Joy Oladokun is an American singer-songwriter born in Casa Grande, Arizona in 1992 to Nigerian immigrant parents, writing indie folk and Americana about race, faith, and queer identity. Proof of Life (2023) and in defense of my own happiness (2021) are the records to start with. Dig into Joy Oladokun vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Joy Oladokun was born in Casa Grande, Arizona on February 12, 1992 to Nigerian immigrant parents. She is openly queer and Christian. She launched her recording career in 2015 with the self-released debut EP The Underrated EP and signed with Verve Forecast for her major-label releases. Her work has been positioned in the contemporary indie folk and Americana scenes, with lyrical content addressing race, sexuality, religion, and identity.
Joy Oladokun's sound combines indie folk, folk, Americana, alternative R&B, indie rock, and singer-songwriter with her distinctive vocal delivery and lyrical content drawing on her experience as a queer Black woman of Nigerian descent navigating contemporary American religious and cultural contexts.
Verve Forecast/Republic pressings of the Joy Oladokun catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Joy Oladokun typically start with Proof of Life (2023) or in defense of my own happiness (2021).
