Biography
Who is Kali Uchis?
Early life and real name
Karly Marina Loaiza was born on July 17, 1994, in Alexandria, Virginia. Her father is from Colombia and her mother is American. She grew up as the youngest of five children and spent time living in Pereira as well as Virginia.
During her high school years at Alexandria City High School, she learned to play the piano and saxophone. She also played in a jazz band and spent time making experimental short films at the school photo lab. These artistic interests eventually led her to create her own mixtape cover art.
Musical beginnings and mixtapes
Kali Uchis wrote poetry and played her keyboard while living in her car after leaving her family home. She used these musical creations for her debut mixtape titled Drunken Babble, which was released in August 2012. The project featured a genre-defying mix of doo-wop, reggae, and early 2000s R&B influences.
Following her first mixtape, she released her debut extended play, Por Vida, in February 2015. The project featured production contributions from well-known musicians such as Diplo, Tyler, the Creator, Kaytranada, and BadBadNotGood. Later that year, she went on her first concert tour across the United States and Canada alongside Leon Bridges.
Breakthrough and studio albums
Kali Uchis reached a wider audience when she released her debut studio album, Isolation, in April 2018. The album received critical acclaim and featured collaborations with artists like Tyler, the Creator and Bootsy Collins. She followed this success with her first Spanish-language project, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios), in November 2020.
The track Telepatia from her second album went viral on TikTok and became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She continued releasing successful music with her third studio album, Red Moon in Venus, in March 2023, followed by her fourth and fifth albums, Orquideas and Sincerely, in subsequent years.
Birthday and age
Kali Uchis was born on July 17, 1994, which makes Kali 32 years old today. That birthday falls under the Cancer sign. Kali shares the date with 30 other famous people.
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