Keyshia Cole Biography, Net Worth, Father, Ex-Husband Daniel Gibson

Super talented record producer cum Singer Keyshia Cole has made a name for herself with songs like Just Like You and Heaven Sent. She started singing since before she was a teenager. From singing, Cole has also expanded to try other things such as acting and business. With millions of copies of her albums sold, Keyshia Cole may not have achieved Beyoncé or Alicia Keys status, but she definitely belongs.

The biography of Keyshia Cole

Named Keyshia Myesha Cole at birth on October 15 in 1981 in Oakland, California, the stellar singer was raised by her family friends, Leon and Yvonne Cole, who call her by her last name. She was adopted by the family after her mother, who suffered from substance abuse issues, couldn’t help but abandon her.

In his youth, Cole started singing after meeting MC Hammer and Tupac Shakur, who was supposed to help kickstart his music career before his life was cut short.

After turning 18, she moved to Los Angeles where she was able to release her first album. It was like that in 2005. Only 17 weeks later it was certified gold, then platinum eight weeks later. Her next album Just Like You (2007) also had massive sales, while the next A Different Me was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B at the 2008 Grammys.

His next albums are Calling All Hearts (2010) and Point of No Return (2014). She started working on her seventh album, 11:11 Reset from which she has already released a few singles.

With a very interesting musical career, the singer has obtained many nominations, including the Grammys, as well as awards such as the Vibe Award, ASCAP, BMI Urban Award, Early Entertainment Awards and Mp3 Music Awards.

Her music is the most dominant thing in her life but she has also been involved in reality shows. Her first was Keyshia Cole: How It Happens which she started in 2006, then the Keyshia & Daniel: Family First which she launched with her ex-husband, Daniel Gibson in 2011.

Her father and ex-husband Daniel Gibson

As stated above, Keyshia Cole was raised by her adoptive parents as a result of her mother’s addiction issues. She never met her father until 2016, when a paternity test confirmed Virgil Hunter was her father. The boxing trainer was listening to Cole’s song on the radio when he wondered if he was his father since his relationship with his mother.

Before finding out who her father was, the Heaven Sent singer believed she was biracial and her father was Italian, according to what her mother had said. In fact, because of her deep belief that she was biracial, she said she wasn’t comfortable performing Black Girls Rock in 2012.

When it comes to her relationships, Keyshia Cole has dated a good number of men in the past. In 2009, she began dating former NBA star Daniel Gibson. The two got engaged less than a year later in 2010 and married in 2011.

Unfortunately for the I Just Want It To Be Over singer, the marriage didn’t last forever, as they separated in 2014. It was, however, in 2017 that their divorce was finalized.

Daniel Gibson and Keyshia Cole have a son together, Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr., who was born in 2010 before his parents married. The singer recently announced via her Instagram account that she is pregnant with her second child. Although she has yet to announce the identity of the father of her unborn child, she had a relationship with Niko Khale who is 14 years younger than her age.

Keyshia Cole net worth

With albums going platinum, Keyshia Cole has come a long way with her music and other endeavors she has been involved in. Through her hard work and talent, she was able to build up an estimated net worth of $9.5 million.

Other shows that have contributed to Keyshia’s net worth are her reality TV shows and her shoe line which was launched with Steve Madden.