Dealing with a tough upbringing
Managing fame and fortune and battling with depression and a child on the way at the time of filming this video
Kehlani has her hands full as a young artist in the music industry
she's given us hit after hit and had a lot of
Talent inside of that petite frame of hers so here are top 10 facts about
Kehlani. hey everyone my name is Leroy
Kenton and it's good singing again here on FTD facts for all of you Kehlani fans hit that like button
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so there's a lot I want to say about Kehlani so let's jump right into the facts Kehlani Ashley powers was born on April 24th
1995 in Oakland California in the United States and this makes her 23 years old at the time of filming this episode now her zodiac
sign is Taurus although she was born in Oakland she later moved to LA to pursue her career and
Kehlani stands at five feet four inches tall now if you've seen Kehlani you probably asked the question what's her ethnicity?
Anyway she's one of those people that can pass as multiple ethnicities like what he called anti gum racially ambiguous
That's that that's what I'm looking for and she herself
described her ethnicity as a mix of black white Native American Filipino Mexican and Spanish
Her father, was african-american and her mother was described as being
mostly white Spanish and Native American Kehlani first found fame on America's Got Talent
Kehlani originally rose to fame in the teen pop band pop life on season six of America's Got Talent
And the group finished in fourth place
And it was after that that Kehlani turned down a big opportunity from Nick Cannon after America's Got Talent
finished she left pop live and she was
invited by Nick Cannon who is a host of America's Got Talent and he asked her about being in a rap group however she didn't
like the direction of the group and she moved back to Oakland now money
Was?
Really tight for her since she didn't really have a career after this so to helping in some cash money as well as get some
food she decided to begin
stealing iPhones to sell them and as well as items from the grocery store for a short period of time so throughout the years of
2012 and 2013
Kehlani was homeless moving from house to house and often sleeping on people's couches
Campu Lee
Different life and she's living now so yeah after the end of America's Got Talent
Kehlani left pop life like I mentioned and now this was because of several
Managerial and contractual disputes over six months she avoided doing
anything related to music for fear of being sued by the group's
Management so this is probably why you know she was resorting to a lot of things because you know being in that place
Mentally it's like, okay
Well shoot I feel trapped I can't even do what I love I can't even
Pursue my passion so let me do something else to kind of just numb that
Feeling of being trapped and yeah life wasn't the easiest for Kehlani growing up she was adopted and she was raised by her aunt
When her mother who had a drug addiction served time in prison and Kehlani's father
Also had a drug addiction
he passed away
When she was just a toddler?
while staying with her on she heard mostly R&B and Neil Soul artist being played in the house so of course she was heavily
influenced by the style of music Kehlani says Lauryn Hill Erykah Badu and Jill Scott were some of her
early influences when it came to inspiring her to pursue her career in music but surprisingly a career in music
Wasn't always her main goal in life because before she was a singer Kehlani wanted to be a professional dancer
Before beginning her singing career she studied dance at Oakland School for the Arts and she hoped to study at
Julliard in New York City which is like the bath school for Performing Arts but sadly she
Suffered a knee injury in junior high and she turned her attention towards singing instead now did you know that Kehlani is
Vegan and Kehlani has said that food justice is the most
important cause to her and she said that she's hoping to make it cool to actually be
Healthy and she really holds this message close to heart because her as an artist she knows that she has a large fan base
So that means she can have a larger impact on people so that does it for this episode of the top ten
Facts about Kehlani it's definitely inspiring to see her journey and I can only wish her all the success in the future you can follow
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