Khalil Sharieff better known by his first name Khalil, is an somali R&B singer and dancer. His mother name is isniino ilyas ali. In 2009, Khalil signed with Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

. His debut album is set for release tentatively in the first quarter of 2012. Khalil was dropped from Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

 in November of 2011.

Music career

At the age of fourteen, he was signed in 2008 by LA Reid to Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

. Khalil appeared on the track "We Have A Problem" of his good friend, Diggy Simmons

Diggy Simmons

Daniel Dwayne Simmons III , better known by his stage name Diggy Simmons or simply as Diggy, is an American rapper and the fourth child of Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons...

 2009 debut mixtape, The First Flight. The duo followed up the release, to a freestyle over 50 Cent

50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...

 and Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo

Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

's "Baby by Me

Baby by Me

"Baby By Me" is the official first single by US rapper 50 Cent from his fourth album Before I Self Destruct. It was commercially released on September 10, 2009...

" with Simmons rapping and Khalil singing the vocal hook. His debut album, is scheduled for a 2011 release, Khalil working with producers such as Dapo Torimiro

Dapo Torimiro

Dapo Torimiro is a multi-platinum songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he has worked in the music industry in the U.S...

, Cedric "DaBenchWarma" Smith, Drathoven, Sean Garrett

Sean Garrett

Garrett Hamler, better known by his stage name Sean Garrett is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He has produced fifteen number one singles in only seven years of producing music. That number puts him in fifth place on the Billboard list of producers with the most number...

, and Rico Love

Rico Love

Richard Preston Butler, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher’s "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy ”, Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams"...

. He was serving as an opening act on Usher

Usher (entertainer)

Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...

's OMG Tour

OMG Tour

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 with Trey Songz

Trey Songz

Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007...

 and Miguel

Miguel (singer)

Miguel Jontel Pimentel, who performs under the mononym Miguel, is an American recording artist, songwriter and producer. Signed to Jive Records in 2007, Miguel released his debut album, All I Want Is You, in November 2010. The album was preceded by the release of the single "All I Want Is You",...

. Khalil was on Teen Island Fan Fest Tour.
- Khalil is working on a mixtape with Lil Twist called "3 Weeks in Miami"

Studio albums

Year	Album details
2012	TBA To be released: 2012 Label: Unknown

Singles

Title	Peak chart positions		Album
	Mainstream Top 40	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
"Girlfriend Ringtone"	-	-	TBA
"Hey Lil Mama" (featuring Lil Twist)	-	-
"Goodie Goodie" (featuring Big Sean Big Sean Sean Michael Anderson , better known by his stage name Big Sean, is an American rapper. Big Sean signed with Kanye West's G.O.O.D... )	-	-

Other appearances

Year	Song	Artist(s)	Album
2009	"We Have a Problem" "Be My Baby"	Diggy Simmons Diggy Simmons Daniel Dwayne Simmons III , better known by his stage name Diggy Simmons or simply as Diggy, is an American rapper and the fourth child of Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons...	The First Flight
2011	"If You Only Knew"	Lil Twist	3 Weeks in Miami

External links

• Khalil - Islanddefjam Artist