Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Why #RIPEllen is trending on Twitter: Ellen DeGeneres death hoax goes viral
nypost.comrumors last week that the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” might get axed, which spawned a viral death hoax.“Is Ellen dead or not?!
Y’all confusing tf out of me #ripellen,” tweeted one distraught fan amid false reports the 62-year-old comic and talk show host had jumped off the roof of a house.
Other Twitterati mocked the “late” entertainer with fake obituaries featuring pics of DeGeneres’ various celebrity doppelgängers.“#ripellen fly high, angle,” Tweeted one Twitter wit on a pic of Jane Lynch’s character from “Glee.”Another chucklehead captioned a pic of Justin Bieber with the same tagline.One social media comedian posted a photo of actress Kathy Bates with the caption, “the last picture of her #ripellen.”Another uploaded a pic of Katy Perry.
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