Biography
Fong was born in Hawaii and moved with his family to Shanghai when he was 6. His father, Les Fong (an American-born Chinese from San Francisco, California), wanted Khalil to learn more about Chinese culture. Six years later, they moved to Guangzhou and lived there for about 2 years. Afterwards, they moved to Hong Kong. For that same reason, although his musical career started and is based in Hong Kong, he never wrote songs in Cantonese as it is only his fourth language. (English, English of Hawaiian Aboriginal variation, Mandarin, Cantonese & Shanghainese)
Khalil is self-taught on the guitar and piano, beginning from the ages of 15 and 18 respectively. It was also around this time that he started writing songs and sending demos to music producers. Warner Music Hong Kong finally recruited him as a producer. Khalil is a member of the Bahá'í Faith.
In 2005, he had his first CD “Soulboy” released on Warner Records HK label. On December 29, 2006, Khalil released his second album “This Love”(愛愛愛).
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