Thursday, July 19, 2007

Sexy Keri Hilson | Biography

Keri Hilson
(Photo: Sexy Keri Hilson King Magazine scan)

Keri Hilson has been writing music for individual artists since 2000. She has written music for Britney Spears, Xzibit, Toni Braxton, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Ciara, the Pussycat Dolls, Avant, Ruben Studdard, B5, Diddy, Chingy, LeToya, Rich Boy, Shawn Desman, Kelly Rowland, Nicole Scherzinger, Lloyd Banks, and Timbaland. With many of the songs Hilson takes part in writing she also does background vocals, such as in "Runaway Love" and "Wait A Minute".

Hilson has also made a name for herself as an arranger and background vocalists lending her talents on many of the songs she's written for. Hilson had remained behind the scenes for the most part until 2004 when she was featured on Xzibit's single, "Hey Now (Mean Muggin')", for his album, Weapons of Mass Destruction. She made her performing debut at the 2004 MTV Europe Awards in which she performed the song with Xzibit.

In 2006, Hilson reappeared on the music scene in the video for Nelly Furtado's single "Promiscuous". Since then Hilson has signed with Timbaland's new label Mosley Music Group which is in association with Interscope Records. The pair are currently working on the singer's debut album, which is expected to involve further production by Timbaland, Danja, Polow Da Don, The Underdogs, Organized Noize, Bangladesh, Tha Cornaboyz, Tony Dixon, Eric Dawkins, Tank and guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Justin Timberlake.

That same year, she was featured on "Help", the second single from Lloyd Banks' Rotten Apple.

In 2007, Hilson has had several appearances on Timbaland's solo effort Timbaland Presents Shock Value. She is featured on "The Way I Are", "Scream", and "Miscommunication". On international versions, she is also featured on a track titled "Hello". (Wikipedia)

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