Women Who Rock: No 19. Kelis


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19. Kelis

Why She Rocks: Mixing R&B, soul, hip-hop, pop and rock, Kelis never met a genre she didn't like. But when she hears a word she doesn't like, she simply changes its meaning. First she took the dairy and sugar out of 'milkshake'; now this urban diva is redefining another term. With her new single, 'Bossy,' she contends that being domineering is not an unflattering trait -- it's merely a right of female passage.

Most Rockin' Moment: Not afraid to bite the hand that feeds, Kelis railed against her own record label in an interview with New York radio host Wendy Williams. "It's a mess," she said of artist-label relations. "It's always combative."

Watch Kelis get 'Bossy'

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