Waited to Exhale

‘Waited to Exhale’ was the unreleased album KeKe worked on whilst 16 and filming True Jackson VP, however due to personal troubles and record label issues the body of work was never released.

On June 26th 2016, the 11 track album was uploaded to Soundcloud, with KeKe posting a message on her website:

“These are the words I was afraid to stand behind because I had too much anxiety and could not process my experiences and how they were separate from the spirit of who I was…

…I stopped trying all together because I allowed people to make me believe that being an artist meant having big budget music videos and big record producers backing you,” the post continued. “When in reality, all being an artist means is to be fearless in your creative pursuits. My anxiety, caused by the habit of unconsciously holding my breath, coupled with the stress of my personal life at that time created a lot of hard years of depression for me.“