Birth Name:
Kelis Rogers-Jones
Birth Place:
Harlem, New York City, USA
Ethnicity:
Chinese, African American and Puerto Rican
The Harlem-born singer was born to an African American Father and a half Chinese and half Puerto Rican Mother.
In an interview Kelis stated “I consider myself black, although technically my mother is half-Chinese and half-Puerto Rican. My father is black.”
Source:
http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12026785
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I hate when have black ppl only consider them selves just black no…your one or more that other race helped make you so be proud of it!
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And I hate when “white” people deny that they have African ancestry….no. It seems like Johnny Depp is the only one who’s proud of ALL of his heritage.
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Black men get around & sleep with ALL kinds of women , white,black,Asian,Hispanic. That’s why to this day especially now in the 21st century there all so many people that are of mixed race. A Majority are half black !
Hot debate. What do you think?
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luckily she’s black.. All thnks to her pappi.. Beautiful!
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I actually went to H.S. with her and I don’t care what the hell you are mixed with, a bad attitude makes you UGLY. Period. She was snooty then and I can see she is still snooty now. I find that African blood is more dominant than Asian blood and Asian blood more so than Caucasian blood. Non are superior or inferior then the next but you can see it in celebs like Amerie (Asian and Black) and Kate Gosselin’s kids.
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her father is african american of jamaican decent
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Do you have a link to that info?
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I can tell she is mixed! And this is a beautiful mix!
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I didn’t know she was mixed,!but she really pretty and cute,!
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Kelis is pretty. Now don’t you think it would be quite silly of her to insist that she isn’t black?
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clearly LI is trippen and so is other racist ppl it doesnt matter if your chinnesse japeneese asion cambodian phillipeno black white mexican(by the way good mix ethnicitys dont you think)theres ugly ppl and sexxy ppl it doesnt matter what ehtnicity you are( thank you very much)and black people are beautiful LI
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