(His breakout single, 2016’s “Location,” was recorded during spring break of his senior year a few weeks after it came out, he won Prom King within a couple of years, the song had sold more than five million copies in the U.S.
Self-described as “an awkward teen,” he picked up songwriting primarily to stave off loneliness, sharing music through SoundCloud and quickly catching the ears of both his peers and the industry. A military kid, Robinson split his childhood between Georgia, Kentucky, upstate New York, and Heidelberg, Germany, eventually settling in El Paso, Texas-a pattern of dislocation that often made him feel like an outsider. About a year later, he proved them right. In 2016, Khalid Robinson was voted Most Likely to Go Platinum by his high school class.
