ARTIST OF THE WEEK: KALI UCHIS

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Genre-Defying artist, Kali Uchis is a singer songwriter who was born in Columbia and raised in Virginia. The soul singer released a mixtape titled Drunken Babble in 2012, which the 22 year old doo wop singer self produced. Drunken Babble received much praise by music critics for its’ vintage-soul sound. Uchis also gained the recognition from R&B rapper Snoop Dogg (who has sold over 35 million albums worldwide) and music producer Diplo, who has worked with likes of No Doubt and Beyoncé.

More recently the songstress teamed up with Snoop Dogg and Diplo for her first studio project Por Vida  which is available for free download. The mix tape features her two iTunes singles “Know What I Want” and “Lottery.” Be sure to follow her on Sound-cloud and check out her  latest music video, that Kali directed herself below!