Basketball Wives Star Kenya Bell Lands Record Deal, Makes Music Reality History

Great news for “Basketball Wives” Miami star, Kenya Bell. Despite her being a not-so-popular character among her fellow stars of the show, Kenya is the first reality star to land a major deal. If you recall, Kenya debuted a music video on an episode of the show last season and it was not received well by her fellow cast mates. Regardless of their views, Kenya has been signed to Bungalo Records. She had this to say of her deal:

“I am excited to work with Bungalo Records on this distribution deal and can’t wait for the world to hear my music. It has been a lifelong dream to record an album and share my passion of singing with the world.”

Kenya is set to release her first single called “Hate Me” on December 11^th. She also had some words about her Basketball Wives co-stars:

“I was floored [when Bungalo called me], I was like, ‘Really? Didn’t the basketball wives tell me I had no chance?’ It felt so good to me, obviously they believe that I have something, I have talent, and for me that’s just amazing. I was doubting everything I did before, and I’m learning to not doubt myself no matter what is said. I learned to listen to criticism and change it for the better, but I’m still going to believe in myself and believe I can make this thing happen. It was shocking when I first showed [my co-stars] the video and they were like ‘Eh, what is that??’ like it was the worst thing ever…I’m still writing my own music and working with Jazzy Faye and Young Money and I’m doing even better stuff than before. My co-stars just made me better.”

Congrats to Kenya.

P.S.- If you recall Kenya’s video that she premiered on Basketball Wives, do you think the girls had any points with their criticisms, or were they just hating? And in case you need a refresher, here is Kenya’s video, “Choices.”

[youtube width=”520″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fbGiQJ78ac[/youtube]

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–Patrice M.