‘Perfect Gift’: Keyshia Cole and Niko Khale’s Family Portrait Sends Fans Over the Moon

It looks like Keyshia Cole and her boyfriend Niko “Khale” Hale were more than thankful to celebrate the holiday season with their family.

On Thursday, Dec. 26, Hale took to Instagram and posted an adorable Christmas pic of himself, Cole, her 10-year-old son Daniel Gibson Jr. and the new addition to their family, baby Tobias Khale.

Related: 5 Things to Know About Keyshia Cole’s Boyfriend Niko Hale

Keyshia Cole
(From left) Keyshia Cole, baby Tobias Khale, Niko Hale and Daniel Gibson Jr. @nikokhale/Instagram

The “Heaven Sent” singer along with her family posed together for an adorable pic and Hale commemorated the moment, writing in his caption, “The real gift is FAMILY 🤞🏾 #MerryChristmas.”

The post garnered several fan comments and likes.

“Beautiful beautiful family💜 man you got the perfect gift this year”

“Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🎁 Beautiful fam @nikokhale ❤️. This is literally a picture perfect memo”

“She just glowing can definitely tell she really happy 😃 Merry Christmas 🎄to your gorgeous family”

“So true…. seasons greetings to u guys ❤️ Merry Christmas!! Love the family y’all created together!”

Cole, however was unable to join in on the shower of compliments due to her recently deactivated account.

The singer’s deactivated account comes days after her online feud with rapper O.T. Genasis came to a head. The two artists had a spat over Genasis’ “Never Knew” Crip rendition to Cole’s 2005 hit classic “Love.”

Keyshia Cole
OT Genasis and Keyshia Cole. (Photos: @otgenasis/Instagram, @keyshiacole/Instagram)

Ever since Cole made it clear she doesn’t care for his cover of her song, Genasis has been trolling her nonstop. He lastly created a mashup for their faces together, tagged Cole in the caption, and wrote, “O’Keyshia.” Hours later, the singer disabled her Instagram account.

She recently addressed her and Genasis’ beef on her Fox Soul show “One On One With Keyshia Cole” and claimed she was hurt that Genasis didn’t contact her before making the cover, saying, “I think it’s kinda hurtful a little bit, too, as an artist because there was no, ‘Hey, how you doin’? How you feel about this?’ ‘Cause that’s what you do if you an artist. If I wanna remix a Prince song Imma go to Prince and figure out if I can use that.”

Democracy needs journalism it can trust.

This election season, the stakes are higher than usual — and so is the pressure on newsrooms to soften their coverage, stay quiet, or just disappear. Independent reporting, the kind that answers to readers instead of advertisers or political pressure, matters more in a moment like this, not less.

For over 14 years, Atlanta Black Star has stayed independent and reader-funded. We have no corporate owner and no shareholders telling us what to cover or how to cover it. That independence is also our biggest vulnerability: nothing protects it except readers choosing to fund it directly.

Newspaper ad revenue has fallen more than 80% since 2005, and local newsrooms are closing at a rate of roughly two a week nationwide. When outlets go under in a moment like this, it's rarely the independent, reader-funded ones that get to stick around.

We know a request for support isn't why you came here. But without readers choosing to fund this work directly, the depth of reporting we can do at home and abroad shrinks along with everyone else's. If you're not in a position to give, that doesn't change how much we value you as a reader.

If you are able to, a recurring contribution does more for us than a single one-time gift, because it lets us plan the next investigation instead of just the next invoice. It takes about 30 seconds, no long form, no account. Thank you for continuing to support independent journalism and freedom of the press.

Back to top