Real name: Alicia Michelle Howard

Effective period / Period of releases: 1986 - 2001

Recording artist and actress who has appeared in a number of films, including a portrayal of Billie Holiday in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X." Born in Chicago, Illinois, Alicia Michelle "Miki" Howard was the daughter of two well-known gospel singers. Her father, Clay Graham, sang with the Pilgrim Jubilee Singers and her mother, Josephine Howard, was a member of The Caravans, a group that would eventually be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.