K. Michelle is an American singer and television personality. She has received four BET Awards nominations. She won a Soul Train Music Award and an NAACP Image Award in 2013 and 2014. She was also honored with an ASCAP Women Behind the Music award in 2015
She came into the spotlight as the breakout star of VH1's Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta after appearing as a regular cast member for two seasons on the reality television series. Michelle subsequently signed with Atlantic Records. Her debut studio album, Rebellious Soul, debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.
Her second studio album Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? was released on December 9, 2014. The album debuted at number six in the US and spawned three singles "Love 'Em All", "Maybe I Should Call" and "Hard to Do". The album sold 87,000 copies in its first week in sales.
In March 2016, Michelle's third studio album, More Issues Than Vogue, was released to positive reviews. Singles from the album included "Not a Little Bit" and "Ain't You". Her fourth album, Kimberly: The People I Used to Know was released on December 8, 2017, and debuted at the top ten of the Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Her fifth studio album, All Monsters Are Human was released on January 31, 2020. The album was preceded by two singles "Supahood" and "The Rain".
K.Michelle was born on 4th March 1982 in Memphis, Tennessee, the U.S.A. She was named Kimberly Michelle Pate at the time of her birth. She holds an American nationality and belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity. People born on March 4 fall under the Zodiac sign of Pisces, the Fish. K. Michelle is the 259th most popular Pisces. She is a follower of Christianity.
K.Michelle was born into a middle-class family. The information regarding her family background is not revealed yet. It seems that Michelle was raised well by her parents. She has a beautiful sister, Shalah Pate, an aspiring motivational speaker, and social worker.
Growing up, She attended Overton High School in her hometown Memphis from where she graduated in 2000. Then she went on to learn music at Florida A&M University (FAMU). She graduated from FAMU with honors and was accepted into several law schools but decided to forgo law school to pursue music full-time.
K.Michelle has dated a number of high-profile guys. In fact, her dating history is very long. From early 2000 to the present, her name has been connected with dozen of men, and most of them are rappers. During her days at University, she had a romance with a guy named Brian with whom she even had a child named Chase born in September 2004. However, the love birds split after some time.
Then she dated a former NFL player Chad Johnson. There was also a rumor of her dating rapper and actor Shad Moss. Furthermore, she was in a relationship with Mickey Wright from 2008 to 2009. She also dated Ryan Lochte and J.R. Smith in 2009. In 2013 she was in a brief romance with Basketball players Lance Stephenson and R.Kelly. Towards the end of 2013, she also dated English actor Idris Elba.
In 2014, there were rumors of her dating Meek Mill while he collaborates with her to help in the development of her album "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?". The same year, the singer had a brief romance with Chris Johnson and Basketball Player Bobby Maze. She even got pregnant with the player's baby. She remains in a serious relationship with Bobby until he betrayed her resulting in the abortion of their child.
In the summer of 2016, she had a very short-lived relationship with NFL star LeSean McCoy. As of now, she is in a serious relationship with Dr.Kastan Sims. K. Michelle told Essence in December 2017 that she and Sims, who’s a dentist, have known each other for more than a decade and remained friends during her music career peak. She often refers to him as her husband, although they’re not legally married.
“We’ve been friends for over 19 years now, and I just looked at him and said this is the type of man that I should be with, someone who is my friend. … I feel like I’m married because he’s been attached to me for 19 years,” she said. “We just connect with us. … He knows who Limberly Pate is, he knows my government name, he knows me like that.”
K.Michelle is a professional singer. The major part of her income comes from her music career. She has been involved in this career since 2009 and her income has been increasing day by day due to her back-to-back hit songs and albums.
And the music career is not the only source of living for her, she has her own high-end restaurant in Atlanta called Puff and Petals which she has been running for three years. Additionally, she is a television personality from where she makes extra income for her living.
As of 2021, the net worth of K.Michelle is estimated to be $2.5 million dollars. She earns around $200 thousand to $300 thousand per year. She has made a hundred of thousand dollars from record sales. She's also made five digits income from her concerts and tours.
She has her own business line in the hotel sector. K. Michelle opened a high-end restaurant in Atlanta called Puff and Petals in 2017. There are currently two Puff and Petals locations in Atlanta. Michelle plans to open a third location in the near future. Additionally, she has an endorsement deal with the beverage line.
Along with her music, Cole has ventured into reality television. In 2012, Michelle landed a spot on VH1's hit show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta". Sources claim that all-seven-season main characters make a hefty sum per episode, with Michelle bringing in $10,000 per episode. She has also starred in the reality series Love & Hip Hop: New York, K. Michelle: My Life, and Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.
K. Michelle is 5 ft 5 inches tall and her body weight is around 54 Kg. She has an hourglass-shaped body. Her curvaceous body measures 35-29-33 inches. She feels comfortable wearing a shoe size of 8(US). She wears the 40C(US) size bra and 5 (US) size dress.
She has a pair of Dark Brown eyes. She has a long-straight hairstyle that is black in color. She always prefers morning or evening workouts at the gym and has a balanced diet routine.