Sapphic Supreme Being Kehlani has truly made quarantine-era artistry her bitch. No other artist has quite mastered the pure fun she has with social-distanced content creation and making it effortless as it is bold. With her livestream concert “It Was Live Until It Wasn’t,” it is evident that her creativity knows no bounds.
The show was a celebration of her album
It Was Good Until It Wasn’t an authentic showpiece with her truth at the heart of every track. Yet it was apparent throughout the album that the reality of her life managed to trump her artistic version of it. It’s rare for social media users to give anyone a wide berth. Kehlani is no exception; the vitriol became especially heinous with a spiteful friend’s soundbites and most memorably, a man’s indiscretions somehow managed to eclipse the music.
The seven-song
Come Back Soon EP features appearances from Wale, P-Lo and Kyle Banks, and arrives on what would have been the rapper’s 23rd birthday. Alijai passed at the age of 21 from a fatal overdose in January 2020.
A documentary was paired with the release, giving an in-depth look at the life and career of a young talent gone too soon.
“This has been the hardest part of my life, but Lexii’s fans were so important to her, so I’m glad we can get her music out for them,” Alijai’s sister Rajai Lynch said. “The world knew her as Lexii, but to me she was Alexis, my little sister who still means everything to me.”
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Kehlani s 2021 Mantra Is Love
Kehlani s 2021 Mantra Is Love
Fresh from a year of personal growth, the singer says her new music is a reflection of the brightness she s finding in her own life.
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One morning early this year, Kehlani decided to look up the tarot card she’d be aligning with in 2021. It’s a numerology practice: You add up your birthday with the year, then you add the digits of that new number. She got the number six, the placement of the lovers card in the tarot deck. “The lovers card is all about developing meaningful relationships, whether that be romantic or familial or community-based,” she says, calling from her new home in Simi Valley, California. “I really like that one. I’m on that path already.”
The enigmatic star began her career as an actress, starring in
Bo Selecta! and presented various ITV2 shows including
I m a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and
The Xtra Factor.
Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and the following year she began presenting
The X Factor – replacing the long-standing presenter Dermot O Leary. She also presented the hit TV show
Love Island between 2015 to 2019.
Chadwick Boseman
(Ian West/PA) Actor and playwright Chadwick Boseman died on August 28 aged 43, after being diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. Boseman played superhero T’Challa in the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther. Despite being diagnosed with cancer, he went on to star in a range of films, such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.