Keri Hilson
Keri Hilson
Keri Lynn Hilsonis an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and record producer. She was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, and spent most of her youth working with producer Anthony Dent, as a songwriter and background vocalist for several R&B and hip hop artists. By the age of 14, Hilson had secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who later disbanded. She attended Oxford College of Emory University and Emory University in Atlanta, while she continued writing songs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth5 December 1982
CityDecatur, GA
CountryUnited States of America
I know as a consumer I want a story. I want a defining - I don't want just an album full of singles. I want to get to know the artist beyond what everyone else can hear on the radio.
Songwriting was always my 'plan B'. I didn't even know that songwriting was a job until my late teens!
I've learned to duplicate my beauty regimen from drug store products.
I don't have a beef with any female artist.
When I'm writing a song for another artist, I purposefully make it not for me; otherwise, I get too attached.
My favorite drugstore product is Clean and Clear makeup removing cleanser. It gets the makeup off in one wash - not three or four.
Most things I go through I have to write about.
I grew up in an all-black neighbourhood in Decatur, Georgia - a kinda lower-middle-class area.
I don't want to live like a prisoner.
My dad used to sing in a quartet. He loved everything: adult contemporary, anything smooth. He'd listen to the quartets.
My mother - who's from Iowa - owns and runs her own day-care centre, while my father's a developer. And my musical influences, I think, came from my father's side of the family.
Years ago, I wanted to be like the girl Ne-Yo. You know, with the mid-tempo ballads - I come from the Babyface era. But that's not trendy; that's not hip-hop.
Even at my biggest, I want to be writing for other artists. Even at my peak - the highest I can be as an artist - I always want to be keeping my creative juices flowing, keeping money in the bank, putting my intellectual property out there.
I felt that with 'In A Perfect World' I was still kind of finding myself - not just as a musician, but also in love and in life.