![In Remembrance: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013) – [PHOTOS + VIDEO]](http://cdn.straightfromthea.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/RIP-Nelson-Mandela-StraightFromTheA-520x413.jpg)
![Boo’d Up: Producer Jazze Pha and His Tranny Chick…. [PHOTOS]](http://cdn.straightfromthea.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Jazze-Pha-Shayla-Stacks-StraightFromTheA1-520x439.png)
Keri Hilson probably fits in the ‘everyone else’ category.
While she’s had a few hot tracks and definitely written some awesome lyrics, Hilson never really tapped into that “IT” factor that most superstars and icons are made of. For whatever reason, Keri’s performances have made made many a fan rush the stage and critics speculate that it all started with the Beyonce shade Keri threw early on.
[READ: Did Keri Throw MORE SHADE at Queen B? (VIDEO)]
Lately Hilson has been flying under the radar and in case you were wondering where the hell she’s been… well, apparently she’s been taking a much needed break.
Details below… (if you care):
Hilson explained to Atlanta Magazine that while many of her fans have been begging for her return to music since releasing ‘No Boys Allowed,’ she decided to shift her focus from recording music for the moment.
Keri says she needed a break away from worrying and working on her next track, the next release date and the next sales figures goal.
“I’m always sure something else will fall into my lap,” she adds insisting that taking a break will not kill her career.
She went to church with her parents, spent time with her four siblings and traveled to Haiti and the Ivory Coast to do charity work to benefit AIDS / HIV research.
In the meantime, you can find Keri fine tuning her live performances by hosting parties around your local hotel pool.
Has MissKeriBaby totally fell off as an artist?
I think the better question should be; Was she ever relevant?
Decent looking girl though.
LOL, right…What’s up with the "New Year’s Eve Blouse"???? Just Sayin….
Anthony hit the nail on the head lol
I still consider her a new artist….lol A break from what? Next
I think she COULD have been relevant, but she never humbled or acknowledged her peers on the come up. You gotta kiss the ring. Give Bey, Mariah and relevant sisters props in every early interveiw. And because you also rap..don’t forget to mention EVE. Now this chic can sing her azz off.She sang on a Ceelo track and blew me away! Just comes off in pap pics too trashy. Some things don’t work for everybody. Keep featuring and shut your trap.You got the look but you need the hook cause you aint’ writin’ sh*t. Love your delivery with what you’re given but consistency is what keeps you relevant.
Unrelated. Houstons are on "The Veiw". Their show will be airing tommorrow night? Sure hope there’s a forum on THAT! Read some crazy sh*t roun’ the way but been spiked in my head too many times for mentioning what could be lies. Bye!
I don’t know WHAT it is but I’ve never really felt KH like that….dissing Beyonce was certainly a know-no cause she ain’t NOWHERE near the level that the Queen is on but even B4 that…..KH always came off like "Im ALL that & I’m better than them hoes cause I write their songs so if you like them then you should automatically LOVE me (cause I’m light skinned)"….she never gave fans a chance 2 really feel her or her music..maybe she needs 2 humble herself a little & then try again….she should recognize that her looks & her music are just "average" when compared 2 other women in the game….maybe the people around her are not being honest with her about SOMETHING….attitude definitely determines altitude sweetie……
COSIGN!!
Co-sign, also I dont enjoy seeing her videos and concerts because she keeps putting her cooch in my face. Damn near your whole audience got our own, I dont need a close up of yours.
LTS….I definitely cosign on that!!!!!
@Lady A;I didn’t want to go there with that 4th line ,but you did. Thanx!!
I think her dissing Beyonce maybe a little over blown. Who Cares!!! I think it’s best to keep your feelings to yourself or at least not let on who you re taking shots at. and that goes for all of them. Beyonce included.
I think if the REAL Diva’s did so can these little wanna-be’s.
**and so can these* : )
I’m glad she’s taking the break. Her family felt she wasn’t being herself. I think when she returns to music she’ll sound very different. Her aunt said she did playboy, what happened to that spread? Trashed?
She bad mouths her peers.
The girl is very beautiful, if she’s taking a break, go model. She needs to come back reinvented.
Lady A says:
October 23, 2012 at 12:14 pm
I don’t know WHAT it is but I’ve never really felt KH like that….dissing Beyonce was certainly a know-no cause she ain’t NOWHERE near the level that the Queen is on but even B4 that…..KH always came off like "Im ALL that & I’m better than them hoes cause I write their songs so if you like them then you should automatically LOVE me (cause I’m light skinned)"….she never gave fans a chance 2 really feel her or her music..maybe she needs 2 humble herself a little & then try again….she should recognize that her looks & her music are just "average" when compared 2 other women in the game….maybe the people around her are not being honest with her about SOMETHING….attitude definitely determines altitude sweetie……
…again, Thanx!!
somebody up there said it best "consistency is what keeps you relevant!" I’m a big fan of Miss Keri Baby….always have been, always will be. Its no secret that homegirl can actually sing, and we all know that a lot of these silly girls running around here calling themselves artists can’t sing at all! BUT….with all that being said….if she worried about her career half as much as she worries about flappin them gums about everybody else, she’d be fine. Clearly she isnt adult enough to be in this business yet. Maybe a break is exactly what she needs. but hell, she was already irrelevant….trying to make a come back is gonna be hard! i think this may be it for her! :-/ lol
Keri Hilson just can’t break the ceiling…she has plateaued. I liked some of the songs on her In a Perfect World album…it was a solid r&b joint. she’s beautiful, generous, she has a voice, and she can dance but she’s boring…it’s the same point made about singers like Ashanti and Ciara…who don’t know anything about their personalities and theyre not intriguing. Everyone who is successful has a story…Rihanna, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry…what is Keri Hilson’s story?
I saw her in concert when she was on the Lil Wayne tour and you are right-She is boring! I was surprised by her lackluster performance. The choreography, the outfits and her overall delivery was a snoozefest. She almost put me to sleep.
And all because she thinks her looks will carry her. Great contrast with comment made about Ciara and Ashanti. Ciara can dance better than sing. Ashanti can only deliver one likable song on a 12 track CD. EVE is on the prowl.EVE was rough ridin’ on HipHop Awards and she’s as crisp as she was when she left. Gotta’ get her trakx back and spit the sh*t we been missin’. Rihanna might be safe, but after that Romney biz..clown betta’ stay in her lane. EVE looks GREAT too.
Now idk when beyonce had a story so I have to disagree with that part. What beyonce has is a very head strong father and a humble spirit plus the ability to mold and grow. But not a story. And riri and lady gaga…. no ma’am. Anywho yeah keri killed her own career with the big headed attitude and she had nooooooo balls to back it up. N that "f*(k me" video completely turned me off..
Well….If she’s a writer…she still can have an impact in the music industry without singing. Honey…Everyone has a story. lol
And everyone don’t have to have mega careers to have an audience and to have their music appreciated. I know I don’t follow Pop culture…like that. Sorry. I like to find artist that speak to me or that I find talented. Especially in today’s music. The best of the best is not at the top of Pop(ular)music….be clear.
Am I the only one who wants to know who her makeup artist is?! Its HORRIBLE!!
All the makeup in this picture is taking away from her natural beauty.
might be the lighting.
When Keri Hilson can get her studio voice to match her onstage live voice, then maybe I could be here for her. When she performs she closes her eyes like she is really about to give it to ya! lmao! i wasnt here for her Elvis impersonation at the BET MJ Tribute/Awards I wasnt here for her when she was shaking her meatless coochie in her "fuck me" video, I wasnt here for her Whitney Houston rendition..#ByeKeri… All I wanna know is, have them Beyonce stans stopped throwing her CD’s at you when they see ya in the street?
OOoooo I forgot about that! LMAO!
Keri who?… Gurl i didn’t even know that you were gone.
Maybe that’s why she messing with that NBA Player from the OKC Thunder after she said in numerous interviews that she would never date a rapper or a athlete.
Well what can i say. Keri is very beautiful. But does she know? talented. Does she know? I dont know what happened but i think she should move on. And some people the lord made on different levels and statuses but dont think there is not a price to pay yes there is. Sometimes when you come against the QUEEN B you get stung if you gone talk come correct baby. We practice hard down south. Houston made all day long????????
Keri need to keep it real… She gave up… She realized " yea I’m kinda cute… But Im no Bey" I heard she bartend now and work at Payless part-time…
KMSL@this comment!
So I do think Keri dug herself a ditch by dissing Beyonce. I also think she said what everyone else was thinking, though-stop acting like you’re so original when ur stealing concepts and songs, quit trying to upstage every other chick in the game when u created the lane, and take a break cause we tired of seeing yo ass-sit down sumwhere and go have some babies!Anyway, Keri is cute but I think she should have stuck to modeling and songwriting-she’s a beast with the pen as an artist…nahh not so much. She does look better and real rested, I wish success for her in whatever she does.
I just don’t find her a talent when it comes to singing and performing. She needs some work in those areas. But I hear shes a good song writer. She should have never tried to ever diss Beyonce. Kerri is still at ground zero and Bey is in orbit. I think she was riding on pretty. Ms. Kerri better have several seats.
Not that good of an artist if you ask me but she is cute
GO KERI I LUVVVVVVVVVVVVVV EVERYTHING BOUT YA BOO.. NO HATE HERE
All she got to do is flip to the darkside like the rest of these illuminati puppet artists and she’ll be relevant again or probably bigger.
Kudos Keri for not selling her soul for dollars. She’ll be fine..
Agreed!
Perhaps song writing was better. Idk the industry is like high school a popularity contest of sorts. Those with talent are underrated and they play the same 5 songs on the radio within minutes.
Im just saying sometimes when you bash and Im being honest Beyonce is one of the BEST singers we have out there……Keri brought it on her own self note to self when you are hot dont try to bring anyone else down because KARMA is a byotch…….National Athem also put her back
Man, this article has some serious shade written into it. I like most of Keri’s music. She is really pretty, and I especially love "Knock You Down". If she made an entire cd along the "Knock You Down" vein, that would be golden. The great thing is, she was smart enough to have writing credits for other artists, so she is still getting checks.