Bryce Savoy has been making music since he was a kid growing up in East Oakland. When he was 11, his late uncle Gregory Savoy “G-Nut” Brown III had him rap his first lyrics in a studio. From there he was hooked on making music. At the same time he was falling in love with hip-hop, his grandmother, Isabelle Payne-Brown, who lived with Savoy and his mom in the same home encouraged Savoy to pray with her and develop his sense of faith in a higher power.
Savoy has since gone on to graduate from Howard University, start an equity cannabis business with his mother, and co-found an Oakland-based non-profit that organizes community activities such as group hikes, a book club, and toy and food giveaways. He also released his second full-length music project titled “King Diamond” in December of 2021.
While he was working on the album, his grandmother Isabelle was living with Alzheimer’s. “That was heavy on my heart in a lot of ways,” Savoy said in a recent interview. He lived with his grandmother for most of his life and decided that he wanted to write a song that would serve as a tribute to her and a cathartic release.
