Victony | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Anthony Ebuka Victor |
Born | Imo State, Nigeria | 5 January 2001
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Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2017–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]
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]
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]
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]
Title | Year |
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Saturn[27] | 2020 |
Dark Times[28] | 2021 |
Nataraja (featuring Rexxie)[29] | |
Outlaw | 2022 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |||||
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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] |
76 | 46 | 29 | 65 | 175 | 1 |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Holy Father" (Mayorkun featuring Victony) |
2021 | Back 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 |