Before Kehlani was R&B’s hottest emerging star, she was Oakland’s Kehlani Parrish, the fourteen-year-old lead vocalist for a local pop cover band, PopLyfe. The band auditioned for the sixth season of America’s Got Talent and eventually finished fourth, thanks in large part to Kehlani’s undeniable talent, but the group’s momentum stalled shortly thereafter. From 2012 to 2013, the struggling singer-songwriter combatted homelessness, crashing on couches and stealing food to survive.

But one upload changed the trajectory of Kehlani’s career. In 2013, the singer joined SoundCloud and released her first solo track, “ANTISUMMERLUV.” The song immediately made waves and found its way to former AGOT host Nick Cannon, who set Kehlani up with some studio time. Just a year later, Kehlani dropped Cloud 19, her debut and breakthrough mixtape. Cloud 19 gained millions of SoundCloud plays and attracted fervent critical acclaim, being hailed as one of Complex’s “50 Best Albums of 2014” and prompting Vice to name Kehlani an “R&B Artist on the Verge of Blowing Up.”

Kehlani now has a record deal with Atlantic, a successful full-length album (SweetSexySavage), an opening spot on Demi Lovato and DJ Khaled’s North American tour, and two Grammy nominations to her name. And she continues to slay on SoundCloud – just last month, Kehlani shared an intimate acoustic track called “Again” on her page, quickly amassing over 800,000 plays. Wherever Kehlani’s journey takes her, we’re proud of where it all started – right here, on SoundCloud.

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Witt Lowry has always been a writer. Growing up, the Connecticut artist spent his time compiling original poems or memorable snippets of conversation in a notebook and taking as many writing courses as his high school offered. His name even has literary origins — the rapper, born Mark Richard. Jr, dubbed himself Witt Lowry after flipping through a dictionary and stumbling across the passage for the word “witty.” This passion for writing and language eventually led Lowry to quit his graphic design job in his early twenties and pursue a career in music.  

The rapper dropped his debut mixtape, Headphone Heroes, on SoundCloud in 2012 and soon attracted attention for his poignant lyrics and nuanced subject matter. After growing his audience with a series of stellar full releases and thoughtful music videos, his most recent album, I Could Not Plan This, easily skyrocketed to the top of the hip hop charts. With a hit album and nationwide tour under his belt, 2018 is gearing up to be Lowry’s biggest year yet. Wherever Lowry’s journey takes him, we’re proud of where it all started – right here, on SoundCloud.

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Since the upload of their first track in 2016, Party Pupils have quickly established themselves as ones to watch in the next generation of future funk. Having amassed more than 32.5K followers on SoundCloud since the upload of their first track, the high energy DJ duo, comprised of MAX and RyanEXOE, don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon.

Most known for their highly-acclaimed remix of OutKast’s 2000 hit “Ms. Jackson”, Party Pupils have delighted fans with catchy remixes of other classics like Ginuwine’s “Pony” and their latest, Montell Jordan’s “This Is How We Do It,” a collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer Audien. They’ve also dropped a number of original songs, the first of which, “Patient”, was released on SoundCloud in 2017. Wherever Party Pupils’ journey takes them, we’re proud of where it all started – right here, on SoundCloud.

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