Ilham is a sweet-voiced contemporary R&B artist who specializes in sincere and emotive ballads, all of which she has co-written. She appeared toward the end of the 2010s with the full-length 41-10 (2018) and has continued to build momentum with the EPs With Time (2019) and the Def Jam-issued Ilham (2022). As a featured artist, she has appeared on tracks by the likes of Dave East and Arin Ray.