Kehlani Vinyl Records
Forthright R&B singer and songwriter Kehlani became known during the mid-2010s for a modern twist on the pop-R&B and neo-soul figures -- from TLC and Brandy to Lauryn Hill and Jill Scott -- whose work they absorbed as a youngster. The Bay Area artist's self-released mixtape Cloud 19 (2014) paved the way for the Grammy-nominated You Should Be Here (2015), a deal with Atlantic Records, and a Top Ten debut album, SweetSexySavage (2017), the source of Kehlani's second Grammy-nominated recording, "Distraction."