Masholu a apeshit

The Ruminations Of APESHIT Artist Rae Khalil

words by India Espy-Jones
images by U Music

“My family inspired me to be excited about music,” Rae Khalil says over a Zoom call, with her cold-recovering voice full of rasp. Cameras off, I completely zoned into the low-pitched, friendly tone reverberating from her approachable disposition.

30 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, 27-year-old Khalil’s burnished vocals were born and raised in the South Bay. “Since I was really little, music was always heavily integrated into the household,” Khalil says. Her mother, a San Jose State graduate and signer with a musical theater background, set the tone for Khalil growing up. “I was obsessed with my mom and wanted to be like her,O re. "Ntho efe kapa efe eo a neng a mo mamela ke ne ke e rata." Empa leha e ne e le molumo o sa khaotseng oa Luther Vandrass le lihlopha tse kang Clash Mme Paramente o phetoa ke bongoana bohle ba hae, O ntse a khefutsa hole le ho etsa 'mino nakoana.

"Ke ne ke le Blaomer ea morao haholo,O re, ho leka feela ka 'mino ho 18. "Ke ne ke batla ho ba mofani joalo ka adoping Godogg le Rita Manino, Empa ke ne ke le lihlong haholo. " Ha metsoalle ea hae e ntse e theha molumo oa bona ha a le lilemo li itseng 13, Ha ho moo ho fihlela sekolo se phahameng seo Khalil a ileng a se qala ho mamela Rap le '90s Hip-Hop, joalo ka wu-tang Clan's 36 Likamore, ho etsa hore mosebetsi oa hae oa 'mino o qale. "[Ke] mofuta oa ho khoptjoa ho hong ka nna mme ke ne ke batla ho e leka. " Ka nako eo, Bohle ba sebini boom-bap, Lerata le boima la Drum-boima le ne le lutse ka molumo oa molumo, moo a neng a ngola libaka tsa liteko tse tsoang ho li-beats tsa tsebo. Empa eseng nako e telele kamora moo, Khalil o ile a oela ka mor'a ho tlohela koleche, Ka mosebetsi oa hae o motle o ile oa tšoarella ka mora mesebetsi ea "moriti eo a neng a e-na le eona.

Esale e le hoo, Khalil o tsohile ho sebetsa le Benny e bina, Anderson .PAK, le motsamaisi oa eona o molelele, Jared Rubens, hammoho le ho hlaha lethathamong la 'mino oa' mino oa Netflix Rhythm + Phallo ho 2019. Eo, qalong, Khalil o ne a sa thahaselle ho lekola ho. "[M'e oa ka] o ne a e-na le motsoalle ea neng a bala setša, mme a botsa motsoalle hore na o tseba leha e le mang ea tšoarehileng, mme o ne a nthabisa,O re. "Ke ne ke phathahane haholo ho sebetsa ho albamo ea ka ea pele Kharebe hore ha ke a ka ka tšoenyeha haholo ka ho hlahloba. " Album ea 44-pina ea metsotso e 44 e lokollotsoeng 2018 Likaroloana 10 Lihlooho tse le 'ngoe tsa pina - joalo ka "ho futhumala" le "marena" - ho hlalosa kamano ea kamano e haufi-ufi.

"Ke ikutloa eka lipina ke feela li-snapshots tsa nako ka nako, Joalo ka lifoto li kenngoa ka foromo ea lipina. "

"Ebe, Mme wa ka o sa tsoa tsitsa,O re, Ho fana ho sa tsotelehe kemiso e pharalletseng ea ho rekota. Mme, ka lehlohonolo ho joalo. Nakong ea lenaneo, ahloloa ke Cardi B, Monate oa Rapper, le T.i., Sebini se nkile lipontšo tsa masapo a tsoang ho Mofumahali Latiliah le tloaelehileng, le sehlopha sa morao sa morao sa .paak, Lichaba tsa mahala, ea neng a bapala albamo ea eona ea bobeli FortTeworld. "Ke leboha haholo hore ebe ke bile le eona hobane ke ikutloa eka ke butsoe joalo ka mamati a milione bakeng sa ka,"O hoelehetsa. Selemo ka mor'a hore a qale ho matha, Kamano ea Khalil le .paak e felile ho ba papali e entsoeng leholimong. Pina ea hae ea pele le lipina tsa hae pina ea hae "ho tloha ho fetoha le phetoho e sa lebelloang mosebetsing oa hae oa ho tsoela pele.

"Ke ne ke mametse feela ho otla that [Lefika] e ne e sebetsa 'me ea bina ntho ea pele e tsoang hloohong ea ka,” Khalil says. "Ke nahana hore ke qetella ke ngola mantsoe a itseng mona kapa moo. Empa ka nnete, Ke thoriso eo ke e kenyelelitseng pina eo. " Pina eo a qabolang ka ho khetheha ka ho mo oela haufi le hore a e'o lora toro ea bongoana, ho hapa meralo ea melo ea melodic e ntle haholo ho li-ard ho 2021. Lipakeng tsa morethetho + Phallo le moputso oa hae oa pele, Khalil o fana ka mohopolo oa hae o bohale ho feta pele.

Esita le ka nako eo, ha .paak o ile a mo kopa hore a ingolisetse lengolo la hae la Apeshit Inc. Tlas'a li-jams tse teng 2023, ha a e bona e tla. "Ke 'na haholo oa boithabiso joalo oa hae mme ke ne ke thabela ho qeta nako le eena le sehlopha sa hae,' me ke le haufi le eena feela,O re. "Ha ho mohla u kileng oa nahana ka hore re tla ba kamanong e tebileng joalo." Litšoantšo tsa ho ikopanya & Jd Beck le National Freels, Rae Khalil ke mohiruoa oa boraro le oa morao-rao ho saena le lebitso. Ka mor'a ho khelosa ka lilemo tse 'ne ho tloha ha a khefutsa albamo ea hae - leha ho le joalo e le karolo ea ts'ebetso ea hae ea pōpo - Khalil e fetohetse tlhokomelo ea hae ho khutlela sethaleng, Empa ha re sa belaelle ho botsa mesebetsi ea bophelo ba hae.

E le sehlooho sa ho ba le tsa morao-rao tsa morao-rao, Masyrism ea Bohlokoa ho "Na ho bohlokoa?"E sebetsa e le moqapi ea etsang hore a nahane ka albamo ea hae e tlang Crybaby. “I’ve heard from a couple different sources and people that I played the album for, that it runs like a movie or script,O re. Just off the first song, “I’ve just gotten this little bit of a buzz in LA,O re, so the album is expected to have the world moving with her. “I think the message is really just being intentional. Is it worth it to share space with people who don’t have my best interests? Is it worth it to waste my time when time is so important? She asks, trying to make sense of the answers that dance inside her melodic head. Just as she tries to make sense of what’s unfolding before her eyes, she remembers, “If I knew everything, I’d be dead.”