Kehlani Ashley Parrish is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. train as a dancer at the Juilliard School, but they had a knee injury in junior high, which led them to turn their attention toward singing.

While living with their aunt, Kehlani was exposed almost exclusively to R&B and neo-soul artists, such as Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Jill Scott, whom today they describe as some of their early musical influences.

What made Kehlani famous?

Kehlani is originally from Oakland, California, and achieved initial fame as a member of the teen group Poplyfe in 2011. In 2014, Kehlani released its first commercial mixtape, Cloud 19.

The mixtape was listed as one of the Complex’s “50 Best Albums of 2014. Their second commercial mixtape, You Should Be Here (2015), debuted at number 5 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.

Kehlani served as an opening act on American singer Demi Lovato’s Tell Me You Love Me World Tour in North America, which started on February 26, 2018, and concluded on April 2, 2018. They then opened on American singer Halsey’s Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour on the Oceania leg in April 2018.

ncG1vNJzZmifmJa7orLUqGWcp51kxKmt02akmpyVYrimtMuapaJllpa6sMHSaA%3D%3D