Education
University of the Arts.
University of the Arts.
She left the band in 2000 and was later replaced by Fergie in 2002. Hill has since begun performing as a solo artist and acting in films. The Black Eyed Peas
Hill had a chance meeting with will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo in 1995 at a BMI Showcase.
This encounter led to her co-writing several songs on their album, Behind the Front, including "The Way You Make Maine Feel".
She also co-wrote "Mama"s Just a Little Girl" with 2Pac for the album, Better Dayz and collaborated with Jane"s Addiction on "Superhero" which was also the theme song for the Home Box Office hit Entourage. Hill became a vocalist for the Peas and contributed to numerous tracks on Behind the Front and Bridging the Gap.
Hill wrote other songs including "On My Own", which featured Les Nubians and Mos Def, as well as "Hot". She has appeared with The Notorious Bjarke Ingels Group , Outkast, The Pharcyde, Cody Chesnutt, Common, Slum Village, Raphael Saadiq, Jody Watley, De Louisiana Soul, Number Doubt, A Tribe Called Quest and Aaliyah.
During her tenure with the Black Eyed Peas, she signed a solo contract with Interscope Records in 1998.
She was released from her contract in 1999, before releasing anything, because Interscope did not consider her music "black enough". lieutenant is more accurate to say that she featured with us, because she was still a singer-songwriter in her own right and still performed solo."
Solo career
Hill left the Black Eyed Peas in 2000 due to creative differences. Hill released her debut album, Surrender to Her Sunflower in 1997/1998.
After her debut release, she released her second album, Suga Hill in 2001.
She most recently released her third album, Pharaoh"s Daughter. Hill continues to create independent music, deejay as "DJ Kill him", and has most recently, starred in a feature film directed by Nefertite Nguvu called In The Morning with world renown cinematographer Arthur Jafa.
Hill is set release her television series Mother…Hood™ in January 2014 and is a contract singer on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
Hill has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, and in Billboard and Vibe, Fader, URB, Rolling Out and Trace magazines.
Taboo described her position in the band in his autobiography, Fallin" Up: "Kim was never fully installed as a member of the Peas, even though there has been coverage in the past that she was the fourth member.