Artist profile ·
KLOVIS KHEPRI BROUGHT COMPTON TO TULSA AND CALLED IT STREET GOSPEL
Melody, transparency and a Compton-to-Oklahoma route shape the artist’s street gospel.
Tell Klovis Khepri’s story with one city and you’re telling it wrong. It takes Compton and Tulsa.
His UnitedMasters bio says he started making music in Compton at 17 before football brought him to Northeastern State University and pulled him off course for a while. When he came back to music, Oklahoma became home base for releases and collabs.
Gospel for the streets, two time zones apart
Khepri calls his sound “new age street gospel,” tying transparent bars and melody to a goal of giving people hope. Who I Am, J.U.V and a busy singles run show that idea working across a growing catalog.
Collabs with Mike Da Don, Neva Beena Rookie and other Oklahoma artists put him squarely inside Tulsa’s network, and California never leaves the music. Compton influence and Oklahoma relationships meet in songs built to be useful to anybody wrestling with pressure, doubt and ambition.
