This week we speak with Super Producer, Victor Merritt, who has sold well over 30 million records in Pop, Hip Hop, Gospel, and R&B. Victor has received a Grammy nomination and numerous Billboard and BMI accolades, including having the largest selling male R&B artist RCA has had in over 31 years. Victor work over the years has included working with these iconic artists; Diana Ross, Brownstone, BabyFace, Kirk Franklin, K-CI & JOJO, Bobby Brown, Rome, 3T, U2 and countless others.

When the daughter of legendary singer Jocelyn Brown heard some of the early demos, she introduced Victor and his production partner Gerald to her mother, and Jocelyn mentored his amazing young talent and introduced him to the way real singers record. In fact, Jocelyn’s single Freedom was his first professional music placement back in 1990. Once Jocelyn left the states and moved to the UK, Victor continued to perfect his craft and landed his next placement as a young artist at Atlantic Records in 1991.

On the podcast, we also learned about an imposter using Victor's name, Victor "Vino" Merritt on LinkedIn. For over 3 years, Victor had no idea that a fake Victor Merritt was posing as him. This fake person created a sophisticated scam to prey on very green artists. This fake person used his music catalogue, easily searchable online, added fake facts, and fooled people into believing that they were a Grammy-nominated producer. 

The Real Victor Merritt website; www.victormerritt.org

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