Mz. Koko Bowden interviews Marvin Winans jr

Mz. Koko Bowden of UGA Gospel Storm Interviews Marvin Winans Jr for the 2014 www.IAMGODSWOMAN.COM CONFERFERNCE

Born into a family of musical prowess, surrounded by outstanding talent, Marvin Winans Jr., the son of Gospel greats Marvin and Vickie Winans, and nephew to BeBe and CeCe Winans, had no low expectations placed on him. Marvin, now in his early 30’s, has made his own mark and definitely come into his own.

Starting at the age of 18, Marvin signed a major record deal with Epic records with his cousins as the group, Winans Phase 2. After selling a quarter of a million albums and being nominated for a Grammy Award by the age of 19, Marvin knew there was more he wanted to accomplish. He quickly embarked upon a vision for an all-encompassing entertainment company, M2 Entertainment, which he believes he was divinely inspired to build.

Marvin, quickly, signed several producers, writers and artists to his M2 label, all by the age of 21. Several, of which, have gone on to be very successful in the music industry. As CEO, Marvin was in a position of not only artist, producer and writer but, entrepreneur.  As a producer and writer, Marvin’s work would be nominated for several awards including Grammy Awards, Stellar Awards, Dove Awards and more. After a very successful stint with Winans Phase 2, traveling and singing around the globe, including Germany, England and Holland with even a special appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the group, for various reasons decided to resolve their label relationship with Epic, compelling Marvin to work on his own solo project, Image of A Man, which in 2007, he released, on his own, M2 Entertainment label.