kwn

Khyra Leah Wilson, known professionally as kwn (pronounced "kay-wuhn"), is a British singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer from Walthamstow, East London. Born on April 5, 2000, to a Nigerian father and Irish mother, she began playing piano and drums as a child and started making music on SoundCloud by age 11. She enrolled at East London Arts and Music College at 16, developing her distinctive sound that Billboard described as "a moody amalgam of trap, soulful vocal stacks and splashes of dark electronic music." kwn rose to prominence with her 2024 single "Worst Behaviour," which entered the UK Singles Chart, while its remix featuring Kehlani reached the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In March 2025, she was named Billboard's R&B Rookie of the Month and received a nomination for Best New International Act at the 2025 BET Awards. Her music draws from R&B, trap, and electronic influences, establishing her as one of the UK's most exciting emerging voices in contemporary R&B.