{"id":2725,"date":"2026-03-06T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/kem-opens-up-about-kemistry-records-life-with-8-kids-and-upcoming-jazz-project-alchemy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:06:48","slug":"kem-opens-up-about-kemistry-records-life-with-8-kids-and-upcoming-jazz-project-alchemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/kem-opens-up-about-kemistry-records-life-with-8-kids-and-upcoming-jazz-project-alchemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kem Opens Up About Kemistry Records, Life With 8 Kids, and Upcoming Jazz Project \u2018Alchemy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>R&#038;B legend Kem joins Hot 97\u2019s Morning Show to discuss his latest single \u201cOne Love,\u201d leaving Motown after 23 years to launch Chemistry Records, and his upcoming jazz project \u201cAlchemy\u201d featuring Robert Glasper.<\/p>\n<p>In this in-depth conversation, Kem shares:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why he left Motown to go independent and focus on ownership<\/li>\n<li>The meaning behind \u201cOne Love\u201d and merging the spiritual with the sensual<\/li>\n<li>Life with 8 kids and balancing family with music<\/li>\n<li>His songwriting process and waiting for the miracle to happen<\/li>\n<li>Paying homage to Al Jarreau with the Alchemy project<\/li>\n<li>Viral moments with the Cadillac Chronicles<\/li>\n<li>His perspective on love in music and life after 10 years of marriage<\/li>\n<li>Advice for connecting with true fans vs. chasing followers<\/li>\n<li>Upcoming sold-out shows at Blue Note (March 5-8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kem reflects on his 23-year career, from pressing his own CDs as an independent artist to his successful Motown run, and now returning to independence with Chemistry Records. He discusses how the next generation is discovering his music through TikTok and social media, and why ownership and equity matter in this season of his career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kem Opens Up About Kemistry Records, Life With 8 Kids, and Upcoming Jazz Project 'Alchemy'\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bkc19OPZ_cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R&#038;B legend Kem joins Hot 97\u2019s Morning Show to discuss his latest single \u201cOne Love,\u201d leaving Motown after 23 years&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":2865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-2725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}