Victor Ray Wilson (February 20, 1959 – April 30, 1996), better known as Beatmaster V, was an American musician and drummer of metal band Body Count.
Wilson grew up in South Central, Los Angeles, and attended Crenshaw High School with Ice-T and Ernie C.[1] As a musician he participated in music wherever he could, including church music with his local church.
He continued on and took drum classes, and built more musical skill playing with various musicians like Ernie C.[1][2][3] Along with guitarist Ernie C, vocalist Ice-T, bassist Mooseman and rhythm guitarist D-Roc, Wilson formed the heavy metal band Body Count during the recording of Ice-T's fourth hip hop album, O.G.
[1] Musically, later, after their many days of rehearsing and performing, Beatmaster V and Ernie C. ended up in the same L.A. band, Body Count.
[4] Jonathon James, a family member, played with Body Count as a backup drummer on the album Violent Demise: The Last Days in place of Wilson.