When asked what she believes the underlying theme is, she links back to social media. “Fans put so much pressure on artists, sometimes more than the industry.” She says, “I’ve never been compared more in my life than last year and this year, and now it seems like every day I see a ‘SZA, Kehlani, H.E.R., or Summer Walker — one of them has to go.’” The darker side of the business hasn’t just presented itself in bad deals. Within the last 18 months, Kehlani lost three friends from drug use. The day Mac Miller passed they were supposedto grab lunchThenLexii Alijai of Black churches in the South was commonplace, and racist“separate but equal”legislation wasoverturned only a decade prior For a while, fans were concerned that Chance wouldn't receive recognition at the Grammys because his new album,Coloring Book