Kehlani Parrish

Born in California on April 24, 1995, Kehlani is a famous American singer and music writer. Her father passed away when she was young, and her mother was a drug addict and used to move in and out of prison. Kehlani was brought up by her aunt. She considers herself as a mixed-race woman. Initially, she wanted to be a dancer. She went to the Oakland School for the Arts in California to pursue her dreams of becoming a dancer. She aspired to go to Juilliard School in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... in the prospect of becoming a dancer.

Eventually, Kehlani had to drop the idea of becoming a dancer because of the knee injury she suffered in intermediate school. She then decided to make a career in singing. Kehlani’s aunt used to listen to many neo soul and R&B artists. That has what inspired her to become an R&B singer. She lists various artists such as ‘Erykah Badu’, ‘Jill Scott’, and ‘ Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill, whose full name is Lauryn Noelle Hill >> Read More... ’, who had a major influence on her. At the age of fourteen, she became a member of a pop band “PopLyfe”. She started her singing career by performing with the band, PopLyfe. This group secured fourth place on the talent show, “America’s Got Talent”, in its sixth season. Before emerging as a finalist on America’s Got Talent, the band used to perform shows all through the San Francisco Bay Area. ‘Piers Morgan’, one of the host of America’s Got Talent, praised Kehlani by saying that she is very talented and need not perform in a group.

Kehlani walked out of the group because of some internal disputes between the band members. After leaving the group, she was rendered homeless and even had to engage in petty thefts. She didn’t make any music for six months. Under these circumstances, she had no choice but to steal. ‘ Nick Cannon Nick Cannon is an American actor, and also a comed >> Read More... ’, the host of America’s Got Talent, approached her to join a rap group in 2013. She accepted the offer at first and went to Los Angles but returned to Oakland soon after. Kehlani then released her first song entitled, ‘’ANTISUMMERLUV’’, on “SoundCloud”. After listening to the song, Nick Cannon offered her a place to live in and also the required studio time.

Kehlani rose to prominence with her first mixtape, “Cloud 19”. This album got featured in the 50 Best Albums of 2014, and was also included in the list of “Overlooked Mixtapes 2014”. Her second mixtape “You Should Be Here” hit the stores in the year 2015 and it was the highlight of the national R&B/Hip Hop charts. In the year 2015, she signed arecord deal with Atlantic Records, a famous record label in America. In 2016, she also received nominations for the Grammy Awards for her album “You Should Be Here”. She received praise for her work and several lists like “10 Artists You Need to Know” included her name. Kehlani and ‘ Zayn Malik Zayn Javadd Malik was born in England on 12 Januar >> Read More... ’ worked together for the album “Make It Mine” which was released in March 2016.

Coming to her personal life, she’s dating an NBA player, ‘ Kyrie Irving Kyrie Andrew Irving was born on March 23rd, 1992. >> Read More... ’. In March 2016, strong cheating speculation reports of the couple were doing rounds. Kehlani attempted suicide because of the reports which said that she supposedly cheated on her boyfriend with her ex, ‘Jahron Anthony Brathwaite’. She was highly active on Instagram, but now she has deleted all her posts.