Jerhonda Pace is a public speaker, author, poet, and self-proclaimed survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of R&B singer R. Kelly. She appears in Surviving R. Kelly: The Reckoning, the follow-up to the explosive 2019 docuseries covering the allegations against Kelly.^[8]

Pace grew up in Chicago. She moved to Streamwood, Illinois afterwards.

Pace has said of her relationship with R. Kelly: "If I can speak out and I can help them get out of that situation, that’s what I will do. I didn’t have anybody to speak up on my behalf when I was going through what I was going through with him," she said. "He's brainwashed them really bad, and it kind of reminds me of Charles Manson."

In 2018, Pace published her autobiography entitled A Life Beyond ABUSE. It discusses her life before R. Kelly and describes his situation in detail.

As of 2020, Pace is married with three children and another on the way.

She shared a photo of her pregnant belly in September 2019, adding that she was six months pregnant at the time:

Pace tries to keep her private life shielded from the public.

Pace explained this decision to a follower in autumn of 2019, writing the following:

Pace has written two books, and is currently at work on her second book of poetry.

She is aslo pursuing a doctorate degree.^[8]

On January 2, 2020, the evening of the premiere for the first episode of Surviving R. Kelly: The Reckoning, Pace tweeted a pair of messages that seemingly alluded to the event. First, she wrote, "Only love and positivity." Then, she wrote, "Dinner is served."^[8]

In response to a fan on a Q&A session on Instagram, Pace shared what her hopes were for the next five years. She wrote:

As of January 2020, Pace has over 25,000 followers on her jerhondaa Instagram account. She has only five posts on Instagram. She also has about 5,000 followers on her Jerhondaa Twitter account.^[5][6]