The Artist
Orji Lois Ezinne is a music artist that records and performs under the name WhitneyZinny. Her artist name means white island and reveres the late artist Whitney Houston, whose incredible voice and articulative songs has inspired her and so many others in the Music Industry. She choose this name to honor her inspiration and because she believes she is an incredible singer. Zinny is the short form of her native name Ezinne which means Good Mother.WhitneyZinny makes music in Hip Hop, R&B and Afrobeat in the languages English and Igbo.
The Music
WhitneyZinny is active as performing artist and writer of her own songs Hervoices aresoprano, tenor and alto. which she performs singing and rapping with instrumental tracks.
Vision & Mission
Her vision is for people to come alive through her music.Her mission is to impact people's lives positively via her music.
Motivations & Influences
WhitneyZinny makes music as she is passionate about it and it means life to her.She wishes everyone hope, freedom and motivation.
What motivates her to create her music is to bring a positive change to societal issues through her music.She finds inspiration keyboard tunes, when she is feeling down, happenings around her and other experiences in life. Her physical environment is a trigger, she loves to be in a quiet place, where she can be able to flow while her pen bleeds.
Music & Life
Growing up her main musical influences came from choir where she practiced and trained herself owing to her love for music which has been everything to her.WhitneyZinny is influenced by popular artists like Whitney Houston, Tasha Cobbs, Lauren Daigle, Celine Dion.
Society & Success
The purpose of her work is to impact people's lives positively through her art and she is convinced her music affects societal issues the kind of music we listen to can either make or break us.
WhitneyZinny defines success by one whose music is able to reach a wide range of audience and most importantly being able to impact lives positively, she believes that music without a message is liken to an empty vessel.She develops her skills by listening to other people's art work and practicing them.