2017 release. Kehlani tells it like it is. Whether in conversation or on stage the Oakland-born R&B singer and songwriter gives the straight truth about her life pain passion love triumph and everything in between with collected calm and confidence. It s that type of honesty that makes her music resonate with the depth of classic Motown and a vividly confessional lyricism reminiscent of Neo Soul. Kehlani achieved initial fame as a member of the teen pop group Poplyfe which was a finalist on America s Got Talent. She released her first mixtape Cloud 19 in 2014. The album was listed among Complex s 50 Best Albums of 2014. Kehlani s second mixtape You Should Be Here debuted at #5 on the national R&B/Hip-Hop chart in 2015. In 2016 she was nominated for the Best Urban Contemporary Album Grammy Award for You Should Be Here.