khalid robinson, knife award and best new artist. caught up with khalid in los angeles. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it is all vintage vinyl at the artform studio in los angeles. shopping with grammy nominated newcomer khalid, you realize that, most of the records here are at least twice his age. >> oh, yeah. >> and yet, he is hardly musically immature. ♪ living the good life and good vibes ♪ my eyes are on the gray skies ♪ >> i still am 19. i still do 19-year-old things. i do it. >> but it is different. >> it is different. i'm proud of myself that i have, been able to achieve this since a maturity that i didn't have when i was 16. ♪ it is the love >> it wasn't that long ago khalid robinson was roaming the halls of his high school in el paso, texas hoping to find himself like any other awkward teen. but then this happened. he began writing his own music. something he had never tried before. not even once. >> i can't play an instrument to save my life. but, when i am creating and making music i feel like i am just, i'm the head of the orchestra, i

four years ago, khalid robinson tweeted that he'd like to go to the grammys one guess what now the 19s to find out how he went from high school senior to platinum-selling artist. >> reporter: it's all about vintage vinyl at th form s. shopping with grammy-nominated newcomer khalid you realize that most of theords ht twice his age. >> yeah love nina simone. >> reporter: yet he's hardly musically immature. ♪ living the good life ♪ >> i still am 19. i still dothings. you know, i -- i do it.>> reporter: but it's different. i'm proud of myself that i have been able to achieve the sense of maturity that i didn't have when i was 16.4 ♪ >> reporter: it wasn't that long ago khalid robinson was roaming the halls of his high school in el paso, texas, hoping to find himself like any other awkward teen. then this happened -- ♪ he began writing his own music. something he'd never tried before. not even once. >> i can't play an instrument to save my life. but whenever i'm creating making music i feel like i'm the head of t just waving my wand. and something is created. ♪ >> reporter: what he created

. ♪ >> it wasn't that long ago that khalid robinson was roaming the halls of his high school in is paso like any other awkward teen, but then this happened. he began writing his own music, something he'd never tried before, not even once. >> i can't play an instrument to save my life, but when i'm creating it and making music, i feel like i'm the head of the orchestra and i'm just waving my wand and something is created. ♪ send me your location >> reporter: what he created was an entire album, "american teen." his first single "location" went platinum. so did his next single. "young, dumb, and broke." now two years after graduating from high school, he's up for five grammys including best new artist. cbs eye on the community... presented by target. art and history spark connections across cultures, igniting curiosity, conversation, and inspiration. that's why target supports the asian art museum in san francisco. the asian museum is here to make asian arts and culture relevant. the reality is we all have a story to tell. it's what makes us who we are. cbs eye on the community is sponsor