Victony

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Victony
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Background information
Birth nameAnthony Ebuka Victor
Born (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)
Imo State, Nigeria
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2017–present

Anthony Ebuka Victor (born 5 January 2001), known professionally as Victony is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper. [1] He is from the Orsu local government area of Imo State. [2] He was influenced while growing up by artists like Davido, Wizkid, Mi, and Falz. He is signed to a Nigerian record label called Mainland BlockParty and Jungle Records. [3] He released a debut studio album Saturn, in August 2020. He released his first single titled Ina Benz, which was his first appearance in the music industry. [4]

Contents

In 2022, Victony released "Soweto" featuring Tempoe as the debut single off his Outlaw EP. It gained tractions on Tiktok and a remix featuring Rema and Don Toliver charted in United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland and Canada. [5]

Early life and career

Victony first came unto the scene when he traded rap verses with Ladipoe on his revival Sunday series. He made his debut with a mixtape on SoundCloud titled The Outlaw King, the reason he is still known as "The Outlaw King". [6]

The mixtape was followed by covers of international hit records like "Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B, [7] "Moonlight" by XXXTentacion, [8] and "On the Low" by Burna Boy. [9] [10] Victony started off as a rapper but later switched and started releasing R&B, trap music, and Afropop records. [11] [12] 2021 started with his record "Pray" gaining traction, a song that was released after he was in a car crash. He got his biggest break in October 2021 when he teamed up with Mayorkun on the song "Holy Father". [13] The song was number one on Apple Music Nigeria and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Triller Global charts in December 2021. [14] He later collaborated with Grammy Award-winning producer Rexxie on an EP called Nataraja. [15] [16]

Personal life

He recently graduated from the Federal university of Technology Owerri (F.U.T.O) where he studied petrochemical engineering. [17] [18] On 21 April 2021, Victony was involved in a fatal car crash. [19] The crash claimed the life of one of his friends, Doyin, [20] and he needed surgery. [21] [22]

Victony has remained in a wheelchair after the surgery, [23] but stood to perform for the first time alongside Davido and Mayorkun on 24 December 2021. [24] [25] [26]

Discography

Extended plays

List of extended plays
TitleYear
Saturn [27] 2020
Dark Times [28] 2021
Nataraja
(featuring Rexxie) [29]
Outlaw2022

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum
CAN
[30] 		NLD
[5] 		SWI
[31] 		UK
[32] 		US
[33] 		UK Afro
[34]
"Ina the Benz" [35] 2018——————Non-album singles
"Menace"2019——————
"2 Mins in Space" [36] ——————
"Broken"2020——————
"S.M.S (Sing My Song)"——————
"Apollo" [37] 2022——————
"Kolomental"——————Outlaw (EP)
"Soweto"
(with Tempoe or also Rema featuring Don Toliver or also Omah Lay) [38] 		764629651751
List of singles as featured artist
TitleYearAlbum
"Holy Father"
(Mayorkun featuring Victony)		2021Back in Office
"Euphoria"
(Hoodini featuring Victony) [40] 		Non-album singles
"Anointing"
(Anonymous Music featuring Victony) [41] 		2022
"Bad Girl"
(DJ Tunez featuring Wande Coal and Victony)
"Notice"
(Ezzymullah featuring 1da Banton, Victony and DTG Baby)
"Different Size"
(Burna Boy featuring Victony)		Love, Damini

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