Born Nekelia Deshell Steward-Glover in Paris, Texas on February 28, 1981, raised by grandparents and later relocated to Dallas, Texas. She studied Real Estate at Ashworth College but also fell in love with performing and studied Drama through school. Brown later went back to further her education obtaining her Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration at the Southern New Hampshire University. Nekelia has been in a number of stage plays, modeling events and also appeared in movies.A business woman, model and singer (as well as an actress), Brown most recently starred in ''Daddy''.