Z Artist Spotlight: Khalid

Z107.3  wants to take the time to give you a little more information about the artists that you hear all day, everyday on Bangor's #1 Hit Music Station.

This week we put the artist spotlight on Khalid.

REAL NAME:  Khalid Donnel Robinson

BIRTH DATE: February 11, 1998

WHERE FROM: El Paso, Texas

MUSICAL LINKS: Kendrick Lamar, Logic, Swae Lee, Lorde, SZA, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Benny Blanco

TO THE POINT POINTS:

• Was the supporting act for Lorde's Melodrama World Tour
• Has been nominated for at least 40 awards from 2017 - 2019 and has won a Woodie Award, an MTV Video Music Award and a Billboard Music Award among his seven award wins.
• Grew up as an "Army Brat" since his mom was in the military and moved around a lot.  He lived in various military outposts including Fort Stewart, Georgia, Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Fort Drum in New York and Heidelberg, Germany.
• Began his career posting his music on SoundCloud

All information obtained by artist Facebook page and Wikipedia.

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