Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Khalid (Khalid) ma Pepeluali 11, 1998 ma Fort Stewart (Georgia). Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia ma ka ʻohana koa. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kona wā kamaliʻi ma nā wahi like ʻole.
Ua noho ʻo ia ma Kelemania a me New York ma mua o kona noho ʻana ma El Paso, Texas i ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hoʻoikaika mua ʻia ʻo Khalid e hana i nā mele e kona makuahine, he mea mele ma ka US Army. A makemake ʻo ia i nā mea pena R&B i ka makahiki 1990 e like me Brandy a me TLC.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana mele ma 2015, e ʻōlelo ana i nā hōkū e like me Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Makua John Misty a me Chance the Rapper. ʻO ka mea hana ʻo SkySense i hoʻohuli hope iā ia.
Ua hana a hana ʻo ia ma ka wahi hoʻokahi. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke mele i ka makahiki 2016. Ua komo pū ʻo ia i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe ma ka papa mele Billboard Hot R&B Songs ma Ianuali 2017.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o Khalid, kahi āna e kamaʻilio liʻiliʻi ai
I ka piha ʻana o Khalid i 7 mau makahiki, ua lilo kona ola i mea pōʻino. Ua kaʻawale kona mau mākua. I kona wā i ka papa 2, ua hala kona makuakāne: "Ua kuʻi ʻo ia i ke kaʻa, ʻaʻole i kū ka mea hoʻokele ʻona."
Noho ʻo Khalid ma Kelemānia me kona makuahine ʻo Linda, ka mea i hoʻomaha hou ma ke ʻano he Sergeant First Class ma ka US Army. "Ua kaumaha loa au, pupule, a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomalu iaʻu iho 100%," wahi āna.
"ʻO ia paha ke kumu i oʻo ai au i ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o nā poʻe he nui o koʻu mau makahiki, no ka mea i kēia manawa ua nalowale wau i kahi kanaka pili loa." Eia kekahi, ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ke ola hectic o "ke keiki koa, kahi e neʻe mau ai ʻoe a ʻaʻohe ou kūpaʻa."
Ua hoʻokani ka makuahine o Khalid me ka pūʻali koa US a me ka hui mele. Ma ke kula, hana ʻo ia i nā mele: “ʻO wau ʻo Cornelius ma Hello, Dolly; Limu i ka lauoho.
"He ʻano aʻo au iaʻu iho. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e nānā ai i nā mele ʻē aʻe, e nānā i ke ʻano o kā lākou hōʻike ʻana i ko lākou mau manaʻo, neʻe, a pēlā aku.
ʻO kāna papa inoa o nā mea mele punahele ʻo: Fleetwood Mac, Adele, Bill Withers, Aaliyah a me Father John Misty. "ʻAʻole wau e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke ʻano ke hana wau," wahi āna. "Makemake wau e hana i kahi hype i kani maikaʻi i kaʻu kaʻa."
ʻO ka hana Artist Khalid
ʻO kekahi o nā mele mua i hoʻopuka ʻia e Khalid ma ka pūnaewele ʻo Saved a Stuck On You. I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokuʻu i kahi mele ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia e hoʻopili i ka mea hana SkySense a loaʻa i kahi kono e hana pū me ia i kahi studio ma Atlanta.
Ua hana mua ʻo ia ma ke mele ma Atlanta ma mua o kona hoʻi ʻana i El Paso a hoʻokuʻu i ka album Location. ʻO ka hopena, ua lilo ia i "breakthrough" hoʻokahi a loaʻa iā ia nā palapala platinum he nui mai ka RIAA. Ua piʻi ka mele ma ka helu 20 ma ka palapala Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ma 2016. Ua komo pū ʻo ia i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe ma ka papa mele Billboard Hot R&B Songs ma Ianuali 21, 2017.
Ua komo ʻo ia i ka Electric Electric na Alina Baraz, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Ianuali 2016. I Kekemapa o kēlā makahiki, ua hui pū ʻo ia me duo Brasstracks ma ke ala ʻo Whirlwind (mai ka pūʻulu ʻo Yours Truly). A me nā mele ʻo Adidas Originals (mai ka Scratch series), i hoʻokani ʻia ma mua o 700 mau manawa ma SoundCloud.
I Ianuali a me Pepeluali 2017, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna huakaʻi Location-Location. He 21 mau kūlanakauhale ma ʻAmelika, a me Kanada a me ʻEulopa. Ua kūʻai ʻia nā wahi āpau (25 hōʻike), me 1500 Tricky Falls ma El Paso.
Ma hope o ka hopena o ka huakaʻi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Khalid i kāna album studio studio American Teen ma Malaki 3, 2017. Kākoʻo ʻia e nā mele mele Location, Young Dumb & Broke, ua hoʻomaka ka album ma ka helu 9 ma ka Billboard 200. Ua piʻi pū ʻo ia ma ka helu 4 i ʻAukake, ma luna o ka palapala palapala R&B Albums.
Ma ke mele hoʻolaha a Kendrick Lamar ʻO The Heart Part 4 (2017), ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā leo leo ʻole. I ka mahina aʻe, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ka "1-800-273-8255" (Logic) me Alessia Cara. Ua lilo ʻo ia i kāna mele kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, e piʻi ana ma ka helu 3 ma ka Billboard Hot 100.
Hōʻike TV mua
Ua hana ʻo ia i kāna ʻano kīwī mua ma The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ma 2017. Ua hoʻokani ka mea pena i ke mele Location me ke kākoʻo o The Roots. ʻO kekahi o nā mele a Angela i hōʻike ʻia ma ka episode "Do not Stop Me Now" ma ABC's Grey's Anatomy (2017).
Ma Iulai 12, 2017, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna huakaʻi poʻomanaʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAmelika. I Kepakemapa o ia makahiki, ua hui pū ʻo ia me Lorde. Ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻo ia iā ia e hana ma ke ʻano he hana wehe no kāna huakaʻi UK.
ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mele hou loa ʻo Love Lies. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia me Fifth Harmony's Normani Cordei no ke kani ʻana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Love, Simon (2018).
ʻO nā hana nui a ka mea mele ʻo Khalid
Ua loaʻa i ka album mua ʻAmelika Teen ka mahalo koʻikoʻi. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka platinum e ka RIAA ma 2017 no ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma luna o 1 miliona mau kope. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ke mele Location mai ka album i platinum a kūʻai ʻia ma luna o 4 miliona mau kope.
I ka pule mua o ka hana, ua lawe lākou i ka 9th kūlana ma ka Billboard 200 chart me 37 like album units. ʻO Khalid kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi ʻōpio ʻelua wale nō e hoʻokō i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa i nā mahina he 12 i hala (ma hope o Shawn Mendes Illuminate, ka mea i hoʻomaka ma ka No. 1 i ʻOkakopa 2016).
Nā makana a me nā hoʻokō
I Iulai 2016, ua hōʻea ʻo Khalid i ka helu 2 ma ka palapala Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists. A komo pū i ka 10 kiʻi kiʻi hou maikaʻi loa. Ua hāʻule lākou i nā ʻāpana he nui i ka makahiki 2017, me Billboard, Yahoo, a me Rolling Stone.
Ma 2017, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Best New Artist" ma ka MTV Video Music Awards. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka makana Woodie To Watch ma ka Woodie Awards. A laila ua koho ʻia ka mea pena no nā makana: BET Awards, Teen Choice Awards, American Music Awards a me Soul Train Music Awards.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Khalid no kekahi mau makana ma ka 2018 Grammy Awards. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka Best New Artist. Ua koho ʻia kāna album mua no Best Urban Contemporary Album. A ua koho ʻia ka wahi hoʻokahi no Best R&B Song.
I ka manaʻo mua o Khalid i ke mele Wahi. ʻO kāna pahuhopu ke kau ʻana i ke mele ma SoundCloud i ka manawa e "lanakila i ke aliʻi prom", āna i hana ai. I kona hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kāna puka kula kiʻekiʻe, ua pāʻani ʻo Kylie Jenner (TV personality, model) i ka "Location" hoʻokahi ma Snapchat i ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 miliona mau mea hahai, e hoʻonui nui ana i kona pono.
ʻO ka mea pena kiʻi ke aloha nui iā Elton John. Ua hālāwai ʻo ia me ia ma kekahi o kāna mau hōʻikeʻike ma kona kūlanakauhale ʻo El Paso. Ma laila, hoʻolaʻa ka mea mele kaʻao i kahi mele nona. Akā naʻe, ua nele ʻo ia i ka manawa e ʻike ai i ka manawa e haʻalele koke ai ʻo ia i ka hōʻike ma muli o kahi hoaaloha.
