Music icon Moxie Knox, born in The Bronx and raised in New York City, started her career in show business at age five as a dancer. Thanks to her extraordinary talent, she has performed on renowned stages like the Alvin Ailey Studios. Her melody and lyrics are guaranteed to uplift the spirit, allowing her to stand out in today’s music scene among other new artists. Her music is made more authentic by her tone’s depth, richness, and velvety smooth sound.
The highly-trained dancer initially took ballet and tap dance at The Dance Theater of Harlem. From there, she expanded her horizons and learned gymnastics, contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, and African dance at the Millenium Dance Company.
Moxie also grew an interest in poetry and songs when she was five. Finding the wordplay of rappers to be particularly fascinating, she started studying song structure and deciphering song lyrics while listening to music during her pastime. She also attended various writing classes, workshops, and poetry slams. This set the tone for her early career trajectory, as she would write and record her songs a cappella. Moxie had no idea her ability was gold in the music scene until she saw how awestruck people became when they heard her talk about what she could do musically.
Her diverse upbringing also played a crucial role in shaping the singer-songwriter’s creativity and unique outlook. Specifically, having attended some of the best schools on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Harlem, and Brooklyn, she was able to pick up a lot of inspiration and ideas. Not only that, but the institutions she studied at were equally focused on math, sciences, and the arts. This gave her a well-rounded perspective on the craft, where she was a calculus tutor as well as an artist and choreographer.
The rising superstar also gets heavily involved in the creative process of all aspects of her song production. In fact, she writes treatments and directs or co-directs her independently released music videos and carefully chooses the artists she collaborates with to better craft their sound around her vision and vocals before delivering her pre-mixed songs to the mixing and mastering engineers.
As a voracious learner, Moxie has perfected her sound in voice fitness lessons and performance training five days a week while pursuing her academic studies in business and music theory. The multi-genre songwriter recognized the importance of learning and made sure to prioritize her education in music theory and sound design. Ultimately, Moxie used modern audio workstations like ProTools, Logic, Reason, Ableton, and Maschine to hone her audio engineering and vocal production talents.
Moxie’s first two singles and music videos, “Thorough” and “One More Time,” were released in 2018 after much refinement. “Thorough” became a hit when it was uploaded by the renowned music website Pigeons & Planes. On the other hand, “One More Time” surpassed 40,000 streams and gained a spot on Audiomack’s “Verified R&B” playlist in its first few weeks. Currently, the “One More Time” music video, directed by Moxie and Peter Frederick, is nearly gaining three million streams.
Besides her impeccable skills and admirable work ethic, the gifted artist possesses a charming personality that makes people gravitate to her. As a natural and warm-hearted leader, she can communicate with anyone regardless of their background. She is also a free-spirited individual with a knack for spontaneity who traveled to London right before moving to Los Angeles so she could explore and work with one of her favorite producers.
Not only that, but she uplifts people and lights up every room she walks into. Many even describe her as “on-point, self-motivated, and inspiring.” This infectious energy translates to her creations, and several of her fans have shared how her music has moved them. For example, her song “Love Me Right,” has immensely resonated with listeners, and some have even generously shared their stories, such as deciding to commit to being a more loving partner to their spouse, filing for divorce from an unhealthy marriage and even canceling their plans to commit suicide.
Moxie’s fans put her on Sprite’s radar in 2019 when she was recognized as an official Sprite Way Artist after her singles “Motion” and “One More Time” were added to the Sprite Way Spotify playlist. She was one of only five acts selected from 20,000 entries for Sprite’s Sprite Way opportunity, and the only artist Sprite flew out from New York to Los Angeles to participate in BET Experience as a Sprite Way panel speaker. During this trip, she opened for world-famous poet Rudy Francisco on his tour at the Met Theater.
In October 2019, Moxie debuted the music video for her Self-Love Anthem, “Love Me Right,” through a collaboration with Sprite and UPROXX called “Thirst For Yours.” The two companies crowdsourced eight creatives to create a treatment with Moxie and shoot the project, which earned over 71 million impressions after the “Love Me Right” music video premiered on BET Jams. The song was well-loved, that even fans from the dance and art communities produced choreographies and covers of the song, further giving it increased publicity and coverage. “Love Me Right,” now at over 10 million streams, was also featured on Joe Kay’s Soulection Apple Music Playlist &Radio.
Added to her list of achievements, Moxie was hailed as the face of Pandora’s Indie R&B playlist immediately upon the release of her ten-song debut album, “Ride,” on April 20th, 2021. The album was co-produced by Moxie and multi-instrumentalist, composer, and Grammy nominee Phillip Lewis, mixed by Grammy award-winning producer and engineer High Octane and multi-platinum engineer Anthony Daniel, and mastered by Dan Millice, a renowned mastering engineer who has worked with A-list musicians like Kanye West, Nas, 50 Cent, Trey Songz, A$AP Rocky, Kirk Knight, and Julian Lage, among others. Two music videos for her songs, “Curious” and “Too Late,” were also created in support of “Ride.”
Her recent single, “Open Up,” also mastered by Dan Millice, has been hitting the airwaves very strongly since its release. At the moment, it has two music videos featuring a day and a night version, giving Moxie’s fans stunning visuals to watch alongside the song. The superstar on the rise also released a merch shop that sells premium shirts and totes with embroidered lyrics from “Open Up.”
Moxie has built up a flourishing career with an auspicious future. She has appeared on over a dozen stages in various locations in and near New York City, including SOBs, DROM (through MajorStage), Bowery Electric, and The Paper Box, and performed at well-known music festivals, like SXSW in Austin, Texas, and A3C (through Fader Fort) in Atlanta, where she served as the opening act for Pink Sweat$ and Lion Babe on a three-day show with Megan Thee Stallion. While back in NYC, Moxie headlined three gigs at Rockwood Music Hall, the Delancey, and Chelsea Table + Stage.
Moxie is a prime example of what music artists can achieve with the right mindset and grind. She has goals of performing in bigger stadiums in front of tens of thousands of adoring fans, and she’s already close to getting there. With many more exciting record releases, drops, and features on the way with well-known global producers like Maya Jane Coles and artists from Germany, London, Netherlands, and more, Moxie’s career will continue its upward trajectory to the top of the entertainment industry.
