anyone who's heard kiki wyatt sing can testify to just how anointed her voice truly is
her personal life though it seems has hit more low notes than high ones american r b singer
songwriter actress and television personality kitara siobhan wyatt better known as kiki wyatt
was born in indianapolis indiana and raised as she says all over the state of kentucky
she grew up in a multiracial musically inclined family which included a white mother a black a
native american father and four brothers they spent a lot of time and was heavily
devoted to their apostolic pentecostal church kiki never knew a life without music and began
singing at the tender age of two even though she was raised in a very religious household
kiki was still able to get some exposure to secular music she would officially become a
professional singer after recording her first song at the age of 10. by her early teens kiki's bank
account would blow up from getting paid one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars per demo
she'd record she would fly out to la do anywhere up to ten demos in one week and
come home with money to burn unfortunately at this time kiki would also experience
major disappointment as a music industry professional she wrote the majority of the
lyrics for a song that went on to become a huge head but didn't receive any credit for her work
a fun fact about kiki many people may not know is that she was a member of her high school's varsity
wrestling team at the age of 16 kiki recorded my first love with r b singer avond the song
which is a remake of the 1983 ballad by r b duo renee and angela was released two years later
eventually becoming a single for ivan's album my thoughts kiki gained a lot of notoriety for
the song which became a smash hit placing in the top 40 on the hot 100 and top 10 on the r b chart
a record deal with mca soon followed kiki's first solo single used to love created a buzz
but didn't get any attention on the radio however its follow up nothing in this world another duet
with avant did very well just like my first love the track charted in the top 40 on the hot 100
and top 10 on the r b chart kiki's debut album titled soul sista would drop in november
2001. fast forward three years later kiki would leave mca for cash money records
moving to a new label though wouldn't give her the results she was looking for
what would have been her second album and first on her new label emotional roller coaster ended
up living up to its name a couple of release dates were announced but ultimately the label
decided to shelve the project by 2006 kiki would be released from her contract with cash money
citing conflict with management as the reason for her departure the following year kiki began
work on her next project titled ghetto rose the title track was released to radio towards the
end of that year but once again she would experience another album being shelled
after setting a release date having that postponed and then the label filing for bankruptcy
kiki finally caught a break in 2010 when her official second album titled who knew
was released possibly making up for lost time kiki came right back the next year with her third album
unbelievable only one single was released a duet with r b singer reuben studdard called
saturday love reality tv came knocking as kiki joined the cast of tv ones r b divas in 2012.
after the initial season she also appeared in the two following seasons when the show was
renamed to r b divas atlanta kiki and avant came together again in 2013 and released their hit
you and i it rose all the way to number one on the urban adult contemporary chart and remain there
for close to two months over the next four years kiki released a steady flow of projects with her
first ep titled kiki followed by two studio albums in 2016 and 2017. while in the midst of all the
trials and tribulations she was experiencing in her career kiki unfortunately couldn't count on
her personal life to provide much respite since it was also filled with a whole lot of drama when she
was 18 years old kiki married her road manager rahmet morton who was eight years her senior
kiki was initially drawn to him because he was older in the church and appeared to have his
life in order but little did she know he had some serious personal demons he was battling
she would later claim that he was an alcoholic drug a***** and physically abusive in fact a
domestic v******* situation between them would start being talked about publicly in 2001. radio
personality wendy williams would even bring it up in an interview with kiki several years later
but kiki flat out denied everything wendy wasn't buying it and as soon as kiki left the studio
wendy let her listeners know that she didn't believe a word that kiki said and that she figured
something did go down but the couple were going to keep it quiet because they were still together
and she was right eventually kiki would admit that as a result of her husband choking her
in their kitchen over the sink she did stab him in self-defense kiki ended up being indicted on one
count of second-degree assault for the incident that took place on christmas day after police
pressed charges kiki's husband did not a judge eventually dismissed the case being the good
christian girl that she was raised to be kiki continued the relationship for many more years
and had more children she ultimately filed for divorce in 2009 and relocated her family
from kentucky to atlanta kiki and ramet would end up having three children together
kiki was actually pregnant with their fourth child at the end of the marriage
but suffered a stillbirth she went on to become a leading advocate for women who have suffered
domestic a**** and is a spokesperson for the national coalition against domestic v*******
as well as a celebrity supporter and activist with the saving our daughters organization kiki quickly
remarried in 2010 to ordain minister michael jamar ford when telling the story of them meeting in a
club kiki speaks fondly of him captivating her attention with his booty popping dance
by 2015 kiki was raising seven children with michael three from her first marriage michael's
daughter from a previous relationship and their three children together reality tv came calling
again and the couple ended up on marriage boot camp reality stars season six two years later
kiki was once again pregnant but this time she would also be facing a divorce in september 2017
she took to social media in tears to reveal that not only was michael the one requesting to end
their union but doing it at such a vulnerable time with her being near the end of a pregnancy and
dealing with a sick child in the hospital she also claimed that his reasons were due to her being an
emotional wreck and not trusting her later kiki would also claim that another reason for the
breakdown of the relationship was that michael had allegedly cheated on her with former american idol
contestant paris bennett the relationship was apparently confirmed after paris posted michael
on instagram as her choice for man crush monday in the summer of 2018. the post wasn't met with too
many positive comments so michael felt compelled to release a statement of his own explaining that
he and kiki were legally divorced by that point and that no cheating by either party had ever
taken place in their relationship one year later in october 2018 kiki married for the third time
to her childhood ex-boyfriend zachariah daring she sat down with celebrity and entertainment blog
freddie oh to talk about her newfound happiness and she also didn't hold back about her feelings
for her ex-husband michael who she says was toxic and full of himself baby number 10 with zachariah
would arrive in january 2020. even though kiki was on cloud nine with her growing family issues from
her past still continued to arise in march michael made a post on instagram to wish his daughter
that he shares with kiki a happy birthday even though he hadn't seen her in a year and a half
he claimed that the child along with his other children were being held from him illegally and he
was looking forward to getting his day in court in january 2021 kiki made headlines again but
this time it wasn't about music a man or a baby during an online video forum with entertainment
website the neighborhood talk she got in a very heated back and forth with love and hip
hop star milan christopher while discussing racial animals kiki laid into milan for being allegedly
too pro-black and not taking into consideration those who are the offspring of mixed couplings who
also experienced similar torment two weeks later she apologized and tried to clean everything up
by appearing on fox souls cocktails with queens a quick scan of the comments section proved that
viewers were not buying what she was selling towards the end of 2019 and the end of her last
pregnancy kiki began filming for her youtube channel the content wouldn't get posted until
about a year later but when it did people loved it the videos consistently feature her husband their
children and their extended family in november 2021 the jasmine brand exclusively reported
that kiki had landed her own reality show it'll focus on her comeback journey as she attempts to
get back on top as an artist and overcome her bouts of self-sabotage the series tentatively
called kiki's comeback will feature many of her loved ones including her children husband mother
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