Victor Bell & Halel was birthed in 1995, reminiscent of the early Kirk Franklin & The Family after Victor received instruction from the Lord to form a singing aggregation that would cause men and women to bless Him. Victor's unique gifts of writing, teaching and directing makes him stand out with respect among his peers. His gift has allowed him to move beyond the church walls and into many fields
such as TV and film. He served as a music consultant for Stan Lathan (TV director, Sanford & Son, Fresh Prince) for such TV shows as The Steve Harvey Show ( whenever Steve appeared to be playing the piano it was Victor behind the scenes playing), Cedric The Entertainer, Bernie Mac show, Method & Red, All of Us, Key & Peele, and most recently The Soul Man featuring Cedric the Entertainer & Niecy Nash. He also served as Director of Radio Promotions for Gospo Centric Records, which was home to Kirk Franklin, Kurt Carr, Stephanie Mills and many others. He was also music guest and director for the wedding of actor Blair Underwood. He's a tenured professor in the music department of UC Santa Barbara. Recently Victor Bell & Halel was featured on the new Oxygen network hit show, " Fix My Choir", with Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child) and renowned gospel star Deitrick Haddon. They were received with rave reviews and won first place in the choir competition. Their new single, "I'll Bless Him", was produced by famous producer Shavoni Parker, (Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Prince of Egypt), with stellar musicians, Patrick Bolton, Gordon Campbell, Robert JJ Smith, Big Jim, ( BET, Sunday's Best) Donald Hayes, and Erik Walls. "I’ll Bless Him is a song birthed through a season of pain and perplexity in my life. I was losing hope in God and went into a private depression. In the midst of that season Psalm 34 would ring in my spirit, I will bless the Lord at all times!"
Victor is the founder and Senior Pastor/Teacher of Praise House Worship Center in Los Angeles CA. He is married to Ronette Bell, and together they have three beautiful children.