An haifi Khalid (Khalid) a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu, 1998 a Fort Stewart (Georgia). Ya girma a gidan soja. Ya yi yarinta a wurare daban-daban.
Ya zauna a Jamus da New York kafin ya zauna a El Paso, Texas yayin da yake makarantar sakandare.
Mahaifiyarsa wacce ta kasance mawakiya a Sojan Amurka ta fara zaburar da Khalid yin waka. Kuma tana son masu fasahar R&B na 1990 kamar Brandy da TLC.
Ya fara yin kida ne a shekarar 2015, inda ya buga taurari irin su Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Father John Misty da Chance the Rapper. Producer SkySense ƙarshe ya ja hankali zuwa gare shi.
Ya samar da kuma aiki a kan guda Location. An saki waƙar a cikin 2016. Hakanan ya shiga saman 10 akan ginshiƙi na Waƙoƙi na Billboard Hot R&B a cikin Janairu 2017.
Labarin Khalid, wanda ya yi magana kadan
Lokacin da Khalid ya kai kimanin shekara 7, rayuwarsa ta rikide zuwa bala'i. Iyayensa suka rabu. Lokacin da yake aji 2, mahaifinsa ya rasu: "Mota ta buge shi, direban bugu bai tsaya ba."
Khalid ya zauna a Jamus tare da mahaifiyarsa Linda, wacce ta yi ritaya kwanan nan a matsayin Sajan First Class a Sojan Amurka. "Na yi baƙin ciki sosai, na haukace, kuma na kasa sarrafa kaina 100%," in ji shi.
"Wataƙila ne dalilin da ya sa na yi girma da sauri fiye da mutane da yawa masu shekaru na, saboda a wannan lokacin na rasa wani na kusa." Bugu da ƙari, ya ji tashin hankali na rayuwa mai wuyar gaske na "yaro soja, inda kake motsawa kullum kuma ba ku da kwanciyar hankali."
Mahaifiyar Khalid ta yi wasa tare da makada da mawakan sojan Amurka. A makaranta, ya yi a cikin kade-kade: “Ni Cornelius ne a Sannu, Dolly; Seaweed a cikin gashin gashi.
“Ni kaina na koya. Na sami damar kallon sauran mawaƙa, na mai da hankali kan yadda suke nuna motsin zuciyarsu, motsinsu, da sauransu.”
Jerin mawakan da ya fi so sun hada da: Fleetwood Mac, Adele, Bill Withers, Aaliyah da Father John Misty. "Ba na tunani game da nau'in lokacin da na ƙirƙira," in ji shi. "Ina so in yi hayaniya mai kyau a cikin motata."
Artist Sana'a Khalid
Wasu daga cikin wakokin farko da Khalid ya saka a yanar gizo sun hada da Saved and Stack On You. A ƙoƙarin sake sakin wata waƙa, ya sami damar tuntuɓar mai shirya SkySense kuma ya sami gayyatar yin aiki tare da shi a cikin ɗakin studio a Atlanta.
Ya fara aiki a kan waƙar a Atlanta kafin ya koma El Paso kuma ya saki kundi na Location. Sakamakon haka, ya zama "nasara" guda ɗaya kuma ya sami takaddun platinum da yawa daga RIAA. Waƙar ta kai saman lamba 20 akan ginshiƙi na Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay a cikin 2016. Hakanan ya shiga saman 10 akan jadawalin waƙoƙin Billboard Hot R&B a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 2017.
Ya shiga cikin Electric guda ɗaya ta Alina Baraz, wanda aka saki a cikin Janairu 2016. A cikin Disamba na waccan shekarar, ya yi aiki tare da duo Brasstracks akan waƙar Whirlwind (daga jerin Naku Gaskiya). Haka kuma Adidas Originals Songs (daga jerin Scratch), wanda aka buga sama da sau 700 akan SoundCloud.
A cikin Janairu da Fabrairu 2017, ya fara rangadin Wuri-Location na farko. Ya haɗa da birane 21 a cikin Amurka, da Kanada da Turai. An sayar da duk kujeru ( nuni 25), gami da 1500 Tricky Falls a El Paso.
Bayan kammala ziyarar, Khalid ya fitar da kundi na farko na studio American Teen a ranar 3 ga Maris, 2017. An goyi bayan waƙar Location, Young Dumb & Broke, kundin da aka yi muhawara a lamba 9 a kan Billboard 200. Ya kuma yi kololuwa a lamba 4 a watan Agusta, yana kan taswirar Albums na R&B.
A cikin waƙar promo na Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 4 (2017), ya yi amfani da waƙoƙin da ba a tantance ba. A wata mai zuwa, ya rubuta guda "1-800-273-8255" (Logic) tare da Alessia Cara. Ya zama mafi girman zane guda ɗaya, yana hawa lamba 3 akan Billboard Hot 100.
Fitowar TV ta farko
Ya yi bayyanarsa ta farko ta talabijin akan Nunin Yau Daren Tauraro Jimmy Fallon a cikin 2017. Mawaƙin ya yi waƙar Wuri tare da goyon bayan Tushen. Ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin Angela an nuna shi a cikin shirin "Kada ku Tsaya Ni Yanzu" a cikin ABC's Grey's Anatomy (2017).
A ranar 12 ga Yuli, 2017, ya fara yawon shakatawa na matasa na Amurka karo na biyu. A watan Satumba na wannan shekarar, ya shiga Lorde. Ta rinjayi shi sosai don ya zama aikin buɗe taron yawon shakatawa na Burtaniya.
Daya daga cikin sabbin wakokinsa shine Karyata Soyayya. Ya yi rikodin shi tare da Fifth Harmony's Normani Cordei don sautin sautin fim ɗin Love, Simon (2018).
Manyan ayyukan mawaki Khalid
Kundin farko na Matasan Amurkawa ya sami yabo sosai. Hakanan RIAA ta ba da takardar shaidar platinum a cikin 2017 don siyar da kwafi sama da miliyan 1. Waƙar Wurin da ke cikin kundi an sami ƙwararren platinum kuma an sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 4.
A cikin makon farko na aiki, sun ɗauki matsayi na 9 akan ginshiƙi na Billboard 200 tare da raka'o'in kundi 37 daidai. Khalid yana ɗaya daga cikin mawakan solo matasa guda biyu don cimma matsayi mafi girma a cikin watanni 12 da suka gabata (bayan Shawn Mendes Illuminate, wanda ya yi takara a lamba 1 a watan Oktoba 2016).
Kyaututtuka da nasarori
A cikin Yuli 2016, Khalid ya kai lamba 2 akan ginshiƙi na Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists. Sannan kuma ya shiga manyan sabbin masu fasaha 10. Sun fada cikin rukuni da yawa a cikin 2017, ciki har da Billboard, Yahoo, da Rolling Stone.
A cikin 2017, an ba shi suna "Mafi kyawun Sabon Artist" a MTV Video Music Awards. Ya kuma lashe kyautar Woodie To Watch a Kyautar Woodie. Sa'an nan kuma an zabi mai zane don lambobin yabo: BET Awards, Teen Choice Awards, American Music Awards da Soul Train Music Awards.
An zabi Khalid don samun lambobin yabo da yawa a lambar yabo ta Grammy 2018. An kuma zaba shi don Mafi kyawun Sabon Artist. Kundin sa na halarta na farko an zabi shi don Mafi kyawun Album na Zamani. Kuma an zaɓi wurin guda ɗaya don Mafi kyawun R&B Song.
Lokacin da Khalid ya fara fahimtar waƙar Wuri. Manufarsa ita ce sanya waƙar a kan SoundCloud a cikin lokaci don "lashe sarkin prom", wanda ya yi. Lokacin da yake bikin kammala karatunsa na sakandare, Kylie Jenner (musamman TV, samfurin) ya buga waƙar "Location" akan Snapchat zuwa sama da mabiya miliyan 30, yana ƙara haɓaka tasirinsa sosai.
Mai zane babban mai son Elton John ne. Ya same shi a daya daga cikin abubuwan da ya nuna a garinsu na El Paso. A can ne fitaccen mawakin ya sadaukar da waka gare shi. Duk da haka, ya rasa damar yin shaida a lokacin saboda dole ne ya bar wasan kwaikwayon da wuri saboda abokinsa.
