Von-T

Von-T is an eclectic artist that is prepared to cater to any crowd large or small and surprisingly has a catalog that spads across genres. You will get high energy well thought out performance that can be felt internally. Fans usually become followers of the movement after one interaction and listening to his deeply meaning lyrics that come from the soul.

During the concert you will feel a strong positive vibe with a rush of energy you will not want to leave you. He is one of those performers that give you both a sense of newness and a sense of familiarity simultaneously creating a lasting synergetic connection. After the performance, you are sure to become a fan wanting more because Von-T is just beginning and his journey will only get more exciting as he grows and learns his way around the industry.

Since his first breath in this world, Channing Von Taylor, a.k.a. Von-T, has had the ambition to achieve whatever he aspires to and dominate everything he attempts. Now on the path of becoming a respected musical artist, no one who knows him doubts his capabilities. He is a phenomenon who, at a relatively young age, has already lived many lives. He has already served in the military, is a combat instructor, Iraq War veteran, excelled at high school and college wrestling and football and won many acting, rap, step show, and modeling agency talent competitions and events.
So it is that on October 17, 2017, Von-T established his own Music Label called Symbiotic Music Group (SMG), and with his unique sound, he revealed his alter ego style branding of music. He states that his music is able to add flavor and unique style to any genre of music. That’s the symbioses, the driving force, of his musical skill.
His label, Symbiotic Music, expresses the fact that there are two sides to everyone – the business side and the beast mode. For Von-T, the symbioses is a direct reflection of the beast inside him that is needed to get things accomplished when your human physical form can go no further. Your inner beast is able to think and operate at a higher level than your normal self and be able to cut any and everything of that is about the accomplishment of your goals. You are the host, the symbiote is attached, and it can accomplish your goals only through you. It is living because of you and therefore it must ensure that you are able to operate BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY. Feed the symbiote, and you will always succeed.
Always preparing himself 1000-fold for every task in order to guarantee success, Von-T brings to the music world a connection to the streets driven by intense dedication in an organized manner, a vast set of loyal fans and friends located out of the cities of Columbus and Grovetown Georgia, but has a general fan base that stretches across the entire globe. Through his trials and knowledge of both book smarts and street smart, he has nurtured to understand and express the whole concept of playing the game in ways no other artist has ever done before.

His first single “The Plug,” which talks about how even though not labeled a traditional drug dealer he stays closely connected to the streets providing things that people need to be successful and dress for success. The next single released in 2018 “Brands,” is a song that cleverly ties his singing abilities and rapping skills together as one sound to give recognition to many designer brands and other artists like Migos “Versace” and Lil Pumps “Gucci Gang.” Since then he went viral when he dropped Turn off the Lights, which has been the single that really sky rocketed him into the limelight. The video to “Turn of the Lights” is currently sitting over a million views on WorldStar Hip-Hop and then was followed up by the video to Brands, which also hit WorldStar. This set the motion for many other singles that he has released within these short two years and enthralled him in a fight against the United States Army for racial discrimination of his music as an active duty Soldier who pursed hip-hop championing his culture and roots while serving in the ranks. A fight he continues to press forward with until it reaches national attention. Every single produced so far is part of the Album “Music Is” which released 2021. Every single that dropped has been a hit with music fans around the world. Von-T did not start off as a local artist so this enabled him to rise fairly quickly, resulting in him establishing his own Pandora station, IHeart station, verified on YouTube, recognized as a global recording artist, and already hundreds of thousands of fans on all social media websites. The unique thing about Von-T unlike any other artist out is the mystery of his helmet, which no one seems to be able to pin down the origin of it since it appears the story behind it always changes. He has featured on the Cardiff Brothers single “On My Mind”, and has singles with notable artist such as Ikkor The Wolf and Ty Dolla $ign. He has his sights set to make music with Da Baby, Roscoe Dash, WhoisShonda, Chris Brown, and Travis Scott. This is just a short list of people he will for sure be working with this year. He has already made it to showcases as big as the 2019 BET awards in California and the BET HIP-HOP awards in Atlanta Georgia.

At the age of just 15, he began editing music from video game systems. He practiced his style adlibbing off video game soundtracks instead of playing the games. Among his many talents, he has had many brushes with fame. Early in his career, he started acting and modeling, but always he had a love for music and an unquenchable desire to make and release his music. As he studied, he began to understand what people want to hear while also developing his own unique style.
He waited to reveal his style of music until he was sure that he had done enough research to understand what he needed to do to make his music impactful. It is yet another example of how Von-T takes the extra steps to produce quality over quantity and thus prepare his Symbioses for maximum effect. He has combined educational skills and street smarts full spectrum to become a force to be reckoned with in music. Since he is not tied to any specific genre of music, this makes him extremely dangerous in entertainment, because he has no limitations or boundaries on where to go or who to work with. Attending American Intercontinental University (AIU) out of Atlanta, GA, to study criminal justice, and later graduating from Columbus State University, his purpose was to understand law in order that he could educate the streets and his neighborhood on how to avoid being a statistic.

Von-T identifies himself with KOVU 1278. Kovu is the deuteragonist of the 1998 movie The Lion King II whose violent tendencies are reinforced by a knack for taking care of himself, as he is physically fit and an able hunter, two features that make way for his more arrogant and cocky side. Von-T grew up with his crew of individuals who referred to themselves as the Kovus – aggressive, crude, and often looked at by law enforcement as the criminal, but although not criminals, they operate on the brink of breaking laws to accomplish goals, understanding the laws enough to educate the streets. He states, “Don’t judge credibility off how many times someone got caught, because it’s the best that ever did it you’ll never hear or read about”. “1278” simply represents that out of 24 hours in a day, 12 are dedicated to grinding, while the other 12 are for sleep; “7” represents the seven days in a week, and “8” represents all eight eyes of the spider, open and operating at all times.
Intentionally unlike the approach of so many other prominent figures who became champions in their neighborhoods by becoming glorified rebels, Von-T is on a mission not to rebel but to empower and exemplify the power of the game, but not through sheer force and ignorance, but through dogged determination and preparation. His toughness and sharpness comes not just from a military background of many years but also from his connection to the streets and never-ceasing work on his music to give people and his fans something fully genuine, from the heart, and music you can feel.
As his career grew, he appears to have no set agenda other than to see how unpredictable he can be before his time is up on earth. He states “It’s only when we lost everything we’re free to do anything and some men can’t be bought, borrowed, or reasoned with. Some men just want to watch the world burn”.

Must-haves for performance

Sound check
preferably a headset
Cordless mic