CooLio and the great late Roger Troutman also featured on her first compilation. Kele spent 3 months in Los Angeles co writing and recording her first album “Every Body's Somebody” working with the Likes of Rhett Lawrence, (Mariah,Monica Eternal) Harvey Mason jr,(Brandy,Chante Moore, Aaron Hall) and Robbie Neville. Kele decided not to go to Chicago and pressed on with her career in London with notorious music duo “First Ave.” Kele was signed to them in 1996 and Licensed to Polydor Records in 1997. Sony records in London had referred her as they felt her American sound and look would be more suited to that market.
The 2 main contenders were First Ave and Sony Records in Chicago. The sound that they would create together led to the white label release of underground hit “let me know” and got the attention of major labels, At the time 16 year old Kele was continually on tour supporting US Artists like Total, Horace Brown and Mona Lisa whilst studying performing arts at Epping Forest College. There was No Mr Biggs or Biggy smalls yet so Kelly Biggs just didn't sound right at the time.” says kele. So when the time came for a stage name Le Roc seemed quite apt.
It was kind of after a prince song called rock hard in a funky place, when I would sing he would say you rock hard. It was also where she would get the name Le Roc. She found a musical home with production team “Best Kept Secret” it was the first time that kele had worked with producers that she felt understood her musically and where she wanted to go with her sound. Although it wasn't long before kele was writing and recording her own material. The first song she ever recorded was a cover version of “Rolls Royce” Its Over. This incident propelled kele into focusing more intently on her singing. Singing obviously went hand in hand with this, but at the age of 12 kele suffered a bad knee injury. Kele loved dancing and had dreams of performing in the West end and on Broadway. From that day my mother decided to send me to dance school.
“My earliest memory” says Kele “was when i was about 3 I was watching a musical on the telly and the Nicholas brothers were tap dancing. It was obvious from an early age that kelly had a penchant for all things musical. Her Jamaican mother was a clothes designer and her England born father, a dancer and model. Kele le Roc was born Kelly Biggs in Mother's hospital, Hackney, East London.
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