Keyshia Cole and the Cavaliers Guard Daniel Gibson recently gave away turkeys and groceries to 150 families at Bethany Baptist Church. Cranberry sauce, corn, green beans, carrots, cornbread mix, mashed potatoes and gravy were given out. The “Giving Thanks”  Event was sponsored by BJ’S Wholesale Club.

Nasty rumors surfaced recently, that Keyshia Cole’s mother Franie Lons (pictured with her on the March ’09 cover of Vibe magazine) had died in a car crash.

Spokesman for Keyshia quickly refuted the rumor.  “Imani Entertainment has received a huge amount of inquiries in regard to the rumor about Keyshia Cole’s biological mom, Frankie Lons, having recently passed in an automobile accident,” the statement read.  “The rumor has absolutely NO truth to it — Frankie has not been in any accident of any kind and is doing well at home in Atlanta.”

Cole’s manager, Manny Halley, confirmed the information to MTV News. In an e-mail, Halley said Frankie is “100% alive” and added that he recently hung out with Frankie, Cole and the singer’s sister Neffe, and all are well.”

We’re glad everyone’s ok.

In honor of Tupac Shakur who’s featured on her new single ‘Playa Cardz Right’, Keyshia Cole films the music video for the song at the Tupac Memorial Center for The Arts in Stone Mountain.

Keyshia’s got a new video out…

“Keyshia Cole provides her fans with a music video in accompaniment of her brand new song “Playa Cardz Right” which features Tupac Shakur. The music video is shot at the Tupac Memorial Center for The Arts in Stone Mountain to honor the rapper who died in September 1996.

On the video, Cole is captured sitting on the mixing desk and singing the song while her collaborator is shown through a quick display of his several photos. Shakur’s mother Afeni Shakur is also making a cameo appearance during the video set.”

Keyshia Cole is back in the studio recording her 3rd cd. Set for release during Christmas 2008, it’s bound to be another hit.

“Geffen Records platinum-selling
songwriter and recording star/BET Reality TV icon KEYSHIA COLE is currently
in the studio recording her third (3rd) CD which is slated for release
Christmas 2008. On this untitled release, Keyshia has already started work
with top producers including Polow Da Don, Nephew and Scott Storch to name
a few. The third disc will follow two highly popular platinum-selling CD’s:
2005′s The Way It Is and 2007′s Just Like You.”

Keyshia’s keepin real busy.

In June, she “promises to debut her new
artist Amina on Imani Entertainment (a label she owns with manager, Manny
Halley) through Geffen Records… Keyshia Cole will also be announcing a
major deal she has with a hair care line as well as an 11-city tour with a
corporate brand.”

Hot… Hot… hot in blonde! “You can’t miss VIBE’s December 2007 issue, which officially hits stands November 12. Featuring “Hell’s Angel,” an intimate Keyshia Cole cover story written by Cole’s fellow Oakland native, VIBE Editor-in-Chief Danyel Smith – with a gang of even more stunning photos inside…

Keyshia intimately discusses growing up hard in Oakland, only to become an icon. “Now I’ve overcome everything,” she tells Smith, “And I’m looking in the mirror, only to figure out who I am.”

Keyshia’s not afraid to expose her feelings. We love that.

What do you think about Keyshia’s look?

It’s October 15, and that means Keyshia Cole turned 26 today!

Happy Birthday Keyshia Cole.  We love you!

Keyshia Cole’s sophomore cd Just Like You, hit the streets yesterday. Of course, we downloaded a copy off Amazon’s new Mp3 service. Amazon’s Mp3s work on any media player. Well, Keyshia’s smoky voice and lyrics killed it.

Let It Go, the sassy single released weeks before the rest of the cd, features Lil’ Kim and Missy Elliott. This song, and the video, sets the mood for the rest of tracks. Keyshia sings about a girl hittin’ the town after just breaking up. Keyshia moves on to Fallin’ Out. She goes on to explain the lack of communication between her and her man. The struggle of the relationship. Give Me More is a fitting title for the next track. Why can’t her man be like he used to be? Why can’t he fulfill her needs? Slow ballads fill the middle tracks. Maybe a few too many, but none that we would skip over when listening.

1. Let It Go 3:58
2. Didn’t I Tell You 3:51
3. Fallin’ Out 4:26
4. Give Me More 3:53
5. I Remember 4:20
6. Shoulda Let You Go 3:40
7. Heaven Sent 3:52
8. Same Thing 1:35
9. Got To Get My Heart Back 4:17
10. Was It Worth It? 3:36
11. Just Like You 4:05
12. Losing You 3:49
13. Last Night 4:15
14. Work It Out 4:03
15. Let It Go 3:40

Got To Get My Heart Back picks the beat back up. Keyshia contemplates the relationship. What went wrong? How can she mend her heart? The title track, Just Like You, steps away from singing about the relationship. Focus moves to Keyshia. She’s “just like you”, lettin’ us know a little about the real Keyshia… the person who lives day by day like everyone does.

The tracks end with more contemplation over her relationship. There’s also a remix of Let It Go, with TI and Young Dro. As a whole we enjoyed it. There may be a few too many ballads, but Keyshia Cole’s sultry voice adds a unique flavor to every track. This is a successful followup to The Way It Is.

Check out the sample tracks of Just Like You here.

Here’s Keyshia performing “Let It Go”. An exclusive video for Yahoo‘s Music channel. With Cole’s sophomore CD, “Just Like You,” only a few weeks from release, she’s been on the road. Recently at the House of Blues…

“Cole opened with “(I Just Want It) to Be Over,” and it was obvious right away that she was in a typically feisty mood: While her six-piece band transformed her album’s plush R&B productions into hard-angled soul-rock rave-ups, Cole emphasized the grain in her voice, pushing it to raw emotional extremes that sometimes required a sacrifice in pitch. One back-up singer sported a faux-hawk, and the haircut seemed appropriate given the music’s unvarnished punkiness.

Cole didn’t slow down for a breather until “You’ve Changed,” which she sang while sitting on a stool. Well, half-sitting: Cole kept standing to punctuate lyrics with bits of body language.”

Here’s a picture of Keyshia Cole, and Diddy at the 2007 BET Awards.

‘Singers Sean “Diddy” Combs (R) and Keyshia Cole perform “Last Night” at the 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California, June 26, 2007. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)’

The date’s been set as September 11, 2007, for the release of Keyshia Cole’s 2nd cd, Just Like You. We wish her the same success as her 1st platinum selling cd, The Way It Is.

Here’s a video of the single, Let It Go off the upcoming cd. This song is fire! Kim and Missy make it even better.