Kehlani is an R&B singer-songwriter born in Oakland, California in 1995, who came up with the 2014 mixtape Cloud 19 before signing to Atlantic. Their debut SweetSexySavage (2017) hit number three on the Billboard 200; Blue Water Road (2022) is the other easy entry point. Shop Kehlani vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Kehlani Ashley Parrish was born in Oakland, California on April 24, 1995. They are of mixed Black, Native American, white, Mexican, and Filipino descent. They launched their recording career in 2014 with the mixtape Cloud 19 and signed with Atlantic Records. Their debut full-length SweetSexySavage (2017) reached number three on the Billboard 200. They are openly non-binary (using she/they pronouns) and bisexual. They have one daughter, Adeya (born 2019). Their music has been positioned in contemporary R&B and alternative R&B alongside SZA, Jhené Aiko, Summer Walker, and others.
Kehlani's sound combines R&B, contemporary R&B, alternative R&B, soul, pop R&B, and hip hop soul with their distinctive vocal delivery and lyrical content addressing relationships, identity, motherhood, and personal experience.
TSNMI / Atlantic pressings of the Kehlani catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Kehlani typically start with SweetSexySavage (2017) or Blue Water Road (2022).
