Kehlani performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2024. SAN FRANCISCO — Oakland’s Kehlani wrapped up the majority their Crash Tour on Friday with a homecoming show that delivered drama and several local guests. The set, focused on their latest album, CRASH, was jam-packed with hits.…

Kehlani, courtesy. Kehlani on Tuesday announced a tour to support their new album, CRASH, a 31-city jaunt that includes a final stop at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 2. The Bay Area artist has racked up more than 20 gold and platinum RIAA certifications, and has twice…

Kehlani, “CRASH” On one level, it’s Kehlani’s superb voice that’s the driving force of their latest album, CRASH. A voice that that stops a song from being background music and forces you to stop what you’re doing, lean in and listen. On another level, alternate level, it’s the lyrics…

Kehlani performs during Sol Blume Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Aug. 20, 2023. Marisela Delgado/STAFF. SACRAMENTO — The East Bay’s Kehlani and New York’s Teyana Taylor topped the bill on another hot, muggy day at Sol Blume Festival at Discovery Park Sunday. Oakland-native Kehlani kicked off with…

Kehlani performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Sept. 30, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. OAKLAND —  The East Bay’s own Kehlani made quite a splash in a triumphant return to the Bay Area during their stop at Oakland Arena on Friday evening. In their penultimate North American show on the Blue…

Kehlani, “blue water road.” “It’s only your passion how you move by,” Kehlani sang at the end of their 2020 track “Open (Passionate).” Even if it’s a lyric that describes someone else, it surmises Kehlani’s approach to both songwriting and vocal delivery perfectly. And their ability to present lucid and…

Kehlani performs at the Greek in Berkeley on June 23, 2017. STAFF file. Every year, while I’m at Outside Lands, I do a column of five bands I think you should see at Outside Lands. You may have noticed that Outside Lands is next weekend, and yet my column of…

“All that glitters isn’t always gold,” so the saying goes. Expensive Pain, the fifth studio album from Meek Mill, rides largely on the idea that money can’t buy happiness. While the album still indulges in the luxurious lifestyle someone of Meek’s status can enjoy, the curtain is often drawn back…

Rexx Life Raj photographed at the Berkeley Marina on Aug. 18, 2020. Matt Pang/STAFF. Additional photos by Pang and Karen Goldman/STAFF. Singer and rapper Rexx Life Raj has seen the world from quite a few angles in his life. From growing up in Berkeley and Vallejo, to playing offensive line…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…