I whanau a Khalid (Khalid) i te Hui-tanguru 11, 1998 i Fort Stewart (Georgia). I whakatipuhia ia i roto i te whanau hoia. I noho ia i tona tamarikitanga ki nga waahi rereke.
I noho ia ki Tiamana me te taha whakarunga o Niu Ioka i mua i tana noho ki El Paso, Texas i a ia i te kura tuarua.
Ko Khalid te mea tuatahi ki te hanga waiata na tona whaea, he kaiwaiata no te US Army. A i aroha ia ki nga kaitoi R&B o 1990 penei i a Brandy me TLC.
I timata ia ki te hanga waiata i te tau 2015, me te whakahua i nga whetu penei i a Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Matua John Misty me Chance the Rapper. Ko te kaihanga SkySense te mutunga ka aro atu ki a ia.
I hanga e ia me te mahi i runga i te waahi kotahi. I tukuna te waiata i te tau 2016. I uru ano ki te 10 runga i runga i te raarangi Waiata R&B Waiata Ririrangi i te Hanuere 2017.
Ko te korero mo Khalid, he iti nei tana korero
I te 7 pea o nga tau o Khalid, ka huri tona oranga hei aitua. Ka wehe ona matua. I a ia i te akomanga 2, ka mate tona papa: "I tukitukia e te motoka, kaore i mutu te taraiwa haurangi."
I noho a Khalid ki Tiamana i te taha o tona whaea a Linda, katahi ano ka reti hei Haihana Tuatahi i te Ope Taua o Amerika. "I tino pouri ahau, porangi, a kaore i taea e au te whakahaere i ahau 100%," ko tana korero.
"Koinei pea te take i tino tere ake ai taku pakeke i te tini o nga taangata e rite ana ki ahau, na te mea i tenei wa kua ngaro tetahi tangata tino tata." I tua atu, i rongo ia i te raruraru o te oranga o "te tamaiti hoia, kei reira koe e neke haere tonu ana, kaore koe i te pumau."
Ko te whaea o Khalid i takaro me te roopu hoia me te kaiwaiata o Amerika. I te fare haapiiraa, ua ha‘uti oia i roto i te mau pehepehe: “O Cornelius au i te Hello, Dolly; Rimurapa ki te rehu makawe.
"He ahua ako ahau. I whai waahi ahau ki te mataki i etahi atu kaiwaiata, te aro ki te whakaatu i o raatau kare-a-roto, nga nekehanga, me era atu.
Ko tana rarangi o nga kaiwaiata tino pai ko: Fleetwood Mac, Adele, Bill Withers, Aaliyah me Matua John Misty. "Kaore au e whakaaro mo te momo ka hanga ahau," e kii ana ia. "Kei te pirangi noa ahau ki te hanga i tetahi panui e pai ana te tangi i roto i taku motuka."
Mahi Toi a Khalid
Ko etahi o nga waiata tuatahi i whakairihia e Khalid ki runga ipurangi ko te Tiaki me te Piri ki a koe. I roto i te kaha ki te tuku i tetahi atu waiata, i kaha ia ki te whakapiri atu ki te kaihanga SkySense me te tono tono kia mahi tahi me ia i roto i te whare studio i Atlanta.
I mahi tuatahi ia i te waiata i Atlanta i mua i tana hokinga mai ki El Paso me te tuku i te pukaemi Location. Ko te mutunga mai, ka noho hei "painga" takitahi me te whiwhi tohu tohu konukawata maha mai i te RIAA. I eke te waiata ki te nama 20 i runga i te Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay tūtohi i te tau 2016. I uru ano ki te rarangi 10 o runga i runga i te raarangi Waiata R&B Waiata i te Hanuere 21, 2017.
I whai waahi ia ki te hiko kotahi na Alina Baraz, i tukuna i te Hanuere 2016. I te Hakihea o taua tau, i mahi tahi ia me te tokorua Brasstracks i runga i te ara Whirlwind (mai i te raupapa Yours Truly). Me nga Waiata Taketake o Adidas (mai i te raupapa Scratch), kua neke atu i te 700 nga wa i whakatangihia ki SoundCloud.
I te marama o Hanuere me Hui-tanguru 2017, ka timata ia ki tana haerenga tuatahi ki te Wāhi-Wāhi. E 21 nga taone nui i roto i te US, tae atu ki Kanata me Uropi. I hokona nga tuuru katoa (25 whakaaturanga), tae atu ki te 1500 Tricky Falls i El Paso.
Whai muri i te mutunga o te haerenga, ka tukuna e Khalid tana pukaemi studio tuatahi a American Teen i te Maehe 3, 2017. I tautokohia e te hunga takitahi Wāhi, Young Dumb & Broke, i timata te pukaemi ki te Nama 9 i runga i te Billboard 200. I eke ano ki te Nama 4 i te marama o Akuhata, ka eke ki runga ake i te R&B Albums chart.
I roto i te waiata whakatairanga a Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 4 (2017), i whakamahia e ia nga oro kore korero. I te marama i muri mai, ka tuhia e ia te "1-800-273-8255" (Logic) me Alessia Cara. Ka noho ko ia tana reanga teitei rawa atu, ka eke ki te nama 3 i runga i te Billboard Hot 100.
Te ahua TV tuatahi
I puta ia i tana whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata tuatahi i runga i te The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon i te tau 2017. I mahia e te kaitoi te waiata Location me te tautoko a The Roots. Ko tetahi o nga waiata a Angela e whakaatuhia ana i roto i te wahanga "Kaua e Kati Mai Na" i roto i te ABC's Grey's Anatomy (2017).
I te Hūrae 12, 2017, i timata ia i tana haerenga tuarua mo nga Teen Teen Tour o Amerika. I te marama o Hepetema o taua tau, ka uru atu ia ki a Lorde. He nui tana awe ki a ia ki te mahi i te whakatuwheratanga mo tana haerenga ki UK.
Ko tetahi o ana waiata hou ko Love Lies. I hopukina e ia me te Normani Cordei a Fifth Harmony mo te riipene oro o te kiriata Love, Simon (2018).
Ko nga mahi matua a te kaiwaiata Khalid
Ko te pukaemi tuatahi a American Teen i tino whakanuia. I whakamanahia ano e te RIAA i te tau 2017 mo te hoko neke atu i te 1 miriona kape. Ko te waahi waiata mai i te pukaemi i whakamanahia te konukawata, ka hokona atu i te 4 miriona kape.
I te wiki tuatahi o te mahi, ka eke ratou ki te tuunga 9 i runga i te papa Billboard 200 me te 37 o nga kohinga pukaemi rite. Ko Khalid tetahi o nga kaitoi rangatahi e rua anake kua eke ki nga taumata teitei i roto i nga marama 12 kua hipa (i muri i a Shawn Mendes Illuminate, i timata i te No. 1 i Oketopa 2016).
Nga tohu me nga whakatutukitanga
I te marama o Hūrae 2016, ka eke a Khalid ki te nama 2 i runga i te Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart. I uru ano hoki ki te 10 tino pai nga kaitoi hou. I taka ratou ki etahi momo waahanga i te tau 2017, tae atu ki te Billboard, Yahoo, me Rolling Stone.
I te tau 2017, i whakaingoatia ia ko "Best New Artist" i te MTV Video Music Awards. I toa ano ia i te tohu Woodie To Watch i nga Tohu Woodie. Katahi ka whakaingoatia te kaitoi mo nga tohu: Tohu BET, Teen Choice Awards, American Music Awards me Soul Train Music Awards.
I tohua a Khalid mo etahi tohu i te 2018 Grammy Awards. I whakaingoatia ano ia mo te Kaitoi Hou Pai. Ko tana pukaemi tuatahi i whakaingoatia mo te Pukaemi Pai Taone o Naianei. A ko te waahi kotahi i tohua mo te Waiata R&B Pai.
I te wa tuatahi i whakaarohia e Khalid te waiata Wāhi. Ko tana whainga ko te tuku i te waiata ki SoundCloud i te wa ki te "wini i te kingi ohaoha", i mahia e ia. I a ia e whakanui ana i tana whakawhiwhinga kura tuarua, ko Kylie Jenner (te ahua o te pouaka whakaata, te tauira) i takaro i te "Wāhi" kotahi i runga i Snapchat ki runga i te 30 miriona nga kaiwhaiwhai, i tino whakanui ake i tana whai hua.
Ko te kaitoi he tino powhiriwhiri na Elton John. I tutaki ia ki a ia i tetahi o ana whakaaturanga i tona kainga o El Paso. I reira, ka whakatapua e te kaiwaiata rongonui he waiata ki a ia. Heoi, i ngaro ia i te whai waahi ki te kite i te waa i te mea me wehe wawe ia i te whakaaturanga na te mea he hoa.
