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On her recent visit to South Africa, the US singer and dancer Kehlani rocked the stages of the \u201cRocking The Daisies\u201d festival, where she performed in Cape Town and Johannesburg .<\/p>\n
The R&B singer sat down with muso Siyabonga \u201cSlikour\u201d Metane for an intimate interview on his \u201cSlikour On Life\u201c hip hop publication, where he dives into the lives of local hip hop artists.<\/p>\n
While chatting to Kehlani, three minutes into the nine-minute interview, he raised the question on whether she had been asked about the pronunciation of her name before.<\/p>\n
To which she replied: \u201cYou guys gotta teach me because I have been asked about this before and I wasn\u2019t able to because I guess the \u2018hl\u2019 is like\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Slikour quickly saved her as he could see she was struggling to get out the correct sound to complete her pronunciation.<\/p>\n
\n<\/blockquote>\nEven though the rapper was trying to sound it out for her in parts, Kehlani was not keen to try to pronounce her name and said: \u201cMy ear can\u2019t even hear the difference between what I\u2019m doing and what you\u2019re doing and that\u2019s just \u2026 damn I\u2019m so American.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kehlani said she welcomes others to call her their preferred version of her name while she is in Mzansi. <\/p>\n
She also sent a shout-out to local DJ sensation Uncle Waffles.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s fine, we all agree, it\u2019s not just a me thing, but we can all agree Uncle Waffles is bad.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kehlani also made it known that she would like to come to South Africa again to host her own show next time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to come back and have my own show. We\u2019ve seen the reaction from people and saw that they are so excited. I want to have a Kehlani show.\u201d<\/p>\n
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