Kali Uchis

Kali Uchis
Born (1993-07-17) July 17, 1993
Pereira, Colombia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2012–present
Associated acts Leon Bridges, Tyler, the Creator
Website www.kaliuchis.com

Kali Uchis (born July 17, 1993) is a Colombian singer, songwriter, producer, and videographer. She was born in Colombia and raised in Virginia, United States.

Biography

Uchis was born in Pereira, Colombia.[1] At age seven, she imigrated with her family to Alexandria, Virginia.[2] Uchis writes and produces most of her own music.[3] She was introduced to music at a young age when raised in the Alexandria school system, culminating in graduating T. C. Williams High School, and played the saxophone and piano as a teenager.[3] She experimented with song and video editing in high school at T. C. Williams, and released her debut mixtape, Drunken Babble, on August 1, 2012.[4] The self-produced mixtape was described as "genre-defying" and was noted for its influences from doo-wop, reggae, and early-2000s R&B.[5]

Uchis collaborated with Snoop Dogg on the song "On Edge", from his 2014 mixtape That's My Work 3.[6][7] In February 2015, released her first studio project, the extended play Por Vida, for free on her website.[8][9] Por Vida features production from Alex Epton, Diplo, Bunx, Tyler, the Creator, Kaytranada, BadBadNotGood, and Caleb Stone.[10]

In October of 2015 Kali Uchis embarked on her first tour with Leon Bridges, touring through the United States and parts of Canada for a month.

Discography

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

Music videos

Title Year Directors
"What They Say" 2013 Kali Uchis and Tony Katai[14]
"Know What I Want" 2014 Kali Uchis and Chris Black[15]
"Rush" 2015 Kali Uchis and WIISSA[16]
"Loner" Kali Uchis and Andy Hines[17]
"Ridin Round" Kali Uchis and Felipe Holguín Caro[18]

References

  1. ↑ Reino, Rah del (April 29, 2014). "La pandilla de Kali Uchis" [Kali Uchis's gang]. Vice (in Spanish). Colombia. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "GEN F: Kali Uchis". The Fader. July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Younger, Briana (April 22, 2014). "Kali Uchis: 'I'm An Artist In Every Sense Of The Word'". Bandwidth. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kali Uchis – Drunken Babble". DatPiff. August 1, 2012. Archived from the original on November 29, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ DePollo, Adam (October 25, 2013). "Flow Culture: Kali Uchis surprises with genre-defying debut mixtape". The Michigan Daily. Archived from the original on October 27, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Leight, Elias (February 3, 2015). "Kali Uchis Talks 'Por Vida,' Working With Snoop & Tyler, The Creator & Twitter Stalking Bootsy Collins". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Snoop Dogg – Thats My Work 3 Hosted by DJ Drama Mixtape". DatPiff. February 27, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Por Vida: Free DL". kaliuchis.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ Minsker, Evan (February 3, 2015). "Kali Uchis Shares Por Vida EP Featuring Tyler, the Creator Production". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  10. ↑ Brydon, Grant (March 2, 2015). "Track By Track: Kali Uchis – 'Por Vida'". Clash. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Know What I Want – Single by Kali Uchis". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lottery – Single by Kali Uchis". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ridin Round - Single by Kali Uchis". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Kali Uchis – What They Say". YouTube. June 26, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  15. ↑ Padilla, Brian (October 14, 2014). "Watch Kali Uchis' Video for "Know What I Want"". Complex. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  16. ↑ Trammell, Matthew (May 5, 2015). "Kali Uchis Debuts A Far-Out New Video For "Rush"". The Fader. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  17. ↑ Jones, Daisy (August 25, 2015). "Watch Kali Uchis get caught in a neon fever dream". Dazed. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  18. ↑ Staff, Noisey (November 3, 2015). "KALI UCHIS RETURNS TO HER COLOMBIAN ROOTS IN THE GORGEOUS SELF-DIRECTED VIDEO FOR "RIDIN ROUND"". Noisey. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

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