Stellar award winning singer, song writer, actress, fashion designer and activist, Kierra Valencia Sheard, also known to the world as “KiKi” is whom I decided to write my paper on. Kierra was born on June 20th, 1987 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. She was raised up in West Bloomfield, Michigan within a family of great talent within gospel music. Kiera is the daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard of the Clark sisters and Bishop John Drew Sheard. Kierra is also the grand-daughter of the late gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark. At such a young age Kierra developed a very matured and strong voice giving her the signature of having the “Clark sound” mastered by her mother and aunts. This “Clark sound” consisted of having a high and fast melismata,
