music REPORT
Yemi: Every day is crazy for us! We
are such funny people. People often
wonder why we haven’t been given a
TV comedy show yet.
What’s the sexiest thing about
each of you?
Kevin: Lips.
Hope: Smooth skin.
Yemi: Eyes.
You’ve opened for some pretty big
names such as Chris Brown, The
Game, Ginuwine and Ne-Yo. That
must have felt amazing.
Yemi: They have all been amazing.
You don’t realise how big it is until
you go through a drought of shows.
Do you often get compared to any
other RnB groups?
Kevin: No, not really. Some people
in the past said we were like Shai.
But it’s perhaps because we had a
KHY
habit of singing one of their songs as
Ladies, are you looking for some lovin’?
Behind the three baby-faced KHY Hope was ‘hey dude, buy me a
members is a charming array of burger’ (laughs). Hope being the
smooth UK vocal talent. And the boys stingy guy said no. And how Yemi
Kevin, Hope and Yemi certainly aren’t and Hope met up after that is still a
shy when it comes to laying down a mystery. They both lived in separate
flirtatious performance for the ladies.
Their sound; gentle on the ears, yet
exuberant and far from wimpy. It’s no
wonder Ginuwine was impressed
after they performed at one of his an acapella.
shows. The days of the sultry male
singer is still very much alive. And What has been the highlight of
when all the Ne-Yos and Ushers take being a part of KHY so far?
a sprint into early retirement, Yemi: Definitely the relationship we
someone’s got to take the baton. have with each other. Words can’t
describe the love we have for each
What does KHY mean? other. It’s not just that we’re members
Yemi: KHY is simply the first letters of a boy band, we are family.
of each of our names.
Tell me a bit about your
How did you guys meet? connection with the children‘s
Yemi: Kevin and Hope met at an parts of London but happened to end charity NSPCC?
audition at Wembley Conference up in the same theatre at the same Hope: This started off as just
Centre. And as they lived close by time a few weeks later. something we wanted to do. We
they became friends. wanted to help fight cruelty to kids.
Kevin: Yemi and I on the other hand Who did you grow up listening to? We knew this would be a better way
met in McDonald’s. Don’t even ask! Kevin: I grew up listening to a lot of of raising money for the charity.
Basically, Yemi was with his Bob Marley, because I grew up in
ex-girlfriend at the time and she was Jamaica. As well as Bob Marley, I What’s the one big thing you want
with her best friend who was waiting grew up listening to R. Kelly and people to know about you and
for Hope. The first thing Yemi said to Usher in particular. your music?
Hope: There are two musicians that Kevin: We want people to know
inspire me – Michael Jackson and that we are not an RnB group. We
Justin Timberlake… and I’ll answer are just as pop as Beyoncé, Ne-Yo,
for Yemi. It’s pretty embarrassing. But Kerri Hilson and Leona Lewis.
to everyone who knows him he is There is an automatic RnB tag
Yemi David. Due to his love for Craig attached to our music as we are
David’s music. three black guys.
Yemi: Oh… and we would like
Describe your sound… the ladies to know that we are
Yemi: Pop with a hint of RnB. very single.
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