Early in her life, Kehlani aspired to train as a dancer at the Juilliard School, but she suffered a knee injury in junior high, which led her to turn her attention towards singing. While living with her aunt, Kehlani was exposed almost exclusively to R&B and neo soul artists, such as Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, whom today she describes as some of her early musical influences.
Early in her life, Kehlani aspired to train as a dancer at the Juilliard School, but she suffered a knee injury in junior high, which led her to turn her attention towards singing.
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early
Early
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in
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her
her
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life
life
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punct
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Kehlani
Kehlani
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aspire
aspired
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train
train
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case
as
as
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IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
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obl
Number=Sing
dancer
dancer
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case
at
at
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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compound
Number=Sing
Juilliard
Juilliard
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obl
Number=Sing
School
School
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punct
,
,
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,
cc
but
but
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nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
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PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
suffer
suffered
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det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
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compound
Number=Sing
knee
knee
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obj
Number=Sing
injury
injury
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in
in
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compound
Number=Sing
junior
junior
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high
high
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punct
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nsubj
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which
which
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acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
lead
led
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VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
her
her
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PRP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
turn
turn
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nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
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obj
Number=Sing
attention
attention
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mark
towards
towards
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singing
singing
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While living with her aunt, Kehlani was exposed almost exclusively to R&B and neo soul artists, such as Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, whom today she describes as some of her early musical influences.
mark
while
While
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advcl
VerbForm=Ger
live
living
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with
with
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nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
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obl
Number=Sing
aunt
aunt
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punct
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,
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Kehlani
Kehlani
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be
was
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Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
expose
exposed
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almost
almost
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exclusively
exclusively
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case
to
to
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R&B
R&B
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and
and
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neo
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compound
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soul
soul
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artist
artists
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such
such
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fixed
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as
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Lauryn
Lauryn
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flat
Number=Sing
Hill
Hill
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punct
,
,
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,
conj
Number=Sing
Erykah
Erykah
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flat
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Badu
Badu
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cc
and
and
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conj
Number=Sing
Jill
Jill
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flat
Number=Sing
Scott
Scott
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,
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whom
whom
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today
today
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nsubj
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she
she
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
describe
describes
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case
as
as
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IN
obl
some
some
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DT
case
of
of
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IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
early
early
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
musical
musical
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
influence
influences
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.