Victor Grimmy Owusu (born July 20, 1987), better known by his stage name V.I.C., is a retired
American
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rapper. His single, "
Get Silly
"Get Silly" is a song by Ghanaian American rapper V.I.C. from his album '' Beast'', produced by Mr. Collipark, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, and The Package Store. "Get Silly" was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 13, 2008, for sales of over 500,000.
...
", reached #29 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 2008. He is also known for his hit single "
Wobble".
Early life
V.I.C. was born Victor Grimmy Owusu in 1987 in
Corona, Queens to a mother from
New York City
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and a father from
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. At ten, he wrote his first song, a drug awareness rap for his
elementary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
. Later that year, he moved with his family to
College Park, GA. After graduating from
high school
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, he worked as a freelance
barber while pursuing a music career.
Music career
His first album ''
Beast'' (2008) charted at number 73 on the ''Billboard'' 200.
He recorded a couple of songs
for a second album ''Revenge of the Beast'' that was never completed.
He released a single called "Twerk It" in 2012
and another called "Snapchat (Pose For The Camera)" in 2015.
Discography
Albums
Mixtapes
*2009: ''DJ J1 Present V.I.C. in HD''
*2009: ''DJ Jay Rock Presents V.I.C. Lord Ova Beats''
*2010: ''DJ Grady Presents V.I.C. Swagg Thru da Roof''
*2012: ''Big H & Tommy Boy Entertainment Presents V.I.C. Lord Ova Beats''
(hosted by DJ Grady, DJ J1 & DJ Iceberg)
Singles
References
External links
Official MySpace
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1987 births
Living people
African-American male rappers
American male rappers
African-American songwriters
American people of Ghanaian descent
People from College Park, Georgia
Rappers from Queens, New York
Rappers from Georgia (U.S. state)
Reprise Records artists
Songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)
Songwriters from New York (state)
Southern hip hop musicians
Warner Records artists
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century African-American musicians
20th-century African-American musicians
American male songwriters