Q 01/05

Keshi spent two years at the Texas Medical Center in which job before quitting to make music full-time?

A) Oncology nurse

B) Paramedic

C) Physical therapist

D) Pharmacist

Answer · why

A) Oncology nurse

Oncology nurse was the day job he dreaded while uploading songs in secret. He handed in his resignation the morning after one especially bad shift.

Q 02/05

Which Nickelodeon sitcom, whose guitar-playing star sang the theme song, inspired Keshi to learn the instrument?

A) Victorious

B) Big Time Rush

C) Drake & Josh

D) Zoey 101

Answer · why

C) Drake & Josh

Drake & Josh made such an impression that his first purchase was a cheap red Stratocaster copy, chosen to match the one the cooler stepbrother played ...

Q 03/05

Keshi's Somebody was the first single from which debut album, titled with a name he once planned for a son?

A) Atlas

B) Gabriel

C) Magnolia

D) Angel

Answer · why

B) Gabriel

Gabriel was the name he and his partner picked at 18 for a future son. Midway through recording, he decided that titling a record was no different fro...

Q 04/05

Which guitarist does Keshi call his biggest hero, whose signature Stratocaster he bought at Guitar Center?

A) Ed Sheeran

B) Jason Mraz

C) Shawn Mendes

D) John Mayer

Answer · why

D) John Mayer

John Mayer invited him backstage when both were touring through Boston, and Keshi borrowed his trick of teasing a song's intro to build tension in the...

Q 05/05

Which major label signed Keshi in 2019, a week after he quit his hospital job?

A) 88rising

B) Interscope

C) Republic Records

D) Island Records

Answer · why

D) Island Records

Island Records signed him after he had been flying out weekly for label meetings while still nursing, then performed in person for its executives.