Divinity Roxx

Divinity Roxx
Divinity Roxx performs live at The Reeveland Festival sponsored by The Warwick Bass Factory in Germany, 2015.
Divinity Roxx performs live at The Reeveland Festival sponsored by The Warwick Bass Factory in Germany, 2015.
Background information
Also known asMC Divinity, D. Walker
BornFebruary 5
OriginAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
GenresRap rock, soul, hip hop, funk, rock, Children's Music
Occupation(s)Musician (bass), entertainer, rapper, singer, producer, performer, composer, musical director, author, entreoreneur
InstrumentBass Guitar
Years active1993–present
LabelsiRoxx Entertainment
Websitewww.divinityroxx.com

Divinity Roxx is a two-time Grammy-nominated American recording artist, producer, composer, and musician. Her work includes elements of rhythm and blues, hip-hop, funk, soul, and rock. As a rapper and bassist, her performances have been reviewed as radical and distinctive because of her unique ability to combine vigorous bass lines with simultaneous tongue-twisting yet authoritative rapping.[1]

She is best known for touring and performing with Beyoncé Knowles (2006–2011) as her bassist and Musical Director for "The Beyoncé Experience"[2] and "I Am... World Tour".[3] On the "I Am...Sasha Fierce" World tour, Divinity also helped compose music alongside Bibi McGill, Brittani Washington and Rie Tsuji.[4] She has appeared in three DVDs with Beyoncé including The Beyoncé Experience Live,[5] I Am... Sasha Fierce,[6] and I Am... Yours.[7] She has also appeared in two videos, "Irreplaceable" and "Green Light".[8] Divinity has performed with Beyonce at The White House for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama during a State Dinner for the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon.[9] She also performed with Beyonce during her Glastonbury performance.[10][11] She has also performed on the Grammy's, The BET Awards, MTV Music Awards, Ellen, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, The Today Show and countless other television shows with Beyonce.[12] In 2014, Divinity played bass on The Arsenio Hall Show and The Queen Latifah Show with Atlanta born rapper, B.o.B.[13] Divinity has also appeared on Big Morning Buzz Live With Nick Lechey[14][15] and The Wendy Williams Show with singer [K.Michelle].[16]

In 2021, Divinity released her debut Family Music Album, Ready, Set Go!, turning her attention to the audience she feels matters most. From start to finish, her album, Ready, Set, Go, is about positivity in mind and body. Two of the songs from the album, Happy and Healthy and Me + You were published by Scholastic as fully illustrated picture books. The books were illustrated by NaShanta Fletcher and were part of Scholastic's Family and Community Engagement initiative.

  1. ^ "Bassistin Divinity Roxx im Bayerischen Hof in München". 2015-09-18.
  2. ^ The Beyoncé Experience Live (DVD). Beyoncé. Columbia Records. 2007.
  3. ^ Knowles, Beyoncé (2009). Official I Am... World Tour. USA: Columbia Records.
  4. ^ Music World Entertainment (2010) Beyoncé – I Am... World Tour (Liner Notes) Columbia Records.
  5. ^ Beyoncé, Beyoncé (2007). The Beyoncé Experience Live (Media notes). Beyoncé. Spain: Columbia Records. 88697 20641 9.
  6. ^ Music World Entertainment (2010) Beyoncé – I Am... World Tour (Liner Notes) Columbia Records.
  7. ^ Knowles, Beyoncé (2009). I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas (DVD/Blu-ray). Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records. Event occurs at 0:00 to 1:38:19.
  8. ^ "B'Day".
  9. ^ "Divinity Roxx Combines Sound and Delivers Pure Gold Along the Way – ZO Magazine". 20 March 2019.
  10. ^ "KitMonsters – Divinity Roxx".
  11. ^ "White House State Dinner - Beyoncé Online Photo Gallery".
  12. ^ "Beauty and the Bass, Divinity Roxx Offers up Something Inspired". 2016-05-06.
  13. ^ "Offshore Hosting | DMCA Ignored Hosting | Offshore Servers".
  14. ^ ""Love Em All (Big Morning Buzz Live)" by K. Michelle | Show Performance | VH1.com". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  15. ^ "End of the Year Promo Run with K. Michelle | Divinity Roxx Experience". Archived from the original on 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  16. ^ K.Michelle Maybe I Should Call. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.