The hottest singing sensation of the year, Kehlani, is on the cover of the Fall Fashion issue of The Fader. In the feature dubbed “Kehlani Earned This,” the Bay Area bred, Los Angeles based singer breaks down her road to stardom, which started with being attempting to understand being away from her mother and in foster care.

“At that point, my mom had two other kids. I just couldn’t understand why I was the only child who couldn’t be around her,” Kehlani shared. “She would be doing her shit, then get clean for two months, but I was never allowed to stay with her, and I couldn’t grasp why.”

Aside from her issues with family, Kehlani spoke on her early career of music from leading a band and getting denied on America’s Got Talent and her interactions with members of both sex romantically.

Check out the full feature on The Fader and view the cover art above.

vCover Story: Kehlani earned this. http://t.co/4avBD6Rb5S pic.twitter.com/1tbqDYd0Fe

— The FADER (@thefader) August 4, 2015