K.Flay performs at Hard Rock Live in Las Vegas on April 28, 2023. Photos: Kara Robinson/The Gathering. LAS VEGAS — With a potential end to her music career dead ahead, K.Flay had a choice to make: Take it over the cliff or swerve hard and give it another go. The…

K. Flay. Photo courtesy of Koury Angelo. Even before Kristine Flaherty decided to write a hip-hop song to prove a point about how watered down the genre had become while pursuing a double major at Stanford—kicking off a sequence of events that would cause major changes in her life—she…

Last May, long-time Bay Area resident and Stanford alumnus Kristine Flaherty told RIFF that she was close to an agreement with a new label, following a disappointing stint with RCA Records, where she felt stifled as a creative artist. She wasn’t ready to talk about her future plans back then, but…

Yacht performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 13, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Yacht performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 13, 2013. Read more stories about K.Flay here. Yacht performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 13, 2013. Yacht performs…

K.Flay, courtesy. Chicago born and raised, Stanford-educated and Brooklyn-based rapper K.Flay is homeless. It’s a temporary predicament, but less than two years after moving to New York to pursue her career with RCA Records, 27-year-old Kristine Flaherty finds herself on the road through the end of September, touring in…