Victony

Biography

Anthony Ebuka Victor (born 5 January 2001), known professionally as Victony, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper. Victony began his music career in 2016 as a rapper on SoundCloud, releasing freestyles and mixes. He released his debut studio album Saturn in August 2020. He released his first single titled "Ina Benz", which was his first appearance in the music industry. In 2022, Victony released "Soweto" featuring Tempoe as the debut single off his Outlaw EP. It gained traction on TikTok and a remix featuring Rema and Don Toliver charted in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland and Canada. In June 2024, he released his second studio album Stubborn.

Early life

Anthony Ebuka Victor was born in Ojo, Lagos, and hails from the Orsu local government area of Imo State. While growing up, he was influenced by artists like Davido, Wizkid, Mi, and Falz.

Career

Victony first came to 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 mixtape was followed by covers of international hit records like "Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B, "Moonlight" by XXXTentacion, and "On the Low" by Burna Boy.
Victony started off as a rapper but later switched and started releasing R&B, trap music, and Afropop records.
2021 started with his record "Pray", a song released after he was involved in a car crash. In October 2021, he teamed up with Mayorkun on the song "Holy Father". The song debuted at number one on Apple Music Nigeria and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Triller Global charts in December 2021. He later collaborated with Grammy Award-winning producer Rexxie on an EP called Nataraja.

Outlaw EP and Stubborn

On 6 May 2022, Victony released the seven-track EP Outlaw. It was mostly successful, with it comprising the hit songs "Soweto" featuring Tempoe, "All Power," and "Kolomental."
He later released a handful of songs and also appeared in features including "Babylon," "Ohema," "Hypnotize," "Different Size," "Jaga Jaga," "My Darling," and "Angelus." "Stubborn" and "Everything" were released in February and May 2024 respectively, with the latter including a sample of the song "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee. The two songs would later be included in his forthcoming album.
He released Stubborn on 21 June 2024. It comprised 14 tracks with features from Saint Jhn, Shallipopi, Kzito, Asake, Teezo Touchdown, and Shorae Moore.
He released his second album, Starlife, on 21 August 2026.

Personal life

He graduated from the Federal university of Technology Owerri (F.U.T.O), where he studied petroleum engineering. On 21 April 2021, Victony was involved in a car crash which claimed the life of one of his friends, Doyin, and Victony needed surgery.
Victony remained on a wheelchair after the surgery, but stood to perform for the first time alongside Davido and Mayorkun on 24 December 2021.