Victoria Kimani

Victoria Kimani is a Kenyan musician and songwriter; she was born in Los Angeles, United States of America.

Early Life

Victoria Kimani grew up in Benin City, Nigeria while her parents were doing missionary work; her parents are pastors and she is the youngest of three kids.

She wanted to be a singer at the age of 9, she enjoyed singing especially gospel, and to her it is a means to express love. Victoria Kimani began to write and perform some of her songs at the age of 16. Music is in her genes, her father was a singer and guitarist. She also sang in the choir at some point. She later became a backup singer to a female Kenyan musician popularly known as Mercy Maya when she relocated to Kenya after high school.

When asked what inspires her music, Victoria Kimani says:

life experiences, both personal and others around me, Love, or the idea of it, Parties, troubles, anything and everything inspire my music.’

Progressing To Stardom

In 2009 she joined a duo called Club Embassy and signed to Los Angeles Laker Ron Artest, they released a mix tape called Diplomatic Immunity hosted by 50 cent’s DJ Whoo Kid, which got over 250,000 downloads and created a lot of Industry buzz. The duo split in 2010 and began working on solo projects.

In 2010, Victoria Kimani performed a cover of Ice Prince’s hit single OLEKU which caught the attention of Chocolate City executives. In 2012, she got signed to Chocolate City Kenya as the first act to be signed on to Chocolate City Kenya.

Since then, she has released several hit singles, her first Single and music video since signing to Africa’s most prestigious and cross over record labels, Chocolate City was called M’TOTO and it is tearing up airwaves and clubs across Africa and the UK. Her Second single and music video Oya feat. MI was the first Kenyan video to be premiered on VEVO. In 2015, she collaborated with Cynthia Morgan and Emma Nyra on a girl power hit single Vex.

Victoria Kimani talked about her parent’s reaction to her kind of music and how she presents herself on an interview with Thisday:

Now my parents are used to it. I’ve been singing for a long time, so by now I think they are used to it. And as long as I am conservative and properly dressed, its fine with them. They won’t want reports from members of their church saying we saw your daughter on television and she was scantily dressed (laughs). And even when they try to complain about my outfits, I just show them a picture of Lady Gaga or Nicki Minaj and I’ll be like mum, ‘am not that bad, see what these people are wearing’.

Over the years, Victoria has travelled between Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York and London working with a few top artists and producers including Chris Brown, Diggy Simmons and Timberland among others. The sexy Victoria Kimani is making her mark in the industry

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