Kali Uchis

Kali Uchis

Uchis performing at Austin City Limits Music Festival in October 2015
Background information
Birth name Karly Loaiza
Born (1993-07-17) July 17, 1993
Pereira, Colombia
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active 2012–present
Associated acts
Website www.kaliuchis.com

Karly Loaiza (born July 17, 1993), known professionally as Kali Uchis, is a Colombian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and music video director. She was born in Colombia and raised in Virginia, United States.

Biography

Karly Loaiza was born on July 17, 1993, in Pereira, Colombia.[1] At the age of 7, she migrated with her family to Alexandria, Virginia.[2] Uchis would write and produce 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 began playing saxophone and piano as a teenager.[3] She experimented with music production and video editing in high school at T. C. Williams, and released her official debut mixtape, titled Drunken Babble on August 1, 2012. The mixtape was described as "genre-defying" and was noted for its influences from doo-wop, reggae, and early-2000s R&B.[4]

Uchis began collaborating with rapper Snoop Dogg on the song "On Edge", from his 2014 mixtape That's My Work 3.[5][6] In February 2015, she released her first studio project, which is her first EP, titled Por Vida. The EP was also released for free on her website.[7][8] Por Vida features production from Alex Epton, Diplo, Bunx, Tyler, the Creator, Kaytranada, BadBadNotGood, and Caleb Stone.[9]

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

Discography

Albums

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]
"Only Girl" 2016 Kali Uchis, Cory Bailey and Valentine Street [19]

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Artist(s) Album
"On Edge" 2014 Snoop Dogg That's My Work Volume 3
"Devine" GoldLink The God Complex
"FIND YOUR WINGS" 2015 Tyler, The Creator, Roy Ayers, Syd Bennett Cherry Bomb
"FUCKING YOUNG / PERFECT" Tyler, The Creator, Charlie Wilson, Chaz Bundick, Syd Bennett
"Wave" Major Lazer Peace Is The Mission

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. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Snoop Dogg – Thats My Work 3 Hosted by DJ Drama Mixtape". DatPiff. February 27, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Por Vida: Free DL". kaliuchis.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Minsker, Evan (February 3, 2015). "Kali Uchis Shares Por Vida EP Featuring Tyler, the Creator Production". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ Brydon, Grant (March 2, 2015). "Track By Track: Kali Uchis – 'Por Vida'". Clash. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Know What I Want – Single by Kali Uchis". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lottery – Single by Kali Uchis". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ridin Round - Single by Kali Uchis". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Only Girl ft. Steve Lacy, Vince Staples". SoundCloud (US). Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  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.
  19. ↑ Leight, Elias (April 20, 2016). "Vince Staples And Steve Lacy Join Kali Uchis In The "Only Girl" Video". The Fader. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

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