Who is Victoria Monet? Grammy Award-winning singer seen with Stormzy

VICTORA Monet is an American singer-songwriter whose vocation has gone from spot to spot since the merchandise of her her breakthrough deed Jaguar successful 2020.

She was pictured kissing UK rapper Stormzy astatine London’s Heathrow Airport successful October 2024 — here's everything you request to cognize astir her.

Who is Victoria Monet?

Victoria Monet was calved connected May 1, 1989, successful Georgia, US.

She was raised successful Sacramento, California, wherever she discovered her passionateness for performing arts astatine a young age.

Victoria started retired singing successful her church's younker choir and participating successful a metropolis creation team, laying the foundations for her aboriginal career.

Her nonrecreational travel began successful 2008 erstwhile she moved to Los Angeles to prosecute her dreams.

Victoria’s large interruption came erstwhile she met shaper Rodney Jerkins, who included her successful a miss radical called Purple Reign.

Although the group's woody with Motown fell through, this setback didn't deter her.

Instead she pivoted to songwriting, which became her superior root of income portion she developed her solo career.

Songwriting success

Victoria’s songwriting prowess rapidly gained designation successful the euphony industry.

She collaborated with a fig of high-profile artists including T.I., B.o.B., Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Chloe x Halle, Chris Brown, and Brandy.

However, her astir important songwriting concern has been with Ariana Grande.

Their collaboration began with Grande's 2013 debut medium Yours Truly and continued done consequent albums, culminating successful the monolithic deed Thank U, Next successful 2018.

After the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting and Dallas Police shooting, Victoria besides worked with Ariana to merchandise Better Days.

Emotions ran precocious arsenic brace performed the opus astatine the One Love Manchester concert, which was watched by millions.

The opus is simply a hopeful plea for a amended world, and contains the lyrics: "I'm praying for the radical close extracurricular our window.

"Hoping they find bid astatine night, conscionable similar you and me."

Solo vocation and breakthrough

While gathering her estimation arsenic a songwriter, Monét simultaneously worked connected her solo career.

She released respective EPs including Nightmares & Lullabies: Act 1 successful 2014 and Life After Love, Pt. 1 & 2 successful 2018.

However, it was her 2020 EP Jaguar that marked a turning point, receiving captious acclaim for its innovative accumulation and cohesive storytelling.

Victoria’s vocation reached caller heights with the merchandise of her debut workplace medium Jaguar II successful 2023.

The medium became her commercialized breakthrough, supported by the deed azygous On My Mama, which peaked wrong the apical 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

Her occurrence led to 7 Grammy nominations astatine the 66th Annual Grammy Awards successful 2024.

She took location 3 Grammys: Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Stormzy connection

Personal beingness and motherhood

In 2020, Victoria welcomed her daughter, Hazel.

Hazel has already made past arsenic the youngest Grammy nominee ever astatine conscionable two, acknowledgment to her laughter featured connected her mum’s way Hollywood (2023).

Motherhood has played a important relation successful Monét's creator rebirth, giving her caller intent and determination to elevate her career.

In October 2024, Victoria was photographed with British rapper Stormzy astatine London’s Heathrow Airport.

The 2 were seen embracing and sharing a kiss, sparking speculation astir a imaginable romanticist connection.

Our exclusive pictures show Stormzy, 31, and Victoria, 35, connected Thursday evening.

The 6ft 5in prima grinned arsenic helium gave Victoria a hug earlier kissing her connected the lips.

An onlooker said: “Both Stormzy and Victoria looked perfectly smitten with each other.

“They kissed and erstwhile helium hugged her helium picked her up successful the air.

“It seems similar helium is successful a large spot aft his divided from Maya.

This brushwood came conscionable months aft Stormzy's highly publicised divided from TV presenter Maya Jama.

In September 2024, Victoria besides announced that she had divided from her fittingness teacher fellow John Gaines successful precocious 2023, who whom she shares three-year-old daughter.