What’s good, it’s Kehlani
We here at the FADER Fort with
2 Chainz baby you know
Tru
This was only supposed to be a drop
But as you all know
‘Aint nothing regular about me
I am the hair weave killer
He’s amazing, he’s amazing
I’m the real hair killer
You dig what I’m saying?
I’m out here
Kickin it’ mean people like you
With these ill ass tattoos
I mean what’s up with this, this shit’s crazy
I think I got my first tatt in the 9th or 10th grade
I was in the park and my sister did this stick and poke thing
Your sister tatted you first?
She was like Yo I’m moving to New York da da da da
I know how to do tatts though
And I’m thinking she about to whip out a gun
We go to the park and it’s like a needle with like thread and like ink
I’ve never seen that- which one did she do first?
She did my knuckles and started with my pinky so it’s -
And they still there?
I mean I had to get them re hit with a gun
Okay okay yeah yeah
Because they definitely just
Yeah yeah mine be fading away like that too
You know you keep washing your hands, shaking hands
Man all the time hand tattoos are the hardest to keep up with
I mean for me I’m always counting that cash
You know what I’m saying? I’m counting-
I’m always counting that check
(laughs) So the tattoos come off on them
Okay okay subtle flex
So do you have a favourite strain of weed?
Wh- what are you smoking right now?
Um
Do you know what you’re smoking right now?
Texas weed is a little huuuuuuh
Kush
Is it your favourite?
Yeah
I’m a kush head
I like cookies ‘cause I’m from the bay
I mean I like cookies too but then like
It was like a, it was like a
Just like a little fad I was going through
It still tastes good and got you high
But I still wanna go back to the OG
Yeah
You know what I’m saying?
Is there a reason you smoke joints over like blunts?
I’m a raw paper
I gotta - I’m trying to get back there
I have a problem I smoke backwoods it’s terrible
Oh my god
(laughs)
Do you have a favourite piece of jewelry you’re wearing right now?
I love my Rolle, I’ve worked all my life for my Rolle
This is a real presidential Rolle no, no
Goals
These are Rolex Diamonds, I didn’t swap the diamonds out this is really
Yeah
Does it like remind you to like, keep going?
Yeah I sleep in this
Ha ha
I be sleeping in this though for real
That’s amazing
Okay so how do you know when you’re done with an album
Like what’s the final like ‘okay this is it I’m done’
You know when you done with an album when you
When you No. 1 you over record
Yeah
And then it becomes a good problem
When you don’t know how to narrow it down
To make it 12 songs or whatever you know what I’m saying
That’s that
That’s that feeling
You really went through a thinking process or
a thought process to pick these songs based around
your opinion, friends opinion
You know
You get a little outside advice you know
I do, I don’t know it all
That’s important because I’m at that stage right now
Picking everything and getting that anxious feeling
Yeah keep going keep going
I’m over recording
I try to have an album thats full of
Gives goosebumps yeah
What genre do you consider your music to be in?
My mixtape was nominated for a grammy this year
And the category they put it in was Urban Contemporary
Wow
Stop
Beep Beep
That wasn’t a, that wasn’t a horn toot
Don’t mean to toot your own horn but
That wasn’t a horn toot that was a this is what category they put my music into
Woooooooooaaaaaahhhahahaha
It’s ‘Urban Contemporary’
Alright so look, before you go any further
Do you feel any pressure?
Oh yes
Woah pressure, let me check your pulse
(laughs) Because now I’m at that album point
Yeah
So it’s the pressure, plus the anxiety of the album stuff you was talking about
Ain’t no pressure, let me tell you what to do
You do the same thing you did when you put the mixtape together
I’m telling you
I’m telling you, same everything
There’s no extra, there’s no extra pressure
I mean for real that’s how
That’s how I coasted all the way here
Just take that every time you go into the studio, same vibe
Whether you on backwoods, or fucking
Coronas and shit
Whatever your swag is man you know
That’s funny because I’m actually a corona person
Really?! I’m a great -
I’m a palm reader
Let’s pow baby how long? How long?
You gonna be huge
She outta here man
Oh my goodness
Imma say whats up I’m 2Chainz
And Imma say this is Kehlani and we fucking -
We out here
Yeah what’s good
At the Fader Fort
Check out my mix tape and shit
It got grammy nomined and shit
Yo I work my whole life for this