Kelis Claims Pharrell's The Neptunes Stole Her Album Profits

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Kelis Claims Pharrell's The Neptunes Stole Her Album Profits
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And everything else we learned from the singer's profile in 'The Guardian.'

Tracking Kelis down is difficult these days, according to a revelatory new feature about the iconic singer onThe creator of"Milkshake" first captured hearts in the early aughts with eclectic hit songs about love, self-image and sex, largely produced by Pharrell Williams during his days as one-half of The Neptunes.

"I hate LA. I was only ever there for work," Kelis explained."Because it's not like New York or London, there's nowhere to go after 10 at night, so suddenly you're getting up early in the mornings and you're juicing and you're hiking and figuring out how much wheatgrass can you actually intake.

Instead, she said she was"blatantly lied to and tricked." For a few years, Kelis was making money from touring and she didn't even realize it then."Their argument is: 'Well, you signed it.' I'm like: 'Yeah, I signed what I was told, and I was too young and too stupid to double-check it," she explained.Kelis first met rapper Nas when she was barely out of her teens. The two of them eventually married in 2005 and went on to collaborate on songs together.

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