Kimberly Michelle Pate was born on March 4, 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee.
K.Michelle is an R&B/Soul singer and songwriter. She was signed
to Jive Records in December 2008. Shortly thereafter she was brought
to the attention of labelmate R. Kelly, who is K. Michelle's male
mentor. K. Michelle is the only artist featured on R. Kelly's latest
album Love Letter (2010). She is a single mother to her seven year
old son Chase Bowman.
K. Michelle has stated that artists who have influenced her musical
style include Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, and Tammi Terrell.
Her first mixtape What's the 901?,[1] is considered a tribute to
Mary J Blige. She released her second mixtape on Christmas Eve 2010
entitled For Colored Girls (Pre-Pain Medicine). K Michelle has an
upcoming album called Pain Medicine which is one of the top anticipated
albums of 2011. Her two singles "Fallin" and "I Just
Can't Do This" were voted on 106 and Park for over eight weeks,
and another single called "How Many Times" was released
in February 2011. K Michelle has worked with artists such as R. Kelly,
Trina, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and many others. She earned
her first gold plaque for her contribution to R.Kelly's album Love
Letter where she was featured on the track "Love Is". Another
mixtape, Signed, Sealed, Delivered was released in June 2011.[2]
Recent messages on twitter from K.Michelle state that she will be
releasing another mixtape entitled S.T.O.R.M - she has already released "Worst
Man I Ever Had", "2Pac back freestyle" amoung many
other tracks that are slated to be on the mixtape. On a recent youtube
video that played the 2Pac Back/My Last Freestyle, it was stated
that the mixtape would be released in july. However, on July 28 K.Michelle
told one of her fans on tumblr that the mixtape would be dropping
in August. While in college at Flordia A&M University she pledged
into the Beta Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Pain Medicine (2011)
[edit] Singles
Year Single US R&B
2009 "Self Made" (feat. Trina & Gucci Mane) —
"
Fakin' It" (feat. Missy Elliott) —
2010 "Fallin" —
"
I Just Can't Do This" 63
2011 "How Many Times" 53
"
MP3" (feat. Akon) —
"
Loosing It"