Born in Austin, Texas, Antwoine “TROY NōKA” Collins grew up chasing sound before he could name it, sneaking his step-dad’s CDs to school, breathing through a saxophone in band class, freestyling in his cousin Larry’s room as if the walls could hold the spark that started it all. Music wasn’t a choice; it was a current pulling him forward. At eighteen, he moved to Los Angeles on instinct, no roadmap, just a beat machine, a PlayStation memory card full of ideas, and a conviction that faith and work could build a world. His sound became a conversation between soul and tomorrow, blending gospel warmth with surreal colors, memory with movement. His fingerprints soon found their way onto culture, contributing to Beyoncé and Madonna’s “Break My Soul (Queens Remix),” Frank Ocean’s visionary universe, Doja Cat’s lightning-in-a-bottle “MOOO” and Grammy-nominated Planet Her, Miguel, Chris Brown, Shakira’s Grammy-winning Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, and more. But credits are only the surface. NōKA’s music carries the quiet fire of someone who believes art is testimony, that every chord is prayer, every lyric a conversation with the future. His work invites listeners inward: toward faith, family, lineage, and the echoes we leave in the world. Honored with his own official day in Austin (March 23rd), he continues shaping his own mythology, a father, producer, technologist, and storyteller exploring the ripples of every choice.