Miki and her two sisters were raised in Chicago by their father Clay Graham and mother Josephine Howard; Clay was a gospel singer and member of the group The Pilgrim Jubilees, and Josephine was also a gosp… See more

Miki was 16 when she entered a teen pageant, and was after the show introduced to American singer Augie Johnson, who was the frontman of the disco and jazz-funk band Side Effect. In 1979 aged 18, Miki became th… See more

Miki’s debut film role was her playing of a supporting character in the evergreen 1992 biographical historical movie “Malcolm X”, which Spike Lee directed, and which starred Delroy Lindo, Angela Bassett and Denzel Wa… See more

Miki began dating Augie Johnson not long after having met him, and in 1981, she gave birth to their son Brandon Howard; their second sonNicholas Johnson followed in 1984. In 1987, Miki met the late American singer-son… See more