#K michelle love and hip hop series

'V.S.O.P' went Top Ten R&B/hip-hop, 'Raise a Man' threatened to eclipse it, and the singer won a Soul Train award for Best New Artist. Her debut album, Rebellious Soul, was released in August 2013 and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. By 2012, she had signed to appear on the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, and inked a new contract with Atlantic. During 2010, 'Fallin'' and 'I Just Can't Do This' fared better from a commercial standpoint, and Michelle was also featured on tracks by R. The latter became Michelle's first single to chart, entering R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number 100. Signed to Jive in 2008, she released 'Self Made' and the Missy Elliott collaboration 'Fakin' It' soon thereafter. Michelle learned to play multiple instruments and took vocal lessons, and after graduating from Florida A&M opted to pursue music. She has since established herself outside the major-label system with the characteristically uncompromised All Monsters Are Human (2020).īorn Kimberly Michelle Pate in Memphis, K. Michelle signed to Atlantic and recorded four albums for the label, hitting the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 with Rebellious Soul (2013), Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? (2014), and More Issues Than Vogue (2016).

#K michelle love and hip hop series

Later boosted by a role on the reality television series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, K. Michelle only briefly touched Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 2009 with 'Fakin' It,' but the single nonetheless signaled the arrival of a proficient soul-rooted R&B vocalist further distinguished by frank and witty songwriting.