I had this really rare blood disorder as a kid, so she had to take me to the doctor every single week,' Divinity recalls.
Divinity's first instrument was clarinet.īut when she was in middle school, her mother started doing drugs. She's been playing music since she was a little girl, and spent a lot of time with her uncle who played bass and saxophone. go out there and be something in the world and you got to be prepared.' Channeling her mom's energy, Divinity says, 'The lyrics are just about being prepared for your day, because preparation is the key to success.'ĭivinity Roxx was plenty prepared when she auditioned for Beyoncé, but getting to that point in her career wasn't always easy. 'And you got to make opportunities for yourself and.
'She would give us a sermon every morning about how it was time to get up and why we were going to school,' Divinity recalls. Weekday mornings were upbeat at the Atlanta home of little Debbie Walker, the future Divinity Roxx.