FACTS

Name: Kelly Rowland
Birth Name: Kelendria Trene Rowland
Height: 5′ 8”
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: February 11, 1981
Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Profession: Singer, songwriter, actress
Education: Lamar High School in Houston, Texas
Mother: Doris Garrison
Claim to fame: Member of Destiny’s Child
Years active: 1992–2005 (group), 2002–present (solo)
Label(s): Columbia Records
TRIVIA

• Kelly dated and was engaged to Roy Williams of the Dallas
  Cowboys. The wedding is now off as it was publicly stated that they felt
  they were too young to be married. Both remain good friends to this day.

• LeToya was the second oldest of Destiny child until she
  left, and Michelle Williams joined. At that point Kelly took her place as
  the second oldest member.

• Kelly hosted the MTV Asia Awards with Taiwanese pop singer
  Lee-Hom Wang on May 6, 2006.

• Was hand-picked over bandmate Beyonce Knowles by rapper
  Nelly to appear on a song together.

• Is wrongfully quoted as singer-actor Beyonce Knowles’s cousin.
  The Knowles family took her in, and cared for her from a very young age.

• In the earlier Destiny’s Child days, Kelly was the only
  girl with short hair, often tinged with purple then red dye, but today sports
  longer locks.

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