Kelis is an American singer with a net worth of $4 million. Kelis is best known for her Billboard Hot 100 singles “Caught Out There” and “Milkshake”.
At the age of 16, Kelis moved out of her parents’ home and signed with Virgin Records four years later. She has collaborated with various artists and has sold over 6 million albums worldwide, with 11 of her songs reaching the top 10.
Kelis has 6 studio albums, 1 live album, 1 compilation album, 39 singles including 21 as a featured artist and 29 music videos. She moved from the music industry to the food industry in the early 2000s with her mother because of her love for food.
She even graduated from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in 2008. As an entrepreneur, she created her own line of signature sauces, Feast, and also has a career in fashion, founding her own accessories line, Cake.
Kelis Net Worth (2024)
| Net asset value | 4 million dollars |
| Name | Kelis Rogers |
| Nation | USA |
| Year old | 45 years old |
| Annual income) | 300 thousand dollars |
| Latest updates | 2024 |
Kelis estimated net worth.
Kelis Net Worth Growth
| Net worth 2024 | 4 million dollars |
| Net worth 2023 | $3.5 million |
| Net worth 2022 | $3.2 million |
| Net worth 2021 | 3 million dollars |
| Net worth 2020 | $2.5 million |
Estimated growth of Kelis’ assets.
Early life
Kelis Rogers-Mora was born on August 21, 1979, on the Upper Westside of Manhattan, to Kenneth, a jazz musician and Pentecostal pastor, formerly a professor at Wesleyan University, and Eveliss, a fashion designer.
Kelis has three siblings. Kelis’ mother encouraged her to pursue a singing career. She was kicked out of her parents’ home at the age of 16 for bad behavior as she sometimes argued with her mother.
School life
Growing up, Kelis joined the church choir and played violin, piano, and saxophone while attending Manhattan Country School and then continued her studies at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art, and Performing Arts.
She formed the three-member R&B group BLU (Black Ladies United) at that school. Kelis worked as a bartender and saleswoman at a clothing store before graduating from high school.
A friend then introduced Kelis to The Neptunes, which included Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo; they formed a strong relationship and with their help, she landed a recording contract with Virgin Records.
Music career
Kelis began her singing career in the mid-1990s with her debut album Kaleidoscope, released by Virgin Records. The album reached number seven on the UK Gold Albums Chart.
Her debut album became a milestone in her singing career. Her second studio album, Wanderland, performed by The Neptunes, was released in 2001.
The album’s title track, Young, Fresh n’ New, became an instant hit, peaking at number eight on the UK R&B chart. She then released her third studio album, Tasty, through the Star Trak and Arista record labels in 2003.
The album peaked at number 27 and was also certified Platinum by the BPI. She later released albums such as Food, Flesh Tone, The Hits and Kelis Was Here, all of which maintained her previous legacy.
Kelis, after a brief break, appeared on songs such as Giorgio Moroder’s “Back and Forth” and TCTS’s “Do It Like Me (Icy Feet)”. After seven years, she released an official single in 2021 with “Midnight Snacks”.
Cookery
Kelis worked part-time as a sauce chef from 2006 to 2010 and graduated from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. Kelis has also written two cookbooks, one with Lauren Pesavento in 2006 and the other simply titled My Life on a Plate in 2015.
It tells her personal story through the food she creates. She introduced her sauce line, “Feast,” at the Beverly Hills Food and Wine Festival in 2013, and eventually sold it under the name “Bounty & Full” in 2015.
A cooking drama, Saucy, and Sweet, starring Kelis aired in 2014, and that same year she set up a food truck to cook for guests at the SXSW music festival. Kelis also appeared in Cooked with Cannabis on Netflix in 2020.
Other jobs
Kelis founded her own fashion accessories company Cake in 2006. She was in talks to host a Project Runway-style show for VH1 in 2007, and she has also appeared and auditioned for a number of film and television roles.
Kelis participated as Daisy in the British version of The Masked Singer in 2020 but was eliminated in the fifth episode. Kelis has been the inspiration for several designers, including Jean Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs.
Awards and appointments
Throughout her career, Kelis has won numerous awards and nominations for her music. Kelis was nominated for two Grammy Awards for “Milkshake” in 2004 and for her fourth album, “Kelis Was Here” in 2007.
She has also been nominated for a Billboard Music Award, an MTV Europe Music Award, a Teen Choice Award, and several other awards. Kelis has won a Silver Clef Award, a Q Award, an NME Award, a New York Music Award three times, an MP3 Music Award, a Glamour Award, and a Brit Award.
Personal life
In 2005, Kelis married rapper Nas, whom he met at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards party. They have a son together, Knight. Kelis divorced Nas in 2009 for irreconcilable reasons, while she was seven months pregnant.
The couple finalized their divorce in 2010. Kelis has described her relationship with Nas as physically and emotionally abusive. Kelis married photographer Mike Mora for a second time in 2014 and the couple have two children, Shepherd and Galilee.
Mora publicly announced in 2021 that he was battling stage 4 stomach cancer, having been diagnosed with advanced gastric carcinoma in 2020 and given 18 months to live. Mora died on March 14, 2022, at the age of 37.
House
Kelis has been living on a rural farm outside of Los Angeles since 2020 when she’s not on tour. Kelis paid $875,000 for a 3,850-square-foot Spanish-style home in Glendale, California in 2012. The property sold for $1.885 million in 2018.
Kelis’s biography
| Real name | Kelis Rogers-Mora |
| Nickname | Kelis |
| Year old | 45 years old |
| Height | In feet – 5 feet 9 inchesIn meters – 1.78 mIn centimeters – 178 cm |
| Weight | In Kilograms – 63 KgIn Pounds – 139 lbs |
| Family | Father – Kenneth RogersMother – Eveliss RogersSister – NoneBrother – None |
| Boyfriend | Do not have |
| Husband | Mike Mora (married 2014–2022)Nas (married 2005–2010) |
| Children | Knight Jones, Galilee Mora, Sheperd Mora |
“For me, saying ‘I’m a boss’ is a witty, playful way of saying that I’m in control of my life.”
– Kelis
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Fun facts about Kelis:
- Kelis was born to a Puerto Rican father of Chinese descent and an African-American mother.
- Kelis’ name is a combination of her parents’ names, Kenneth and Eveliss.
- Kelis shaved her head when she was 13 years old.
- Kelis has dyed her hair a variety of colors after it grew back, including blood red, blue black, green, platinum blonde, orange, and pink.
- Kelis is described by AXS as a “punky, rebellious” singer-songwriter.
- Kelis was arrested by Miami Beach police and charged with disorderly conduct for shouting racial slurs at officers dressed as prostitutes.
- Matthew Williamson designed Kelis’ green wedding dress.
- Kelis is a longtime liberal Democrat.
Kelis Net Worth
As of 2024, Kelis’s net worth is estimated to be $4 million. She is one of the best singers of all time and earns around $22,000 to $208,000 as a songwriter. Most of her income comes from royalties, music tours, and performances.
Additionally, she earns $20,000 to $46,000 as a chef. Her entire fortune and income comes from the albums and songs she has released and performed. She also earns from tours, record sales, and royalties from various platforms.
Kelis has sold over 6 million albums worldwide across her seven studio, live and compilation albums. The album Tasty brought her to mainstream recognition with the breakthrough single Milkshake earning her a Grammy nomination.
Since then, Kelis has headlined tours, recorded multiple studio albums, graduated from culinary school, published cookbooks, and become an entrepreneur, just to name a few of her accomplishments.
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