Last October, Khalid got a text that hit him hard. At the time he was a few months shy of 20, still a teenager, and his life had long revolved around his phone. It had been an instrument of hookups and breakups, and also the way he and his friends shared the music that helped define their experience. "Throughout high school we would always pass someone the aux," he says. "You know, 'Play a
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Prodigy: Khalid on Texting With Kendrick and His ‘Crazy’ New Life