- UKhalid yimvumi yase-El Paso, eTexas. Le yingoma yakhe yokuqala, eyakhululwa xa wayeneminyaka eyi-18 ubudala.
- Ingoma ifumana uKhalid ekhwaza ngohlobo lothando onokuhamba kulo lonke ilizwe ukuze ulufumane. Wathi kwiphephandaba lesikolo sakhe: 'Libali nje lokukhangela into sonke esiyifunayo ebomini kungakhathaliseki ukuba singoobani kwaye isithandwa sokwenene, kodwa akulula.'
- Imveliso ye-bass-enzima yanikezelwa nguSyk Sense, uTunji Ige, kunye noSmash David. Khalid wakhumbula ukuba Amatye agiqekayo : 'USyk Sense wandikhwelisa ngenqwelomoya ukuya eAtlanta okokuqala. Saba neli xesha lide, waza wandibuza, 'Ngaba uyafuna ukuqukumbela olu cwangciso okanye ufuna ukuqhubeka?' Ndifana, 'Ndifuna ukuqhubeka.' Udlale iluphu ethi 'Indawo'. Ndenze ikhorasi apho, emva koko kwafuneka ndibuyele kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo.
Ndalinda iholide yam elandelayo, eyayilikhefu lasentwasahlobo, ndaza ndarekhoda ezinye. Umama wandinceda ngokuhambelana kwengoma, ndayikhulula kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kweprom, kwaye ndaphumelela i-prom king. Ngoku ndicula 'Indawo' kwaye wonke umntu uyawazi amagama.' - Utshilo uKhalid Amahobe kunye neePlanethi yangena kuye ingoma. 'Ukususela okokuqala ndisiva isingqisho sidlala, amazwi aphuma ngaphandle,' wakhumbula. 'Ukuva iichords ngoko nangoko kwandithatha inqanaba lokuqala lobudlelwane. Uthando oluncinci, ndoda. Yinto ephambeneyo. Ndaqala ukwenza umculo ebusika be-2015 ngoko ke le ngenye yeengoma zam eziphuhlisiwe ngoku.'
'Ukuba kwindawo efanayo yamagcisa / abavelisi abakhulu abafana noSyk Sense & Tunji Ige - ngokuphambana, ubuchule be-dope buncede ukuyilwa kwengoma ihamba kakuhle,' wongezelela uKhalid. 'Kufana nokuba ndingangena ndithethe into okanye ndicinge ngombono kwaye babambelele kumbono wam ngombono ongcono kwaye ekugqibeleni yaba yindlela 'iNdawo' eyenzeka ngayo. Yayingumsebenzi, kodwa umsebenzi owonwabisayo.' - Ingoma imalunga nothando olusenyongweni onokuluva kuphela xa abantu ababini bekwindawo enye. Wachaza ku Ingqondi : 'Maxa wambi ndivakalelwa kukuba njengabantu ngabanye asinaluvelwano. Yonke into isekwe kwi-emojis kunye nemiyalezo ebhaliweyo kunye neempawu kunye neememes nayo yonke loo nto, eyi-dope, kodwa kwangaxeshanye ... indlela abasabela ngayo.'
- Amazwi aphefumlelweyo aphefumlelwe yintombazana evela ekhaya e-El Paso, ethandwa nguKhalid kodwa evakalelwa kukuba kukho umqobo weemvakalelo othintela ubudlelwane. Wacacisa:
'Xa ndandibhala le ngoma, kwakusoloko kukho umgama phakathi kwethu sobabini. Kufana nokuthi, 'Ndiyakuthanda, kodwa andisazi isizathu sokuba ndikuthanda.' Uyandithanda kodwa, akayazi ukuba kutheni endithanda, kuba besingakhululekanga ncam kubudlelwane. Ndandinobudlelwane obubini kuphela. Akazange abe nobudlelwane kubo bonke ubomi bakhe, ngoko kwakufana, 'Ngaba siqhubeka ngaphandle kobudlelwane okanye sinikana isihloko?' Ingathi, kutheni ndibhanxa nawe? Asinasihloko. Akukho mntu waziyo ukuba siyathetha kodwa f--k, ndiyaqikelela ukuba siza kuqhubeka sithethe.' - Ingoma phantse ayizange yenzeke. 'Ndiphantse andayirekhoda kuba bendidinwe kakhulu emva kweseshoni yestudiyo kangangokuba bendingathi hayi, ndiza kunikezela, kodwa bekungathi mandigqibe ukuyibhala,' utshilo uKhalid. Ibhodi yezaziso iphephancwadi. 'Kububudenge ukucinga.'
- U-Khalid wenza i-TV yakhe yokuqala ngo-Matshi 15, 2017 xa wayecula le ngoma Umboniso wangokuhlwanje odlala noJimmy Fallon .
- Abanye babahlobo bakaKhalid baka-El Paso bacula kunye naye kule ngoma. Watsho I-Independent : 'Bonke basengabahlobo bam abasenyongweni, yaye ndiyakwazi ukujonga ngasemva ndize ndithi, 'babeyinxalenye yoku.'
- Le yayiyingoma edlalwa kakhulu kwii-jukeboxes ze-Waffle House ngo-2017. Umkhondo we-Khalid wabetha i-Sam Hunt's 'Body Like a Back Road' kwindawo yesibini ukuba ibe # 1 kuluhlu lwe-chain lonyaka lweengoma eziphezulu ezidlalwa kwiindawo zokutyela ze-1,900 Waffle House.
