7.18.2025
Bay Area R&B Standout Karri Shares Intimate New Track “Oakland Baby” with Isaiah Falls
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The 22-Year-Old San Francisco Native Continues to Establish Himself as One of the Most Unique Voices in West Coast R&B
Currently Touring Together, Karri and Isaiah Falls Team Up for New Single “Oakland Baby” Following Wireless Festival
Critical Praise:
“Karri is Billboard January’s R&B Rookie of the Month…Karri is a thriving R&B freshman with major-league co-signs ranging from Drake to Lil Baby and Kehlani” – Billboard
“Artist to watch in 2025…the singer is only scratching the surface of welcoming the world across the Golden Gate Bridge” – Billboard
The Song:
Rooted in raw feeling and West Coast ease, Karri’s new single and video “Oakland Baby” featuring Isaiah Falls turns late-night introspection into signature melodic finesse. The R&B cut finds Karri crooning over distorted vocals, “You just left your lashes at my place / promise that I’ll keep ’em somewhere safe / always give you every type of space,” letting his vulnerability and attention to detail shine. His tourmate Isaiah Falls matches the mood with silky vocals, echoing Karri’s romantic musings and reflecting on his lady’s fiery Westside temperament. In the video, the two trade verses while posted up in the studio and under streetlights, locked into those same after-hours vibes. “Oakland Baby” is out now via Playing for Legacy (PFL).
“‘Oakland Baby’ came about when me, Jack Dine, and Lido were in the studio. Lido just started playing chords on the rhodes and it turned into this crazy song. Isaiah and I are really close, so we send each other songs all the time. I texted him the original demo. Then we linked up the same night and did the whole record together,” Karri explains.
A fixture on the R&B scene since releasing his viral 2023 hit “3AM In Oakland,” Karri is ready to level up this year. With over 13 million streams on Spotify alone, “3AM In Oakland” bubbled up on TikTok, helping propel Karri to more than 200k followers and earnng the attention of tastemakers like Drake and his associate OVO Chubbs. The strength of “3AM In Oakland” helped convince Chubbs to sign Karri to his Playing For Legacy label. In 2024, Karri continued to rack up co-signs (from Lil Baby, Kehlani, Saweetie, and more) and develop his sound, releasing the Late Night Slider Music EP in November. Home to “Oakland Pt. 2” (11.6M on Spotify), the sequel to his breakout hit, Late Night Slider Music earned attention from Billboard, who named Karri the R&B Rookie of the Month for January and anointed him an Artist To Watch for 2025.
Earlier this year, Karri has kept the streets hot by releasing collaborations, including “Suede,” a song with P-Lo and Goapele from P-Lo’s For The Soil mixtape, an official release by the Golden State Warriors, “Hesitation,” a collab with Joe Kay of Soulection, and “Cheeky,” a duet with fellow riser Jack Dine. Karri is currently on tour with his close friend Isaiah Falls, who guests on Karri’s current single “Oakland Baby,” as direct support on Isaiah’s “LVRS Paradise Tour.” Most recently, Karri was performed at Wireless Festival in the UK, taking the stage as part of Drake’s curated programming on Friday night alongside stars like Sailorr, Odeal, KWN, Leon Thomas and more.
With much more music to come in the near future, Karri is looking to evolve from Bay Area hometown hero to an internationally-known name. Stay tuned for much more from Karri in the near future.
Stream “Oakland Baby”: https://lnk.site/5/oaklandbaky
Watch “Oakland Baby”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zptoi_43q0
Photo credit: Kiko Valle
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The Background:
Karri is a 22-year-old R&B artist from San Francisco who has quickly emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in the genre. With a sound that fuses late-night vulnerability, soulful melodies, and West Coast cool, Karri’s music speaks to the emotional turbulence of young love and self-discovery—effortlessly resonating with a generation searching for something real. As he continues to blur genre lines and capture the nuances of modern love, Karri is proving he’s not just part of R&B’s future—he’s defining it.
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