"There is a rich legacy of music that originates from both the trials and triumphs of the African-American experience, a legacy that flows like a river through generations and waters the world with songs of hope for the present times and for the future".
This is how Victory Boyd, a 30-year-old soul and folk artist who hails originally from Detroit, Michigan, describes not only the sound that she carries but also the responsibility of what she carries as an artist, entrepreneur, and advocate.
Victory started her career at the age of 4 yrs old when her parents gave her the opportunity to sing in the community choir that they founded in Detroit, MI. She saw singing as a privilege and took the opportunity seriously like a career even at 4 yrs old.
Being the 4th child out of 9 children born to John and Thalia Boyd, Victory would eventually grow as a vocalist in the family choir that came to be. "We were constantly singing in a 4 and 5 part harmony, arranging hymns and creating new songs altogether. Our dinner table always involved making music together."
The family that migraed to New York City and infamously presented free concerts for the public at the Betheda Fountain and Arcade in Central Park for 10 years. Victory began writing music and playing the guitar within this 10 year period, and would oftentimes perform as a soloist in Central Park. "New Yorkers really supported my journey all those years as I was still growing into my voice and identity."
In 2016 a gentleman by the name of Jeymes Samuel discovered Victory and sent a video of her singing in Central Park to Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z who was impressed by Victory's talent.
Jay-Z personalyl signed Victory and her family in 2016. The following year Victory released her debut EP entitled "It's a New Dawn" featuring her soul stirring rendition of Nina Simone's classic "Feeling Good," among other songs including original songs "Believe In Love," "Lessons From My Father," and "Cheap Love." The entire project was released globally in over 8,000 Starbucks locations worldwide for over a year and positioned Victory to be highly anticipated in 2018 when her debut album "The Broken Instrument" was released. Victory's talent as a singer-songwriter and performer quickly became popular in the music industry as she continued to demonstrate rare capabilities of captivating audiences with her classic sultry voice, thought-provoking lyrics, and unconventional guitar skills.
Victory established a reputation in elite circles of influence having performed private concerts for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Mellody Hobson from Ariel Investments and her husband George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, Robert Smith venture capitalist, Mike Novogratz, Tyler Perry, Kanye West, and many, many others.
In 2019 Victory was recognized by Kanye West fro her prolific writings on her album The Broken Instrument. Kanye asked Victory to help him create his first gospel album entitled Jesus Is King. Victory agreed and successfully penned the majority of the lyrics on 2 songs that made the final album taking Victory onto becoming a Grammy Award winning songwriter.
Victory opened her dream studio in 2020 and called in The Secret Place, named after Psalm 91:1. It was in The Secret Place in the middle of the pandemic that Victory wrote and recorded her sophomore album entitled "Glory Hour". "After spending several months writing gospel songs for Kanye, and then ending up in a world wide pandemic and seeing how much I needed the comfort of a Savior, I knew I had to keep writing the message of the gospel in song. For myself first and then for the world." Victory's album "Glory Hour" was released world-wide and she is slated to tour America and Europe.
