Kehlani

Kehlani: Biography in Details

Who is Kehlani?

Kehlani Ashley Parrish is a singer, songwriter, and actress from America.

Originally from Oakland, California, she got original notoriety as a part of the Poplyfe teenage band.

Her first business mixtape, Cloud 19, got published in 2014. Kehlani’s commercial mixtape, You Should Be Here got debuted at number 5 on the R&B Hip Hop chart.

Kehlani: Birth, Age, Parents, Ethnicity

She was born on April 24, 1995, in Oakland, California.

Her ethnicity is a mixture of American Native, Filipino, Mexican, and Spanish.

Her father was All-American, describing her mother was mostly Spanish, and Native American.

Her mom, who had a drug addiction, spent time in prison and she was raised by her aunt.

Similarly, her father of her who also had a drug addiction, died when she was a kid.

Education

As a teenager, Kehlani attended the Oakland School for the Arts where she practiced dance, particularly ballet and modern dance.

Kehlani: Professional Life, Career

Kehlani pursued training as a dancer at the Juilliard School, but she had a knee injury in junior high, leading her to turn her attention towards singing in her early life.

She signed up to join a local pop cover band, PopLyfe when she was a teenager.

Her singing career started when she started as a member and lead vocalist for PopLyfe.

Tony created the music of the band! Toni! Tone! D’Wayne Wiggins associate.

Within two years, the group performed throughout the Bay Area and other cities.

In 2011, they auditioned for the sixth season of America’s Got Talent and eventually finished in fourth place.

However, Kehlani left PopLyfe after the beginning of America’s Got Talent because of several organizational and contractual disputes.

She prevented doing anything associated with music for over six months to prevent being prosecuted by the group leader.

Homeless in 2012 and 2013, Kehlani moved from house to house and often slept on couches.

The studio time culminated in her first mixtape launch, called Cloud 19, in 2014.

The mixtape includes Kyle Dion’s guest appearances. Cannon also sent her to operate with record producer Jahaan Sweet in New York City.

Similarly, Kehlani published her second You Should Be Here album on April 28, 2015.

 Billboard called it the “first best R&B album of the year” when it entered the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums of the US Billboard at number 5.

Kehlani’s song  Gangster got featured on the soundtrack for the hit movie Suicide Squad, which gave her more recognition and reached no. 14 on the Hot 100

Lately, Kehlani’s third commercial mixtape debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200.

Awards, Nomination

She got nominated for many awards shows which are the Grammy Award in the category of  Best Urban Contemporary Album in 2016, the BET Award for Best Female R&B/pop Artist and Centric Award, and the American Music Award for Best Female Soul/R&B Artist in 2017.

Similarly, Kehlani was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best R&B Performance. Also, BET Awards for Best Female R&B/ Pop Artist in 2018.

How much is Kehlani net worth?

As of 2023, Kehlani has an estimated net worth of $6 million.

Similarly, she earns a salary of $510k per year. Furthermore, her source of income is singing, songwriting, and modeling. 

Kehlani’s Rumors/ Controversy

In March 2016 there was a rumor of her on an Instagram photo that sparked cheating allegations, A different hoax surfaced claiming that they found her dead in her house bathroom because of a clear suicide which was fake news.

Kehlani: Tattoos

Her tattoos include Coraline, Regina Reggie Rocket, Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega playing, Lauryn Hill, Frida Kahlo, a paper plane from which she intends to remove four stars under her eyes, a sign of the queen of diamonds, Espíritu Libre which implies free spirit,  a longboard, a rose spider penetrated by a dagger, a sweet, waves. a sleeve of a phoenix and roses, Betty Boop, La Dreamer, a tigress, various symbols on her knuckles, a sunflower, a broken skateboard, a seashell, “forgive yourself” in Arabic, a treble clef, an om symbol, and brass knuckles. 

Kehlani talks about her planned suicide in an interview with Power 106 owing to the adverse press reaction and her first significant heartbreak.

She says that through her hard moments, her album was therapeutic.

Kehlani received a tattoo during her rehabilitation that reads “lost y encontrada” which translates into “lost and found” in English.

Kehlani published a picture on Instagram on January 5, 2018, showing that her “Woke” hand tattoo was now covered with a lotus flower; she said she thought her “hand would talk for her before she even opened her mouth”

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Kehlani has an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs about 51 kg with a slim and fit body.

Similarly, she has black hair color with brown eyes.

Also, she wears a bra size of 38c and her body measurement is (33-25-33).

Social Media Profile

Kehlani is also very popular on social media sites and has a website.

She has around 805k followers on Facebook. Similarly, she has around 2.3 million followers on Twitter.

Also, Kehlani has around 12.2 million followers on Instagram.

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