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Aisha Luvenia Humphrey, known professionally as Kitten Kuroi, is an American singer, vocal arranger, songwriter, producer and actress. She is known for her work as a background vocalist for Elvis Costello.[1][2][3] Kuroi performed with Costello on his 2018 Look Now album,[4] which won[5] a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[6][7]

Kitten Kuroi
Background information
Birth name	Aisha Luvenia Humphrey
Born	(1980-12-26)December 26, 1980 Inglewood, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop R&B jazz rock Electronic Dance Music
Occupation(s)	Singer Television personality
Instruments	Piano Guitar Saxophone
Years active	2007–present
Website	kittenkuroi.com

Biography

Kuroi graduated from California State University,[8] and previously wrote for mxdwn.com.[9] She arranged background vocals and performed in Mike Garson's "A Bowie Celebration[10]" 2022, alongside artists Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Gary Oldman, Judith Hill, Walk the Moon, Bernard Fowler, Gretchen Parlato and more. She was a part of the house band, featuring David Bowie's original bandmates; Mike Garson, Carmine Rojas, Gerry Leonard, Charlie Sexton, Alan Childs.

Kuroi has also performed and toured with other artists including Paul Stanley, Kate Hudson, Mykki Blanco, Pentatonix, Niki, Engelbert Humperdinck, Scotty Grand,[11] Natasha Bedingfield,[12] John Lloyd Young, Blondie,[13] TJ Wilkins of "The Voice", Scott Page's Think:EXP (all-star celebrity rockstar Pink Floyd Tribute Band ft. Fishbone's Norwood Fisher, Jane's Addiction's Stephen Perkins, Michael Jackson's Eric Mayron, Kid Rock's Kenny Olson, Guns & Roses' Roberta Freeman) and Theo Parrish (appearing as featured vocalist on his 2017 single, "Ghetto Proposal Pt. 1").[14] She was featured on the "A Proposal With a Twist" episode of the Oprah Winfrey Network's show Real Life: The Musical.

Kuroi has sung in multiple languages such as Spanish, Persian, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Swahili.

Veganism

Kuroi is a vegan[8] and was featured in the documentary short, Vegan Noir: Black Vegans in Los Angeles.

References

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