Khalid

Khalid was born on February 11, 1998 in Fort Stewart, Georgia. He was raised in a military family. He spent his childhood in different places. He lived in Germany and upstate New York before settling in El Paso, Texas during high school.

Khalid was first inspired to make music by his mother, who was a singer in the US Army Army. And loved 1990s R&B singers like Brandy and TLC. He started making music in 2015, citing stars like Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Father John Misty and Chance the Rapper. Producer SkySense eventually took notice of him.

American Teen’s debut album received critical acclaim. It was also awarded a “platinum” certification by the RIAA in 2017 for selling over 1 million copies. The song Location from the album was certified “platinum” and sold over 4 million copies.