is as unmistakable and unwavering as her voice.Keyshia Cole was born on Octoin Oakland, California, and is the biological daughter of Francine "Frankie" Lons and boxing trainer Virgil Hunter. She has blazed that trail ever since, commissioning verses from heavy hitters like Lil Wayne, Future, and Young Thug while singing on behalf of women who’ve been treated wrong or cheated on while seeking true love. Also on the latter album: a posthumous verse from 2Pac himself, underlining the fact that Cole frequently reversed the typical R&B singer and rapper relationship by featuring MCs on her tracks. Cole explored that duality across her albums while also bringing more women into her circle: 2007’s Just Like You featured a club-ready slice of boisterous female empowerment co-starring both Missy Elliott and Lil’ Kim (“Let It Go”), and 2008’s A Different Me included a duetted ode to devotion with Monica (“Trust”). But it was the heartrending “Love” that exposed the softer side of her bluntly titled 2005 debut, The Way It Is. When Cole at last found her own spotlight, it was over a Kanye West beat on 2004’s “I Changed My Mind,” an ex-skewering anthem cowritten by John Legend. Three years later, in 1996, she was set to record with 2Pac when he was gunned down. After cold-calling MC Hammer at age 12, the local hero gave her a shot at studio backing vocals. The Oakland singer (born in 1981) started her career early, immersed in rap. And, of course, it’s in her throaty voice, powerful at both a quaver and a wail.
It’s in her unbridled emotion, which rings true whether she’s wounded or hopeful. It’s in her style, which bridges R&B’s earnestness to hip-hop’s realness.
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